Annual Parish Meeting Agendas

SALTFLEETBY PARISH MEETING 2025

Parish Council Report 2025

The regular business of our Council involves attempts to get roads and footpaths repaired, reduce speeding through the village, the maintenance of St Clement’s Churchyard and the Jubilee boxes and verges. We are invited to review planning applications in and outside the Village if relevant and we liaise with our County and District Councillors on issues that concern our parishioners. A part of your Council tax (the precept) pays for these services and the Councillors are all unpaid volunteers. We also as a separate committee administer the Gayton Wind Farm Fund. This can’t be used for anything that we have a statutory duty to provide, for example St Clement’s Churchyard upkeep. But we can use it for things like Newsletters, Village Signs, Defibrillators, Radar speed signs and Refuse/Dog waste bins etc.

We are open to Parishioners suggesting new projects that the Parish Council can undertake or help with.

Highway repairs and resurfacing are ongoing projects in the Village. Representatives of Lincolnshire County Council Highways have been liaising with Councillor McNally to assess the condition of the footpath at the East end of the village with a view to repairing the sections in most need in the near future. As Councillor McNally is no longer a County Councillor this will hopefully be taken forward by our new County Councillor Bayleigh Robinson, along with 40 mph Road Roundels east of the crossroads.

As was pointed out last year, I am sure that many of you will be aware of the worrying length of waiting times for Ambulances and this problem is showing very little signs of improvement. We now have Four Defibrillators in the village, one at The Old Bakehouse, the second at St Peters Church the third at the Snooker Club Hall and the fourth at Marshlands.

We have a CPR mannequin to practice CPR and Defibrillator correct procedures, if any Parishioners would like to organize training sessions please contact the Parish Council Clerk. In the case of a cardiac arrest minutes are critical and we would like all residents to feel confident that they could use the defibrillators or administer CPR in an emergency. If you dial 999 you may not be told to go and fetch a defibrillator if you live more than 500 metres from the nearest machine, but if you have a neighbour or a member of your household who can go and fetch one, please tell the ambulance service and you should be given the code.

The Radar Speed Signs are now all installed and provide useful data the figures for the West End of the village are very good but the East End although improved still requires some work, Pie Chart data will be shared in the quarterly Parish Magazine which goes to every household in the village. We had some issues from trees at one of the west end Speed Signs these have now been trimmed back.

The Community Speed Gun is still in operation and has already caught several motorists exceeding the speed limit. However, we do need volunteers to do the training and then go out as part of a team to monitor traffic through the village. The Road Safety Partnership vans that monitor speeding are making regular visits to the village but they are often visible from a long way back so we are not sure how effective they are.

Two Extra Dog Waste Bins have been placed in areas of need in the village one being regularly emptied by ELDC the other by Parish Councillors. There is also a new rubbish bin on the side of the Bus Shelter at the Cross Roads.

We have Councillors who have put themselves out to support our village and move projects forward but in truth all the Councillors who give their time up so willingly deserve thanks. We still require more Councillors so we have a full compliment.

The Parish Council is now publishing the Newsletter four times a year and will be happy if Villagers feel they have contributions for articles in future issues. Chris Stone is currently the Magazine Editor and contributions for inclusion should be emailed to: christopher.stone@saltfleetbyparishcouncil.gov.uk

Many people in this village keep an eye out for neighbours who may be struggling or isolated, the cost-of-living crisis is still a problem and there could well be people who will face real difficulties over the coming year, so please don’t hesitate to let the Parish Council Clerk or ELDC know in confidence if you have any concerns.

We would also like to thank Councillor Danny McNally and Councillor Paul Rickett for their unwavering support as both District and County Councilors over the past year.

We all lead busy lives and there are many demands on our time, but all organisations in this village desperately need more villagers to step up and help out. If more people come forward the burden is lighter, currently the same folk are being asked to do a great deal year on year. Please consider offering an hour or two to the Parish Council and other organisations that are run by volunteers in the village that aim to make our village a happier and healthy place.

On Behalf of Saltfleetby Parish Council

John Lusby (Parish Council Chair)