draft minutes 2026
Minutes of the Maltby le Marsh Annual Parish Meeting held on Monday, 09 March 2026 at 7.00pm in the Village Hall.
1] The Chairman of the Parish Council, Cllr D Whitehouse welcomed Cllrs B Williams, A White, J Gray, S Hill-Andrews, District Cllr T Hesketh, and the Parish Clerk to the Annual Parish Meeting.
2] Notes of the last meeting were resolved as the minutes, signed by the Chairman.
3] There were no reports on outstanding matters.
4] Annual report from the Chairman of the Parish Council;
I am pleased to present my 14th annual report. My thanks again to my fellow councillors for your support, in particular Jane Gray my Vice-Chair for her sound advice and also as occasional minute taker. Thanks to Ruben Robinson for his attendances following his success in the May elections and we find reports on County matters very informative. We were sorry to lose Noi Sear and thanked her for her efforts whilst a County Councillor. Many thanks to Travis Hesketh especially for his recent grant. His support for several events in the Village Hall and his regular attendances at meetings is much appreciated.
We have held 5 meetings during the year; sadly, public attendance has not increased. Perhaps, as I said last year, residents are content. Sincere thanks again to Graham who has suffered ill health but has continued to provide a thoroughly professional service despite this. We do all greatly value your work for us.
The garden competition for the Anne Graves Cup was won by Diane Davies of Timsah for the second year in a row. Runners-up were Alan and Jean of Bramble Corner. Thanks again to Adam of Woodthorpe Hall Garden Centre for his independent judging.
We continue to administer the Anne Bolles Educational Foundation. There were no applications this year.
The radar speed signs were installed on 29th June. My thanks to Graham Butler of the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership for his expertise in putting them up. I am sure they do reduce speeding in the village. In the event, we were just in time to get the funding before the Theddlethorpe project was abandoned. I am pleased to note the police camera van continues to come at least twice a month. Last month we were also successful, eventually, in getting the 30mph restriction extended on Strubby Road. The pavement on Strubby Road was also refurbished in October, an excellent job was made of it. Thanks also the Anthony White for unearthing the Village sign on Alford Road, it was well buried.
We have considered several planning applications and responded accordingly. Sadly, East Lindsey seem to ignore our comments and the proliferation of new properties continues. Interestingly all applications say they are near local facilities, one wonders what these are?
In conclusion, my thanks to Jane Gray for her excellent newsletters, to Robert Aldrich for keeping our village tidy, and John Clark for auditing our accounts.
5] The clerk reported the Parish Council continues to set a realistic budget, trying to keep any rise in the parish precept to a minimum. In the 15 years presenting this report the parish precept has risen from £2200 in 2011 to £5000 in 2026, this equates to a Band D charge rising from £15.83 to £32.05, a rise of just £16.22 over 15 years. This year’s finances received a boost by an unexpected, but welcome, grant of £1000 from Cllr Hesketh. This money would be useful in replacing the now obsolete defibrillator. This would be the last report from the Clerk as he retires shortly and he thanked the Council for giving him the opportunity to serve the community for the last 15 years.
With no further matters put forward the meeting closed at 7.10pm.