Minutes Parish Council Meeting 14th October 2026
SOUTH COCKERINGTON PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
Wednesday 14th October 2026 at Grimoldby Village Hall at 7.30 pm
SOUTH COCKERINGTON PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
Wednesday 14th October 2026 at Grimoldby Village Hall at 7.30 pm
Present -Cllr S Needham (Chair), Cllr J Beilby, Cllr P Hope, Cllr R Bell,
Visitor. - Cllr N Hastings
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE – None -
2. DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS – None
3. PUBLIC QUESTIONS/ PRESENTATION - None
4. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS
(4.1) Minutes Annual Meeting 13th May 2026 7.00pm - Minutes approved Proposed Cllr Needham; seconded Cllr Beilby/
(4.2) Minutes Parish Council Meeting 13th May 29026 7.30pm – Minutes approved Proposed Cllr Neeham seconded Cllr Bell
5 MATTERS ARISING FROM MINUTES
(5.1) Thanks were expressed to Cllr Hastings on the very positive outcome that he has been able to obtain from Lincolnshire Highways following his visit on 14th May to inspect the growing number of road issues that had been affecting roads in the village. Proposed Cllr Beilby seconded Cllr Bell
(5.2) Clerk clarified the postal issues that had affected the payment of the Zurich Insurance invoice and the sending of the Certificate of Exemption to the Auditors. Both issues have now been satisfactorily resolved.
(6) FINANCE REPORT (
(6.1) Current overall balance at time of meeting is £4409.19 £ Commercial Account £2336.17 SCPCC Account £2073.02.
(6.2) Outstanding invoices are NCM grass cutting £210 and Village Hall hire for 13 October
(6.3) Parish Council also needs to make annual £25 payment to West View Cottages for electricity used to maintain the defibrillator.
(6.4) With the upcoming costs of having to replace the defibrillator it was agreed to apply for the £300 grant that may be available via Cllr Hastings and to contact Egdon Resources to see if they would be willing to make a financial contribution towards its replacement. Action Clerk and Chair
7. CORRESPONDANCE REPORT
(7.1) All relevant correspondence forwarded to all Councillors electronically.
(8) PLANNING MATTERS
(8.1) The resubmitted planning application for the storage of hazardous materials at Howdales site has been approved.
(8.) There were no planning applications for consideration at this time.
(9.1) GRIMSBY TO WALPOLE Community Update.
(9.1) Cllr Hastings reported that there was nothing to report, Much activity behind the scenes though. Promised to keep Parish Council informed.
(9.2) Cllr Needham informed members of the extensive number of ecological surveys that had been carried out to date on land to be affected by the proposals and that they now proposed to carry out extensive archaeological surveys which at this time of year will result in very long term damage to the land affected from an agricultural perspective.
10. MATTERS PERTAINING TO PARISH BUSINESS
(10.1) Cllr Beilby drew attention to the survey currently being carried out by Anglia Water of the village sewer and surface water systems.
(10.2) Cllr Beilby provided members a detailed briefing on the upcoming waste food bin scheme whose introduction within the village is scheduled in the very near future. She was able to detail the very positive benefits the scheme would provide and encourage all members to encourage all parishioners to support the scheme.
11 DATE OF NEXT MEETING
Wednesday 9th December 7.30 pm and Wednesday 13th January 2027
Meeting closed 8.36pm
Chair…Cllr