Minutes
Saxilby Waterfront Working Group
Monday 10 November 2025
7:00pm – 9:00pm
St Andrews Community Centre,
William Street, Saxilby, LN1 2LP
Present
Chris Hailes, Elizabeth Hillman (Chair), Shiela Hughes, Lauren Hunniset, Jane Kay and Ford Wright
Meeting
SW25/068 1. Welcome and introduction
The chair welcomed all those present to the meeting.
SW25/069 2. To receive apologies for absence
None received.
SW25/070 3. To receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011
None declared.
SW25/071 4. To approve the notes of the meeting held on 09 October 2025 as minutes and for the chair to sign
Having been proposed (Jane Kay) and seconded (Chris Hailes), it was RESOLVED:
To approve the notes of the meeting held on 09 October 2025 as minutes, with one amendment, and the chair signed them.
SW25/072 5. Project updates and actions:
a) Information boards:
i) Agree photographs to support the text on the regeneration board
Having been proposed (Jane Kay) and seconded (Lauren Hunniset), it was RESOLVED:
To send a selection of images to the graphic designer to be used on the regeneration board.
ii) Note and agree any actions following a meeting with Saxilby & District History Group
Having been proposed (Ford Wright) and seconded (Chris Hailes), it was RESOLVED:
To make discussed amendments to the information board wording, based on feedback from the Saxilby & District History Group.
iii) Consider contacting organisations to inform them of the removal of the existing information boards
Having been proposed (Shiela Hughes) and seconded (Jane Kay), it was RESOLVED:
To contact organisations named on the existing information boards, to advise them that the current boards will be removed.
iv) Note a revised timeline for completion, including design, production and installation
Noted.
b) Budget: including an update on grant applications
Update received.
c) Heritage Lighting: including an update on fundraising and grant funding
Noted.
d) Fundraising: including consideration of further events such as a Christmas cake/bake sale
Deferred.
e) Appraisal review: to note the response from the Conservation Officer
No response received.
f) Feedback from Planning & Development Committee
Noted.
g) Project plan: to note updates
Updates noted.
h) Water pipe bridge: to note correspondence from Anglian Water and consider next steps
Having been proposed (Elizabeth Hillman) and seconded (Chris Hailes), it was RESOLVED:
To seek support from the Conservation Officer and Historic England East Midlands regarding the repainting of the pipe bridge.
i) Multi-agency meeting regarding deer in the canal: to note update and agree representatives for the meeting
Having been proposed (Ford Wright) and seconded (Shiela Hughes), it was RESOLVED:
To agree Elizabeth Hillman and Lauren Hunniset as representatives for the meeting.
j) Conservation leaflet: to note delivery of leaflets
Noted. The chair expressed thanks to Shiela Hughes and Jane Kay for hand-delivering the leaflets.
SW25/073 6. To note and agree any actions:
a) Volunteering: to note summary of volunteer hours in 2025
Noted.
b) Tools audit: including any actions
Having been proposed (Chris Hailes) and seconded (Jane Kay), it was RESOLVED:
To request that the tool and equipment list is laminated and put in the storage room for reference.
c) 2026 onwards: to consider next steps
Noted.
SW25/074 7. Date of next meeting
To be agreed when information board drafts are received.
Meeting closed at 20.33.