Responsibility |
Examples (select
bold text for further information) |
Planning Applications
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The
Parish Council has little power but does have a reasonable
amount of influence. A prime example of this is planning
applications. The planning authority is East Lindsey
District Council, but they must provide details of every
planning application within the Parish to the Parish
Council for review and should take into account the councillors’ comments
when coming to a decision.
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 Under
the new Local Development Framwork for planning, now being
introduced, the Parish Council will have an increasingly
important role in shaping the long term future of Woodhall
Spa. The Parish Plan is
an important tool in this process. Over the last 20 years,
the Parish Council has initiated the Conservation
Area, tree preservation orders and saved the woods in the
middle from building by involving the Woodland Trust. More
recently, it initiated the Action
Plan from the Parish Plan and
is tasked with carrying it through. |
Highways & Footpaths
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Lincolnshire
County Council (LCC) is the highway authority, but it has
to consult the Parish Council when it’s considering
any road scheme, eg: new roads and road widening, diversion
or discontinuation of highway, traffic signs and other
notices, the placing of double yellow lines, tree planting
and verge maintenance. |
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Lighting for
roads and public places |
New
'heritage' style lighting installed in Royal Square
during 2008 |
Provision
of parking places for vehicles, bicycles and motor cycles |
The
area behind the Broadway shops will be a car park. Although
it does not belong to the Parish Council, as in many other
areas, the council forms part of the enabling process,.
It is hoped to install a cycle park during 2010.
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Power
to contribute financially to traffic calming schemes |
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Repair
and maintenance of public footpaths and bridleways
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 The
Parish Council saved our footpath network and has protected
it ever since, with the publication of a walks booklet
and maintaining a watching brief on their condition and
protection. A series of walks are outlined on this website
and can be downloaded from the local
walks page. The booklet was republished by ELDC during 2008.
Woodhall Spa Walks pamphlet - available
from Tourist Information Office > |
Provision
and maintenance of bus shelters |
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Provision
of signs – danger signs, place names and bus stops
signs |
Signs illustrating the heritage of Woodhall Spa have
been sited on the four main routes into the village.
The Parish Council Heritage Committee aims to replace
many of the heritage signs around the village.
The village sign on Witham Road > |
 
Large scale pictorial plans of the village sited by Centenary Gardens
and the mini roundabout
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Power
to plant trees and to maintain roadside verges |
 The
Woodhall in Bloom initiative. This will involve tree and
bulb planting. The plan is to enter the national Britain
in Bloom competition in 2007. If you would you like to
help, visit the Woodhall in
Bloom page for further details.
The Parish Council formed a Tree
Committee in 2007 in response to the Parish Plan
The Pinewood verges,
including new bridges >
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Provision
of litter-bins and support for any anti-litter campaigns |
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Leisure & Tourism
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Financial
contributions to any local organisation promoting tourism |
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Provision
of recreation grounds, public walkways, pleasure grounds,
open spaces, village greens, gymnasiums, playing fields,
holiday camps and boating ponds
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 The
Parish Council has been closely involved in applying pressure
to preserve and invest in all our recreational facilities,
from the Jubilee Park to
the football ground and Royal Square, an ongoing project.
Centenary Gardens on ' The Broadway' > |
Provide
and equip buildings for use of clubs having athletic, social
or educational objectives |
 Coronation
Hall on Spa Road |
Public
Seating |
 One
of 24 seats provided and maintained by the Parish Council.
This one is by St Andrew's cemetery |
Provision
of entertainment and support of the Arts |
The council
actively supported the Festival Committee |
Local water supplies, Drainage & Public
Conveniences
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Public
conveniences – provision and maintenance of public
toilets |
 Spa
Road toilets |
Water
Supply – power to utilise stream, well or spring
water and to provide facilities for general use |
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Drainage – of
ditches and ponds.
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The Beck >
Drains, ditches, sewage and surface water
have been a bit of a problem for Woodhall Spa in recent
years, no more so than after the heavy rainfall of June
and July 2007.
Please contact the Parish Council Clerk
if you are experiencing problems. Photocopies of correspondence
and other relevant information would be helpful, and if
you can outline the problem in writing, or have photographs,
it would be particularly useful. We will ensure that the
agencies know of the issues |
Miscellaneous
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Powers
to provide allottments |
No allotments
in Woodhall Spa |
Power
to acquire Burial Grounds, Cemeteries and Crematoria
Power to contribute towards expenses of cemeteries
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 The Parish Council is now responsible for the management and maintenance of the Kirkby Lane cemetery. Authority was transferred from East Lindsey District Council in 2009.
Kirkby
Lane cemetery (open) |
Powers to maintain
closed cemeteries
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 St Andrews
cemetery (closed)
ELDC
Policy ENV8 - Protection of Open Spaces |
Maintain,
repair, protect and adapt War Memorials |
 The
Village War Memorial and the Dambuster's Memorial
Dambusters Memorial >
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Clocks – public
clocks can be provided and must be maintained |
The
clock on Station Road was purchased and is
maintained by the Parish Council
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Ability
to spend money on Community Transport initiatives |
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Powers
to spend money on crime prevention measures
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 The
Parish Council closely liaises with local policing initiatives
and supports the Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)
scheme. Police regularly attend Parish Council meetings
to meet the council and general public. One of the Parish Councillors sits on the Woodhall Spa Policing Panel |
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General
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General
Spending & Gifts – Parish Councils can spend
a limited amount of money on anything they deem of benefit
to the community that is not covered by the other specific
responsibilities described in this list. Parish Councils
may accept gifts |
 The
council has supported dozens of local sporting and social
clubs, from football, cricket and bowls to
the youth club, cubs, scouts and
guides. It has also helped local charities such as LIVES and
other organisations from the Woodland Trust, the Citizens
Advice Bureau and victim support to Twinning,
the Luncheon Club for the elderly, the Cottage
Museum etc etc
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Duty
to recieve accounts of parochial charities |
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Land
- Power to acquire by agreement, to appropriate, to dispose
of
Power to accept gifts of land |
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Legal
proceedings – power to prosecute and defend any legal
proceedings in the interests of the community, power to
take part in any public enquiry |
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Postal
and Telecommunication Facilities – power to pay a
public telecommunications operator any loss sustained in
providing services in that area |
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Bye-laws – the
power to make bye-laws concerning: baths and washhouses,
open spaces and burial grounds, swimming pools, cycle
parks, mortuaries and pleasure grounds |
 Bye-laws
are applied to Kirkby Lane Cemetery and dog bins.
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By maintaining a strong voice, we ensure
that all other authorities and organisations see us as
a force to be
reckoned with and consult us at every opportunity.
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Arts
& Crafts
The
Parish Council created and continues to fund the 
Electoral
Mandate
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