COUNCILLOR RESIGNS

It came as a surprise to receive the agenda for Brigg Town Council's forthcoming monthly "full council" meeting and see that Coun Mike Galvin has resigned.
Although only on the council for a relatively short time, he had already gained the vice-chairmanship of one of the committees.
It looks like the "casual vacancy" process will be invoked to find a successor.
At next Monday's council meeting, we will discover who's stepped forward, under the "casual vacancy" procedure, to seek the place vacated by Coun Sue Nicholson's earlier resignation.
Under the system, interested people write in, saying why they would like to join the council, and our existing councillors then consider the statements. If there's more than one applicant, it's usual for a vote to be taken to decide who gets co-opted.
If you wish to go along to the council meeting on Monday (Sept 27) it's in the Angel Suite, starting at 7.30pm. A 15-minute period has been set aside at the start of proceedings for Public Question Time. It's not often anyone exercises their democratic right to do so, but it's there in case anyone does.
Prior to the so-called full council meeting, the planning and environment committee meets in the Angel Suite, from 6.45pm. The agenda is particularly "thin" - but there is one item of business generated from higher up the planning hirearchy that might interest the plain English brigade...

TO RECEIVE NOTICE FROM THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE PROPOSED BRIGG, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, POWER STATION, CENTRICA BRIGG LTD, INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2009 SI 2263.

We wonder whether "SI" might refer to Statutory Instrument, which, if added in full, would have made things even more long-winded.

The above makes the previous item on Monday's agenda - again generated higher up the planning pyramid - seem a relatively easy one to grasp...


TO RECEIVE NOTICE OF THE NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK - CORE STRATEGY DPD - SUBMISSION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE

As the man on the A-Team used to say: "I love it when a plan comes together!"