Ewerby & Evedon Parish Council consists of 7 councillors.
The Parish Council meets 4 times a year (normally in Feb, May, Aug & Nov).
The Annual Parish meeting is generally held concurrently with the May council meeting.
The meetings are held in the Reading Room in Ewerby Village.
The meetings start at 7.30pm.
All residents are welcome to come to the public forum and discuss any concerns about the Parish.
Parish Council Members
- Councillor M Priestley (Acting Chairman)
- Councillor D Broadberry
- Councillor C Issitt
- Councillor A Lister-Tomlinson
- Councillor B Lord
- Councillor C Marshall
- Councillor N Scott
The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Wed 15 May 2024.
EWERBY AND EVEDON PARISH COUNCIL
Annual Newsletter 2024
Michael John Scott 1945-2023 (Ewerby and Evedon Parish Councillor 1996-2023)
Born in Grimsby in November 1945, Michael was a proud ‘Yellow Belly’. In 1949 his family travelled to what was then southern Tanganyika, where his father was working on the Groundnut Scheme. The next move was to Wattle Estates in the southern highlands of Tanzania and then on to a copper and gold mine on Lake Victoria near the Kenya/Uganda border and finally to Nairobi.
Michael attended boarding school in Nairobi and moved in 1959 to Sedbergh School in Cumbria. He later qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell, now KPMG, in the City in 1968. He married Jackie – nee Dring – in 1969 and was invited by his father-in-law to join him farming in 1973. Michael farmed at Holland Fen near Boston and at Ewerby Thorpe. With Jackie he had three children and nine grandchildren, with son Nick now running the farms. Michael also served as High Sheriff of Lincolnshire from 2020 to 2021.
Michael was a parish councillor for Ewerby and Evedon for 28 years and Chairman for most of this time. He is, and will continue to be, greatly missed by all of us.
There is a Memorial Service for Michael in St Andrews Church Ewerby on Friday 12th April 14.00, which you are welcome to attend. The family would like to apologise in advance for the inevitable parking issues this will cause on the day but thank you for your understanding.
Review of the Year to 31st March 2024
The Precept for the year was £3,500 for the 13th year in succession. Total Income in the year amounted to £5300 (2023 - £9,138) which included the rent of the Parish Land, VAT refund and Cemetery Fees. Total Expenditure amounted to £4562 (2023 - £9018) which included the cost of mowing the Green, Churchyard, Cemetery, Pinfold, Playing Field and Evedon Church Yard of some £3340 (2023 – £2,863). Insurance costs were £449 and Clerk’s salary was £360.
Precept 2024/25
You will have noted from the Council Tax Bill received from North Kesteven District Council that the Parish Precept has been maintained at £3,500.
Councillors
Mick Priestley, Dean Broadberry, Andy Lister-Tomlinson, Beverley Lord, Chris Marshall and Nick Scott. Carl Issitt represents Evedon. Jane Gibson is our Clerk 01529 461063 jane@gibsonsgb.com. You can obtain any Councillor’s telephone number by contacting Jane. Please do not hesitate to contact any one of us if you have any problems that you consider could be addressed by the Parish Council.
Reading Room Volunteers
The Reading Rooms currently does not have a viable committee and as such is running a scaled back programme of events. If you would like to run the committee or join the committee please contact Lucy Scott lucy.e.scott@googlemail.com
Beacon Fen Energy Park/Low Carbon Energy Company
Parishioners will be aware of proposals by Low Carbon to site a 1,300 acre (27% of the parish’s total area) solar installation with battery storage at Ewerby Thorpe. As Beacon Fen Energy Park will generate more than 50MW of power, it is classed as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) and Low Carbon must apply for a Development Consent Order (DCO) under the Planning Act 2008. Before it can be built this proposal will need to be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate. This Project is at the pre-application stage, with the application expected to be submitted between October and December 2024.
Beacon Fen Energy Park website: https://www.beaconfenenergypark.co.uk/ The timeline of the Beacon Fen Energy Park DCO process is shown on page 17 of the below linked document:
https://www.beaconfenenergypark.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Statutory-consultation-booklet.pdf
The parish council would welcome your opinion, for or against, on this proposed development so that they can formally respond to the consultation with statistical evidence of the parishioners’ opinions. Please message jane@gibsonsgb.com.
WebSite – http://parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk/EwerbyandEvedon
The Parish Council has a website at the above address. All Agendas, agreed minutes, accounts and budgets are published here, together with other relevant local news. It is an excellent site currently maintained by Andy Lister-Tomlinson.
Mick Priestley – Acting Chairman
March 2024
