January 24 Parish Council Meeting
To: Cllrs. Colin Gamble (Chair), Brian Branch (Vice Chair), Yvonne McCulloch, Kevin Payne
Steve Valentine, Julian Tatam & Beverley Farrington
You are hereby summoned to a Langtoft Parish Council Meeting on
Tuesday 23 January 2024 at 19:00 at The Village Hall
The business to be dealt with at the Meeting is listed below.
S Gresty
16/01/24
The public and media are cordially invited to join this Meeting
Public Forum: There will be a public forum starting at 7 pm and lasting for a maximum of 30 minutes when members of the public may ask questions or make short statements on items relating to the agenda below to the Council. RULES FOR PUBLIC FORUM ARE CONTAINED IN LANGTOFT PARISH COUNCIL STANDING ORDERS WHICH CAN BE VIEWED IN FULL ON THE WEBSITE
Agenda
23/24-228 Chairman’s welcome and remarks
23/24-229 Apologies: To receive any apologies for absence and reasons given.
23/24-230 Disclosure of Pecuniary Interests: To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011, and to consider any requests for dispensations in respect of disclosable pecuniary interests’
23/24-231 Minutes: To approve the minutes of:
a) 28 November 2023 Parish Council Meeting
23/24-232 Items from previous minutes for information exchange
23/24-233 Casual Vacancies. To receive, consider and resolve applications.
23/24-234 To receive reports from
a)County and District Councillors
County Councillor Phil Dilks
District Councillors Vanessa Smith and Rosemary Trollope-Bellew
b)Police Reports are received and circulated and made available on website/noticeboard upon receipt.
23/24-235 Finance & General Purposes :
a) Review of staff grading and pay – Cllr. Tatam
b) To receive, consider and resolve 2024/25 Budget and Precept
c) Financial Report for the period 01 April 2023 to 31 December 2023 with bank statements.
d) Resolve Payments as follows:
To Whom Detail /£
236 S Gresty Oct Clerk Salary
237 N Bright Oct Gardener salary
238 N Bright oct expenses 60.39
239 S Valentine Penfield expenses 81.4
240 Play Inspection annual inspection EEP 90
241 Elderwood Treecarepollarding EEP Pond 1300
242 RBL Poppy Appeal donation 90
243 IONOS inv 203038689396 3
244 BDG Mowing inv 23/1451 351
245 A Deptford inv 14577 defib pads 231.54
246 S Gresty qtr 2 clerk expenses 207.68
247 John Eley Signs park and penfield signs 254.4
248 P Coles landmark inv 84869 EEP pond 35.57
249 St Michael's church xmas tree donation 10
250 St Michael's church room hire nov meeting 35
251 Branch Brothers invoices 62639 & 62805 124.15
252 DT Window cleaning bus stop inv 27364 60
253 S Gresty microsoft annual subscription 118.85
254 N Bright nov salary + backpay
255 S Gresty nov salary + backpay
256 ionos 203039168808 3
257 Branch Brothers inv 1062999/1063178 90.41
258 N Bright nov expenses 40.61
259 LALC inv 14146 training 24
260 FOLS donation opal project 200
261 G Hobbs Ukrainian welcome backs 100
262 Ligna Consultancy 3538 tree survey 630
263 Yvonne McCulloch events expenses xmas event 23.08
264 Unity Trust Bank bank charges 18
265 Shelley Signs inv26164 EEP signage 444
266 Graytones Printers inv 35423 xmas cards 60
267 John Eley Signs inv 8383 eep signage 60
268 S Gresty Dec clerk salary
269 N Bright Dec Gardeners salary
270 HMRC Qtr 3 Tax and NIC 872.11
271 IONOS Invoice 203039646557 3
272 Kevin Johnson Invoice 2841 360
273 N Bright Gardeners dec expenses 14.55
e) To Note Income
274 Cemetery stone 45.00
275 Cemetery EROB 142 90.00
276 Cemetery GP EROB 143/144 180.00
277 Cemetery YC EROB 145 & 146 360.00
278 SKDC cleaning grant 463.32
279 Cemetery EROB 141 (LM) 360.00
280 Unity Trust Bank bank interest 177.40
23/24-281 Working Group current issues (standard agenda items):
a) Amenities –
i. Action list update
ii. To receive information for external contractors to maintain parks
b) Events
c) Penfield
d) Cemetery
e) East End Pond
i) To receive, consider and resolve adoption of Risk Assessment
f) Grapevine Magazine - To discuss and agree and resolve its future.
23/24-282 Planning to receive any applications since the last meeting.
i) PL/0129/22 S23/0103
to vary conditions of 2 of planning permission s19/0497 to amend the mineral extraction boundary and reduce the standoff distances from rectory farm, crown farm and the lodge To planning committee 6 November 2023 -approved at Planning meeting 08/11/2023
- ii) pl/0130/22 s23/0102 to vary condition 3 of planning permission s19/0486 to amend the mineral extraction boundary and reduce the standoff distance from crown farm - To planning committee 6 November 2023 approved at Planning meeting 08/11/2023
- iii) s23/1760 discharge of conditions 3 (arboriculture report) 4 (construction plan) and 7 sustainable building methods) in relation to s22/2459 -No comments submitted - Decision pending
- iv) s23/1962 first floor rear and side extension and internal ground floor amendments The Planning Committee of Langtoft Parish Council have no objections this application. It is hoped that this applications recognises good design and is built to a high environmental and energy efficient standard in consideration of environmental challenges we face in the Climate Change Emergency. - Decision pending
- v) PL/0083/23 97 ha south eastern extension to the existing sand and gravel extraction operations with restoration to amenity/nature conservation No comments submitted - Decision Pending
- vi) s23 0482 APPEAL Against failure to give Notice of Decision. Notice for information. Appeal date 9 Jan 2024
23/24-283 Communications – Cllr. Farrrington
a) Parish Councillor surgery with village
b) Village community - consider merging the following:- newsletter, events, annual calendar, local news, volunteering needs, celebrations etc across all clubs/groups, council, school
c) Day time hub.
23/24-284 LPC Emergency Plan. Cllr. Gamble
23/24-285 To note Correspondence received from last meeting is listed below
23/24-286 To receive Items for Future Meetings
- Policies Donations and Reserves
- SKDC Langtoft Pavilion Playing fields
Date of future meetings: 2024: 5 Mar, 23 Apr, 28 May, 16 July, 12 Sept, 22 Oct, 26 Nov
Correspondence
Date / From Whom / Detail
21 Nov Ionos Invoice
21 Nov SKDC Planning S23/1962 application
22 Nov SKDC Planning S23/1164 decision
22 Nov SKDC Corporate Plan consultation
27 Nov Ligna consultancy Tree inspection report
27 Nov LALC Invoice clerk training
27 Nov Play Inspection Order form for 2024
27 Nov Penfield Commit. Budget 2024
28 Nov SKDC Grass cutting inhouse for 2024
28 Nov Ligna Invoice
30 Nov Police Community ownership fund
30 Nov LCC Planning Consultation for PL/0083/23
1 Dec Enquiry Regarding family history
2 Dec LCC Gov benefit or cost of living payments
2 Dec LCC Devolution consultation launched
4 Dec LCC Comm foundation payments
6 Dec Graytones Invoice xmas cards
6 Dec SKDC Planning S23/0482 appeal notice
6 Dec SKDC Animal licensing policy
7 Dec Eley Signs Invoice ee pond
8 Dec Shelly Signs Invoice ee pond
10 Dec G Hobbs Thank you and info on Ukraine gift bags
11 Dec Elderwood Trees Quotation for tree works
12 Dec Bourne Grammar Admission policy consultation
15 Dec SKDC Remittance £463.32 cleaning grant
20 Dec SKDC Fl Invoice
22 Dec SKDC Climate action workshop 18.1.24
22 Dec PFL Group Quotes for play repairs
23 Dec LeisureSK Save a life cpr training feb and march
30 Dec Resident Cemetery enquiry
30 Dec Unity Trust bank Confirmation of mandate
2 Jan Kevin Johnson Invoice
14 Jan Cllr Smith report
16 Jan LALC Invoice for 24/25