November 25 - Parish Council Meeting
To: Cllrs. Bev Farrington (Chair), Julian Tatam (Vice Chair), Brian Branch, Yvonne McCulloch, Liz Jarman, Steve Valentine, Kevin Payne, Richard Carter, Chris Palmer
& Darren Scott
You are hereby summoned to Langtoft Parish Council Meeting on Tuesday 25 November 2025 at 19:00 in the Village Hall
The business to be dealt with at the Meeting is listed below.
S Gresty
18/11/25
The public and media are cordially invited to join this meeting
Public Forum: There will be a public forum starting at 7pm and lasting for up to 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
25/26-71
Apologies:
To receive any apologies for absence and reasons given.
25/26-72
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’
25/26-73
Minutes:
To approve the minutes of:
a) 14 October 2025 Parish Council meeting
b) To review Action Tracker. This document tracks items from previous meetings and their progress.
25/26-74
To receive reports from
a)County and District Councillors – Report from Cllr. Smith
b)Police Reports are received and circulated and made available on website/noticeboard upon receipt.
25/26-75
Finance
a) Year 2025/26 To receive Financial Account Report for October 2025 with bank statements.
Resolve Payments as follows:
File
Ref Date To Whom
89 8 Oct LVHMC £10.00
90 8 Oct P Coles £24.18 £4.83vat
91 8 Oct BDG Mowing £260 £52.00vat
92 8 Oct Branch Brothers £259.45 £55.96vat
93 10 Oct IONOS £15.50 £3.10vat
94 13 Oct S Valentine £60.00
95 13 Oct APC Wet Paint £ 345.00 £69.00vat
96 13 Oct Langtoft PCC £10.00
97 13 Oct A Harrison £138.68 £3.15vat
98 13 Oct Elderwood Tree Care £760.00
99 13 Oct N Bright £35.13 £1.33vat
100 13 Oct S Gresty £382.02 £70.49vat
101 20 Oct AW £21.01
102 31 Oct Unity Trust bank £6.00
To Note Income received
I15 6 Oct SKDC £17800.00
I16 7 Oct LAGA £85
I17 14 Oct A Owen £220
I18 15 Oct Langtoft Festival £126
I19 30 Oct SKDC £463.32
Bank transfer - 8th October £6k from current account to savings account.
b) To receive and note Half Year audit and comments.
c) To receive and discuss Draft Budget for 2026/27
d) To receive, consider and resolve purchase of gate at Village entrances at Stowe Road and East End as per minute item 25/26-75a proposal 2 – Cllr. Jarman
e) To consider additional bank signatures
f) Gritting Contract. To receive, consider and resolve gritting contract for Winter 25/26
25/26-76 Parks
a) S106 and Play Park upgrade. To consider and approve holding an open public meeting for the residents with presentations from 3 companies who have quoted for equipment and upgrade of the parks.
b) SKDC UK Prosperity fund for goal mouth repairs.
i.) To formally accept revised grant offer from SKDC
ii.) To consider instructing County Turf as contractor to undertake the work
c. To receive Play Safety Inspection report for EEP
25/26-77 Working Groups
a) Christmas Event Updates – Cllr. McCulloch
b) To receive any additional card recipients
c) Grapevine advertising update
d) East End Pond To receive and note the 2025 Aqua pond risk assessment (also uploaded on website).
e) To consider outcomes from Parish village inspection on 1 November.
25/26-78 Planning
Applications received since last meeting and any updates of existing planning.
• To formally note Ashwood Homes proposal for 49 new homes off East End. To attend public consultations on 2nd and 4th December 6-7pm.
25/26-79 To formally note Correspondence received from last meeting. – see below
25/26-80 To receive Items for Future Meetings
2025/26 Annual plan review – Cllr. Farrington – January meeting
Date of future meetings: 2026. 13 Jan, 24 Feb, 7 Apr, 19 May, 7 July, 15 Sept, 27 Oct, 9 Dec Annual Parish Meeting TBC
To Note Correspondence Received since last meeting
Langtoft Parish Council Correspondence since 6 October 2025
Date From Whom /Description Group
2025-10-06 House of Tents invoice Amenities
2025-10-10 BDG Mowing quote for 2026 mowing Amenities
2025-10-22 Hugh Crane invoice for shovels Amenities
2025-10-23 PlayInspection EE Park safety inspection report Amenities
2025-10-24 PlayInspection invoice play inspection Amenities
2025-10-27 Online Playgrounds certificates zip wire Amenities
2025-11-10 Fenland Leisure invoice zip wire overhaul Amenities
2025-10-07 APC wet pain invoice cemetery gates cemetery
2025-10-28 Co op grave query cemetery
2025-10-29 Co op cemetery enquiry cemetery
2025-11-09 Resident grapevine complaint Comm.engag
2025-11-10 Graytones invoices Comm.engag
2025-11-11 Resident grapevine complaint/comments Comm.engag
2025-11-13 St Michael's church xmas tree event Comm.engag
2025-10-08 Elderwood trees invoice eep EE Pond
2025-11-11 P Coles aqua risk assessment EE Pond
2025-11-14 Aquaserve report EE Pond
2025-10-29 microsoft invoice finance
2025-10-29 SKDC remittance cleaning second payment finance
2025-10-30 SKDC agreement to trees on pavilion park finance
2025-11-03 Cllr. Farrington cllr expenses finance
2025-11-05 P Coles parish council expenses finance
2025-11-06 Aquaserve invoice finance
2025-11-06 Fields in Trust invoice finance
2025-11-06 BDG Mowing invoice finance
2025-11-08 Set in Stone remittance advice finance
2025-11-11 D Risk half year audit finance
2025-11-17 Cllr. Jarman quotation for village gates finance
2025-10-07 MDTC invite to remembrance parish
2025-10-09 St Michael's church tree event parish
2025-10-09 SKDC street trading policy changes parish
2025-10-22 Pearce Arboriculture pl certificates parish
2025-10-23 Resident junction enquiry parish
2025-10-27 microsoft invoice parish
2025-11-04 Candidate clerk post enquiry parish
2025-11-04 Resident allotment enquiry parish
2025-11-07 J Kirby grass contractor enquiry parish
2025-11-12 K Johnson cessation of gritting services parish
2025-11-13 Alicia Kearns MP village hall funds parish
2025-11-17 LCC housing relating support consultation parish
2025-11-17 Ashwood Homes non available to attend meeting parish
2025-11-17 SKDC draft design code parish
2025-10-22 S Valentine expenses Penfield Penfield
2025-10-29 A Harrison Penfield expenses Penfield
2025-11-04 LCC avian influenza notice Penfield
2025-10-28 SKDC Planning s25 1927 application planning
2025-10-29 SKDC Planning s25/1927 application planning
2025-11-03 SKDC Planning decision s25 1716 planning
2025-11-11 Ashwood Homes prop. 49 new homes off East End planning
2025-11-11 SKDC Planning s25/0198 decision notice planning
2025-11-12 Resident concerns at 49 new homes planning
2025-11-15 Resident Ashwood homes planning/speeding planning