20th May 2026
Dear Councillors,
You are hereby summoned to attend the Annual Parish Council meeting of Mareham le Fen Parish Council which will be held on WEDNESDAY 20th May 2026 commencing at 7.30pm at Mareham le Fen Community Centre with a public participation period starting at 7.15pm for up to 15 minutes immediately followed by the Parish Council meeting. 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 7.15pm. 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: 15th May 2026
AGENDA
1. Election of Chair of Mareham le Fen Parish Council for 2026-27 civic year and signing the Declaration of Acceptance of Office.
2. Election of Vice Chair of Mareham le Fen Parish Council for 2026-27 civic year
3. 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 also 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 18th March 2026.
5. Matters arising from the minutes of 18th March 2026 and Clerk’s updates not already on this agenda.
6. ELDC and LCC councillors invited by the Chair to make verbal or written reports on local matters.
7. Planning matters - https://publicaccess.e-lindsey.gov.uk/online-applications/
a) 00038/26/RVC - Former Mareham Le Fen Village Hall Main Street Mareham Le Fen Lincolnshire PE22 7RW - Section 73 application to vary condition no. 3 (approved plans) and to remove condition no.4 (public highway alterations) previously approved under Outline Planning Permission ref. no. S/114/01098/22 for the erection of a bungalow (with access, landscaping, layout and scale to be considered) existing building on site to be demolished.
Parish Council: Objected
ELDC: Approved.
b) 00692/26/FUL - Planning Permission - Installation of outdoor play equipment. Mareham Le Fen Community Centre Horncastle Road Mareham Le Fen Lincolnshire PE22 7QL – NEW
c) Enforcement case EC/00136/26 - Site Location: Land East Of Sheraton, Main Street, Mareham Le Fen, Lincolnshire, Nature of Investigation: Untidy Land – Decision – not in breach of planning control at the current time.
d) 00688/26/FUL - Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL 3) and Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL 4) and Grimsby to Walpole - Targeted Statutory Consultation under Section 42 of the Planning Act 2008 – NEW.
8. Highway, footpath, and drainage matters affecting the parish.
a) To note the location of bins in the village and consider any location changes.
b) To consider any FixMyStreet local issues.
c) To consider need for crossing places in the village.
d) To note the provision of the flood warning sensors in Mareham le Fen provided by Lincolnshire County Council and promoting residents sign-up.
e) To consider proposal under Highways Act 1980, Section 119 Diversion of part of Public Footpath 178 Mareham Le Fen. East Lindsey District Council have recently made the above public path diversion order.
9. Financial Matters
a) To consider payments on the payments schedule
b) To note bank balances and bank reconciliation.
c) To consider the renewal for the parish council insurance policy with Zurich for £500.53 from 1st June 2026.
10. Defibrillators
To receive an update on the status of defibrillators in the village.
11. Co-options
To consider applications for co-option to become a parish councillor on Mareham le Fen Parish Council in accordance with the Co-option procedure.
12. Committees
a) To approve the Terms of Reference for the Finance and General Purposes Committee, the Cemetery Committee and Playing Field Committee.
b) To appoint councillors to each committee.
13. Cemetery
To consider application for waiver of fees.
14. Events
a) Training Bookings to be approved.
b) LALC conference – 14th July 2026 9am – 4pm Epic Centre, Lincolnshire Showground - £45 per place.
15. Meeting dates and items for next agenda.
a) To consider the date of an extra ordinary meeting to receive the internal audit report and approve the Annual Governance and Accounting Return by 30th June 2026.
b) To approve the dates of ordinary meetings for the 2026-27 civic year.
c) To consider items for the next ordinary meeting.