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1.

Apologies/replacement members

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Mrs A M Newton and Mrs J E Killey.

 

The Chief Executive reported that under the Local Government (Committee and Political Groups) Regulations 1990, she had appointed Councillor P Cooper to the Committee, in place of the late Councillor C L Strange, until further notice and Councillors Mrs A Austin and R Renshaw in place of Councillors Mrs A M Newton and Mrs J E Killey, respectively, for this meeting only.

 

 

2.

Declarations of Members' Interests

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interests made at this stage of the meeting.

3.

Minutes of the previous meeting of the Planning and Regulation Committee held on 2 March 2020 pdf icon PDF 258 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED

 

That the minutes of the previous meeting of the Committee held on 2 March 2020, be agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

4.

Minutes of the Site Visit to A16/B1166 Radar Junction, A16/B1040 Junction, Crowland held on 13 March 2020 pdf icon PDF 180 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the site visit to the A16/B1166 Radar Junction, A16/B1040 Junction, Crowland, held on 13 March 2020 were received by the Committee. The Chairman stated that only those Members who had attended the site visit on 13 March, would be able to participate in the debate and voting on the accuracy of the minutes.

 

RESOLVED (Councillors T Ashton, Mrs A M Austin, L A Cawrey, I G Fleetwood, N H Pepper, D McNally and S P Roe voting only)

 

That the minutes of the site visit to Crowland on the 13 March 2020, be accepted as a correct record.

5.

Traffic Items

6.

Crowland - Proposed Experimental Traffic Order to Prohibit Traffic Movements : A16/B1166 Radar Junction, A16/B1040 junction and A16 southbound layby pdf icon PDF 39 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Further to the site visit held on 9 March 2020, the Committee received a supplementary report to the one discussed at the Committee on 2 March 2020. The proposals involved the introduction of a number of restrictions on the movement of traffic at the A16/B1166 Radar and the A16/B1040 junctions, with the intention of implementing them on a trial basis by way of an experimental traffic regulation order. Officers had responded, in the report, to questions raised by Members at the site visit in connection with the following matters:-

 

·         The feasibility of the introduction of a speed limit reduction in the vicinity of Radar Junction;

·         The impact on and costs relating to any adjustments required to the existing speed camera arrangement in the area should the speed limit be reduced; and

·         An update on the estimated cost of the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of the A16 with the B1166.

 

Comments by Members included:-

 

·         The proposal to introduce an experimental traffic regulation order to restrict certain traffic movements at these junctions was not supported.

·         A proposal to reduce the speed limit approaching both junctions was supported as detailed in the report.

·         The local Member, Councillor N H Pepper, stated that he had not been lobbied in connection with this item prior to this meeting but that prior to the meeting of the Committee on 2 March he had been lobbied by the public every day objecting to the proposed experimental traffic order. He stated that since the awful accident statistics a few years ago at these junctions the accident record of late had improved considerably. He supported a reduction in the speed limit approaching Radar junction and also requested that the signage and road markings both here and at the B1040 junction should be refreshed and reassessed if possible.

·         Both junction crossings should be closed in the interests of safety.

·         There should be fewer road markings as the current ones were confusing and if road markings were required they should be made as simple as possible.

 

On a motion by Councillor T Ashton, seconded by Councillor L A Cawrey, it was –

 

RESOLVED (Councillors T Ashton, Mrs A M Austin, L A Cawrey, I G Fleetwood, D McNally, N H Pepper and S P Roe only allowed to vote)

 

(a)  That the proposed experimental traffic regulation order be abandoned.

(b)   That officers investigate a potential speed limit reduction as detailed in the report and examine the refreshing of signage and road markings for both the B1166 and B1040 junctions and reassess the current layout.

7.

Lincoln A15 South Park Avenue - Proposed 30mph Speed Limit Extension pdf icon PDF 41 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

(Note: Councillor L A Cawrey requested that a note should be made in the minutes that she would abstain from this item in her capacity as the Executive Support Councillor for Culture and Emergency Services)

 

The Committee received a report in connection with a request for the existing 40mph speed limit at South Park Avenue, Lincoln should be reduced to 30mph. Investigations had indicated that this site might be considered a 'Borderline Case' as defined within the Council's Speed Limit Policy.

 

Members supported the proposed introduction of a 30mph speed limit as detailed in the report it being noted that it would help to improve air quality and that there were two schools located in the area.

 

On a motion by Councillor Mrs M J Overton MBE, seconded by Councillor S Roe, it was –

 

RESOLVED (unanimous)

 

That the proposed reduction in the speed limit be approved, as detailed in the report, to enable the necessary consultation process to bring the order into effect may be pursued.

 

8.

Gainsborough, Morton Road - Proposed Waiting Restrictions pdf icon PDF 126 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received a report in connection with objections to a proposal for a traffic regulation order to introduce various parking restrictions at Morton Road, Gainsborough. The order was necessary to address the effects of on street parking on the local highway when buses transporting pupils to the Queen Elizabeth High School needed to wait in the area.

 

The report outlined the objections received and the comments of officers on the objections.

 

On a motion by Councillor I G Fleetwood, seconded by Councillor D McNally, it was –

 

RESOLVED (unanimous)

 

That the objections be overruled and the order as advertised be introduced.

 

 

9.

Caythorpe, High Street - Proposed Waiting Restrictions pdf icon PDF 20 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received a report in connection with objections received to proposed waiting restrictions and bus stop clearways on Caythorpe High Street to improve access for the local bus service and general traffic flow through the village, particularly at school start and finish times.

 

The report outlined details of the objections received and the response of officers to the objections.

 

On a motion by Councillor R P H Reid, seconded by Councillor Mrs M J Overton MBE, it was –

 

RESOLVED (unanimous)

 

That the objections be overruled and that the public advertisement of the proposals be approved.

10.

Wragby A158 Horncastle Road - proposed Puffin Crossing facility pdf icon PDF 128 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee received a report in connection with the results of a pedestrian crossing survey carried out in response to a request for a pedestrian crossing facility in Wragby at the location shown at Appendix B in the report.

 

Officers stated that the A158 through Wragby formed part of the strategic route corridor between Lincoln and Skegness known as the Lincolnshire Coastal Highway illustrated at Appendix A in the report. A request was received in 2018 for a formal crossing facility to be introduced on this route where a School Crossing Patrol currently operated at Horncastle Road, just to the east of its junction with Silver Street.

 

Following consideration of the criteria detailed in the Pedestrian Crossing Policy it was moved by Councillor I G Fleetwood, seconded by Councillor D McNally and

 

RESOLVED (unanimous)

 

That the installation of a Puffin Crossing where a School Crossing Patrol currently operates at Horncastle Road, just to the east of its junction with Silver Street, Wragby, be approved.

11.

County Matter Applications pdf icon PDF 4 MB

12.

Application for the determination of new (updated) conditions to which a mineral site is to be subject (land subject to the Minister of Housing and Local Government decision letters dated 10 September and 21 August 1961 - reference DA9 and DA11) at Proposed Skillington Quarry, land to the east and west of Skillington Road, Colsterworth - Robert Doughty Consultancy Ltd - S18/2237 pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cllr Caroline Hainsworth, Chairperson of Colsterworth and District Parish Council, spoke against the application and commented as follows:-

 

·         Asked the Committee whether it was content that this application would withstand a legal challenge.

·         This application was controversial and had caused a great deal of concern to residents which were well documented in a public meeting and formal representations.

·         The fundamental objection was that there was no established need to quarry limestone in either quantity or of the quality from this application and this was in direct contravention of the Authority’s own Mineral and Waste Plan (2016) and Lincolnshire Aggregate Assessment 2018.

·         It was not sufficiently clear why this framework had specifically not been given the same “due weight” as the other National Policy Frameworks, current legislation, Local Plans, Neighbourhood Plans, etc.

·         It was not considered “appropriate or acceptable” that this framework had been ruled out when considering modern day standards and it was hoped that the Committee were satisfied that their own Mineral and Waste Plan should be legitimately excluded from the review?

·         We believed that the leases/permissions expired several years ago, and the ROMP should be rescinded. Had the Committee had sight of the original permission letters or at very least had assurances as to who holds the current and legitimate government licence for extraction from the areas in question so that this stood up to any legal challenge.

·         The content of a S106 Agreement should be agreed through the consultation period of the planning application with the relevant parties and planning officer and most specifically include the Parish Council. It was of particular concern that the Authority had not recommended this bearing in mind these were in place at operations such as South Witham. We understood that this was the only way conditions such as a Traffic Management plan could be enforced; it was therefore our contention that this Parish had been denied that opportunity.

·         We had hoped that with a commercial operation lasting 22 plus years we would have had at least entered into discussions that would offer some benefit to the community assets and amenities through a S106 Agreement. I understand that this could be recommended by Committee.

·         Whilst the applicant had withdrawn areas DA9 and DA11 from this application  the Committee was asked to ensure that the area east of the Skillington Road was properly and legally “struck out” so that it was clear that the properties within 15 metres of the “red line” and the Old Railway line Nature Trail were no longer at risk.

·         The report before you had made assumptions that there was no “fear and intimidation” from the traffic issues; I could assure that this was not what was being experienced on the ground. The Committee was urged to review the proposed traffic plan in the officer’s report (reference chapter 11) for all areas (not just the entrance and exit to the site and immediate rural lanes) to minimise the impact.

 

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