Councillor Paul Charles Wimhurst

Environment Scrutiny Committee - Friday, 1st August, 2025 10.00 am

The Environment Scrutiny Committee met to discuss several key issues, including the Lincolnshire Coast 2100+ Programme, biodiversity net gain, the procurement of compaction machinery, and the response to recommendations from the Storms Impact Working Group. The committee reviewed reports and provided feedback to be considered by the Executive Councillor for Environment and the Executive. Additionally, the committee discussed and updated its work programme for the coming months.

Health Scrutiny Committee for Lincolnshire - Wednesday, 16th July, 2025 10.00 am

The Health Scrutiny Committee for Lincolnshire met to discuss the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group, and local mental health, dementia, learning disability and autism services. The committee agreed to thank the presenters from the NHS for their attendance, presentation and answers to questions, and to record concerns about hospital discharge arrangements, patient readmissions, waiting times for some diagnostic services and communication of their results. The committee also agreed to note the information presented on local mental health services, and to thank the presenters for their report, attendance and answers to questions.

Planning and Regulation Committee - Monday, 14th July, 2025 10.30 am

The Planning and Regulation Committee of Lincolnshire Council met to discuss several traffic regulation orders and a significant application for the One Earth Solar Farm. The committee approved the traffic regulation orders with some modifications and voted to object to the One Earth Solar Farm development consent order application, citing concerns over landscape impact, loss of agricultural land, and other environmental issues.

Children's and Culture Scrutiny Committee - Friday, 20th June, 2025 11.00 am

The Children and Culture Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the proposed development of mainstream special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) hubs at five primary local authority maintained schools. The committee voted to support the recommendations for the Executive Councillor for Children's Services to approve the proposals for each of the five schools. The committee also reviewed and agreed to the committee's work programme for the year 2025 to 2026.

Health Scrutiny Committee for Lincolnshire - Wednesday, 11th June, 2025 11.00 am

The Health Scrutiny Committee for Lincolnshire met to discuss general practice provision in the county, arrangements for quality accounts, and the committee's work programme. The committee noted reports on GP provision from NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and the Lincolnshire Local Medical Committee (LMC), and agreed to request further reports in six months. Members also agreed to establish a working group to consider draft statements on quality accounts from Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust and United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.