Welcome to the Scothern Parish Council and Community Website.
This website is for the benefit of the local community and you can find details of parish council activities (including meeting dates, agendas & minutes), information about community happenings and our clubs/societies.
Police alert - vehicles broken into in Scothern
The Police have notifed the Council that 3 vehicles were broken into in the village recently. The vehicles targeted were
vans and some items were removed from them. Please report any suspicious activity to the Police and remain vigilant.
There have also been a number of burglaries and vehicle break-ins in nearby villages in recent days.
Vacancy for a Councillor
Due to the resignation of Melanie Tointon, there is now a vacancy on the Parish Council.
See the vacancy notice.
If you are interested in getting involved with the work that the PC undertakes on behalf of the parish then please contact the Clerk for more information or to apply for the position. Any existing councillor will also be happy to talk about the work of the council, if you wish to know more.
Broadband - Registration is important!
The County Council are finalising their plans to provide better broadband infrastructure throughout the county and now is the time
to ensure that Scothern is included by registering your interest. Please visit the OnLincolnshire registration page and add your name
to the list by registering. This will help LCC to determine which villages get a better broadband service and when - they will agreeing
contracts with suppliers very soon so please do this now!
WLDC - Garden Waste collection survey and site opening times
Following on from changes made last year, WLDC are now consulting with all residents to ask for their views on when to
stop and resume garden waste collections during the winter of 2012.
The survey can be accessed at
www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/wastenews
In addition, WLDC have published a leaflet showing the opening times and list of permitted items
for all the Domestic Waste sites in the district.
Read the waste sites leaflet. 
Village Festival / Jubilee Celebration - LATEST!
The Scothern Festival Committee has revealed more details on the timetable of exciting events as part of
the Scothern Festival.
Read more on our Jubilee Festival page.
At the moment, we are not sure we can have all the activities we would really like because we are short of volunteers,
so if you think you can help at all, even in a small way, please do get in touch.
Read about how to get involved.
Future of Grange Park - get involved!
Do you think Grange Park can be improved? What can be done to encourage more people to use it?
Would you like to see the wildflower meadow reinstated? Would you like to see more tree planting?
A steering group to look at the future of Grange Park is being formed -
please read about how you can help shape
the future of the park.
Scothern bus service under threat
Whilst there is no specific threat, in the current climate of cutbacks it is clear that the bus service that Scothern enjoys must be considered to be
'at risk' and therefore all residents are encouraged to make use of the service whenever possible.
"Use it or lose it" should be our mantra!
Better Broadband for Scothern
Latest: AB Internet, a Lincoln-based company, are offering to supply high speed wireless broadband to
the village immediately. A new aeriel has been sited at the Mark Harris Commercials site and a
suitable signal can now be recieved with the first 'live' customer expected to be connected this week.
AB Interent are accepting requests for a service at 4, 10 or 50Mb - please see the AB Internet website
for more details and ask about their "Essential Broadband Plus" service when getting in touch.
Red Barn development
The Environment Agency are continuing to monitor the situation at Red Barn and have asked that any
odour issues are reported to them on 0800 80 70 60 Read more on the news page.
Contacting Lincolnshire County Council
Lincolnshire County Council, County Offices, Newland, Lincoln LN1 1YL
telephone: 01522-552222 fax: 01522-516137
email:
customer_services@lincolnshire.gov.uk Minicom: 01522 552 055
Action Number
West Lindsey District Council has one number for you to report dog fouling
incidents, fly tipping, anti-social behaviour and littering etc.
For more information about the Parish Council please see our notice boards - Next to Ellison Boulters School; on the bus shelter opposite St Germain's Church and in front of Scothern Recreation Centre.