BRETBY PARISH COUNCIL
MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PARISH MEETING
TUESDAY 6th MAY 2025 AT 7.00pm
AT ST WYSTANS CHURCH, BRETBY
Present: Cllr S Toone (Chairman),
In Attendance: Cllr M Falder, Cllr L Meyrick, Cllr J Lowe, Cllr K Haines, Mrs J Storer – Clerk,
- To receive apologies for absence
Apologies were noted from Cllr Ballington, Cllr Corner.
- To receive the Annual report for 2024/25 – Cllr Toone
An eventful year with a lot of issues affecting the Parish.
Firstly, the Planning Application for the solar farm on Newton Lane. Together with Newton Solney Parish Council, our District and County Councillors and objections from many residents the application was rejected. We are however still awaiting any appeals. Incidentally we are still awaiting the result of appeal made by Knights Lodges about the use of the leisure building. Conversely, we did assist Bretby Parochial Church Council in obtaining planning consent for the extension of the church burial ground which had been bogged down in red tape at DCC and SDDC for years. We continue to have some issues with enforcement of planning conditions made by SDDC.
We have at last made some progress in improving the roads in the parish. Some stretches of Bretby Lane have been resurfaced but others, for example outside the Garden Centre, still remain in a precarious state. Potholes continue to be a problem. Some progress has also been made to eliminate flooding of lanes in the Parish, which has been the subject of many complaints to DCC over the years. Following visits by Highways engineers arranged by Councillor Muller and guided by Councillor Falder there has been improvements in the drainage on Knights Lane, and Newton Lane and further work promised for flooding on the bend on Geary Lane. Residents have again expressed concern about traffic in the Parish. The quantity of traffic on Bretby Lane and Knights Lane has increased, particularly of HGVs. Speeding has also been highlighted as a concern, with several requests for further speed restriction measures forwarded to DCC with no real response. One resident has also requested funding from the SNT to start a Community Speedwatch Group but has had no response to the request after several months.
We still have two vacancies for Parish Councillors which we will strive to fill.
- Public Questions and comments
Cllr Falder reported the repairs on the bend on ~Geary Lane is starting to crumble after only 6 months.
There being no further matters, Cllr Toone closed the meeting at 7:14pm.