15th July 2026
Dear Councillors,
You are hereby summoned to attend the Parish Council meeting of Mareham le Fen Parish Council which will be held on WEDNESDAY 15th July 2026 commencing with a public participation period at 7.00pm at Mareham le Fen Community Centre immediately followed by the Parish Council meeting at 7.15pm. Parish Council business must be conducted in public (except for items deemed to be confidential and not in the public interest) but it is not a public meeting. Items to be discussed are shown in the agenda.
If you cannot attend the meeting, please send your apologies to the Clerk with reasons.
PRESS AND PUBLIC WELCOME. There will be a public participation period at this meeting starting at 7.00pm. Parishioners may ask questions or raise issues of local interest with the parish council for up to 15 minutes. The chair of the meeting may limit the amount of time that each person may speak. The formal Council business will commence at the end of the public participation period. Members of the public may not speak during the Parish Council meeting unless the Chair of the meeting allows this.
Signature: 
A. Everard Clerk to the Council Date: 10th July 2026
AGENDA
1. Welcome and announcements by the Chair.
2. Apologies for absence with reason given
3. Declaration of Members’ interests in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and requests for dispensations. Councillors are reminded that they must complete a Register of Interests for themselves and any partner within 28 days of election/ co-option and have a duty to amend their register within 28 days of a change in circumstances to be submitted to the Clerk. (Disclosure by all members present of disclosable pecuniary interests in matters on the agenda that have not already been declared on their Register of Interests form. Councillors may not take part or vote on items they have a pecuniary interest in unless granted a dispensation. Requests for a dispensation should be sent to The Clerk by email or at the start of the meeting).
4. To receive the draft minutes to be approved as the minutes of the meeting held on 24th June 2026.
5. Matters arising from the minutes of 24th June 2026 and Clerk’s updates not already on this agenda.
6.To consider applications for co-option to become a parish councillor on Mareham le Fen Parish Council in accordance with the Co-option procedure.
7. ELDC and LCC councillors invited by the Chair to make verbal or written reports on local matters.
8. Planning matters - https://publicaccess.e-lindsey.gov.uk/online-applications/
a) 00692/26/FUL - Planning Permission - Installation of outdoor play equipment. Mareham Le Fen Community Centre Horncastle Road Mareham Le Fen Lincolnshire PE22 7QL
ELDC Decision – Approved 26th June 2026.
b) Enforcement of the clearance of spoil next to the new Gleeson’s Estate.
9. Highway, footpath, and drainage matters affecting the parish.
a) To consider any FixMyStreet local issues.
b) To consider requesting the extension of parking restrictions along Horncastle Road outside the Community Centre to the Church Lane footpath.
c) To consider the speed limit signs coming into the village.
10. Financial Matters
a) To consider payments on the payments schedule
b) To note bank balances and bank reconciliation.
11. Play Area Equipment Maintenance
To receive a report on the relationship between the Community Centre and Parish Council and responsibility of the Play Area maintenance.
12. New Cemetery Bench
To consider the offer of a new bench for the cemetery from The Trustees of Mareham Band.
13. Events
Training Bookings to be approved.
14. Meeting dates and items for next agenda.
To consider items for the next ordinary meeting -16th September 2026.