APPEAR ON QUESTION TIME

Coun Neil Taylor's resignation from Brigg Town Council has been received with sadness, meaning there are now three vacancies, as Couns Maureen Glossop and Maureen Neal have also stepped down.
Within any committee or organisation it's always healthy to have a good age range - and Neil was at the senior end of the scale. Maureen Neal also contributed usefully to the authority during her relatively short time in office. We've previously commented on Maureen Glossop's hard work for the community - over many years.
The three vacancies are now being advertised by the council. So if you want to be considered, contact Town Clerk Jeanette Woollard. It's normal practice these days for co-option to follow, rather than the expense of an election. But the proper procedure needs to be gone through. Interested people are asked to write a letter about themselves and their interests, and the council will then consider all applications. If there are more received than vacancies, a vote will be taken among existing members to decide who gets offered places.
Use this link if you wish to ask Mrs Woollard for further details TOWN COUNCIL - or call in at the Town Council office on Monday or Thursday mornings before noon (entry via the Angel courtyard, off the Market Place, through the glass doors). You don't get paid for being a town councillor, by the way. It's voluntary - for the good of the community.
Monday sees a meeting of the Planning and Environment Committee in the lounge of the Angel Suite, 6.45pm. This meeting is open to the public (to listen, not take part in the discussions). If you wish to go along, entry is via the rear entrance, off the Angel car park (on foot via the Market Place along Exchange Place). The lounge is down the steps on the lower floor (lift available).
Main business will be to consider the latest Brigg planning applications, the town council being able to pass on its thoughts to North Lincolnshire planners before final decisions are made.
Application Number 2009/1390: Permission to retain four storage containers, Thomas Bell and Son, Bigby Road, Brigg.
Application Number 2009/1359: Permission for change of use from residential to B1 use, 1A Ancholme Gardens, Brigg.
Application Number PA/1009/1331: Planning Permission to erect an extension to existing dwelling, 10 Woodbine Avenue, Brigg.
Sometimes additional applications are considered at these meetings, if received after the preparation of the agenda.
The planning meeting will be followed at 7.30pm by the monthly meeting of Brigg Town Council in the main part the Angel Suite (what was once the ballroom of the hotel).
As always there will be a 15-minute period set aside for Public Question Time prior to the formal meeting. Unfortunately Mr Dimbleby, of the BBC, is unlikely to be present! However, here's an opportunity for Brigg folk to go along and raise issues or comment on matters affecting the town which they feel are important.
Some people do go along and exercise their democratic right - but relatively few.
As most of the council's work is now carried out by its various committees, the so-called Full Council meetings are not very long affairs.
However, an item about the refurbishment of Woodbine Park - site of the old prefabs, now a play area in front of South View Avenue - may prove of interest to residents with young children from the Spring Bank estate.