Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors A M Hall, Mrs J E Killey, N Sear, P A Skinner and C L E Vernon.

There were no declarations of interest at this point in the meeting.

RESOLVED

That the minutes of the meeting held on 31 July 2023 be signed by the Chairman as a correct record.

A report was received which invited the Committee to consider a request for a reduction to the existing 40mph speed limit on Legbourne Road, Louth, to 30mph.  Investigations had indicated that a reduction in speed limit at this location may be considered a ‘Borderline Case’, as defined within the Council’s Speed Limit Policy.

The Programme Leader – Traffic introduced the report and shared a presentation which detailed the areas under consideration.

On a motion proposed by Councillor T R Ashton, and seconded by Councillor T J N Smith, it was:

RESOLVED (unanimous)

That the extension of the 30mph speed limit be approved so that the necessary consultation process to bring it into effect may be pursued.

A report was received which invited the Committee to consider objections to proposed additional waiting restrictions at the junction of the A155 and Horncastle Road.

The Programme Leader – Traffic introduced the report and shared a presentation which detailed the areas under consideration.

(NOTE: Councillor Mrs M J Overton MBE joined the meeting at 10.34am)

On a motion proposed by Councillor T R Ashton, and seconded by Councillor I G Fleetwood, it was:

RESOLVED (unanimous)

That the objections be overruled so that the Order, as advertised, may be introduced.

A report was received which invited the Committee to consider objections to proposed formalisation and extension of waiting restrictions on Grantham Road either side of its junction with King Edward Street and at the junction of King Edward Street with Queen Street.

The Programme Leader – Traffic introduced the report and shared a presentation which detailed the areas under consideration.

It was noted that there had been a number of objections from residents to this proposal due to the loss of frontage parking at their properties.  It was commented that the issue of parking on Grantham Road was important as many residents did not have enough parking.  It was queried whether officers had provided any advice on where residents should park their cars.  Officers advised that the priority was highway safety and that further parking was available in the area, however, it may not be as convenient.

On a motion proposed by Councillor I G Fleetwood, seconded by Councillor T R Ashton, it was:

RESOLVED (8 in favour, 2 abstentions)

That the objections be overruled and the proposals as adverted be approved.

A report was received which invited the Committee to consider a request from the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership for a review of the existing 60mph speed limit on the A46.  Investigations had indicated that a reduction in speed limit at this location could be considered as a ‘Borderline Case’, as defined within the Council’s Speed Limit Policy.

The Programme Leader – Traffic introduced the report and shared a presentation which detailed the area under consideration.

On a motion proposed by Councillor I G Fleetwood, seconded by Councillor Mrs M J Overton MBE, it was:

RESOLVED (9 in favour, 1 abstention)

That the 40mph speed limit be approved so that the necessary consultation process to bring it into effect may be pursued.

A report was received which invited the Committee to consider objections to proposed waiting restrictions, bus stand and bus stop clearway at Knight Street, forge Crescent, Fennell Road and Westfield Drive, Pinchbeck.

The Programme Leader – Traffic introduced the report and shared a presentation which detailed the areas under consideration.

On a motion proposed by Councillor N H Pepper, and seconded by Councillor R P H Reid, it was:

RESOLVED (unanimous)

That the objections be overruled, so that the order, as advertised, may be introduced.

Consideration was given to a report which dealt with two concurrent applications which had been made by Breedon Trading Ltd which related to their West Deeping Quarry, King Street, West Deeping.  Both applications sought to amend conditions attached to existing planning permissions in order to reduce the current stand-off distances between the permitted mineral extraction boundary and existing properties/receptors that lie within the site. 

The first application (reference: S23/0102) sought to vary condition 3 of planning permission S19/0486 in order to reduce the stand-off distance from Crown Farm.  The second application (reference: S23/0103) sought to vary condition 2 of planning permission S19/0497 to reduce the stand-off distances from Rectory Farm, Crown Farm and The Lodge.  It was proposed to reduce the stand-off distances at Rectory Farm and Crown Farm from 100 metres to circa 25 metres and to reduce the distance from the quarry boundary/residential curtilage of Lodge Farm to around 30m.

The Applications Manager introduced the report and shared a presentation which detailed the area under consideration.  He advised that a total of 30 representations had been received for both applications which raised a number of different concerns including ‘planning creep’, environmental deterioration (increased, noise, dust, loss of amenities and habitat for wildlife), and the effects of dewatering.

Mr Glenn Fuller, Chairman of West Deeping Parish Council spoke in opposition to the application, and made the following points:

·       The good work of the Minerals and Waste Team was appreciated and the need for the minerals was understood.

·       they were asking for an appropriate balance to be recognised between obtaining and extracting the minerals and protecting people’s lives, health and homes.

·       When the quarries were first put there, the mitigation and the stand-off distances were put in place for good reason including to protect people who lived in the area from air quality, noise and other detrimental effects of quarrying.  Those impacts had not fundamentally changed although some ways of working may have slightly improved, to come within 25m of someone’s home did not seem an appropriate balance.

·       In most of the country, and many planning authorities, often 250m was the required stand-off distance between quarry workings and people’s homes.  The Institute of Air Quality Management, guidance on mineral dust, sets a minimum of 250m.

·       The areas of search for quarries in south Lincolnshire covered approximately 85sqkm, of which only 10sqkm had so far been quarried, and in this application they wanted to come within 25m of peoples houses to extract the last of the mineral in this area.

·       There must be more appropriate locations from which this mineral could be extracted.

·       In 2019, when Breedon submitted their further application to extend the West Deeping quarry, they acknowledged the severe effects of the quarry and stated they had no intention to reduce those 100m buffer zones.

·       We, as residents, relied on the Council and elected members to protect us from these applications that skew the appropriate balance, and it is important that we are protected.  There were many policies which  ...  view the full minutes text for item 33.