April 01 - Parish Council Meeting Amended(27.3.25)
To: Cllrs. Bev Farrington (Chair), Brian Branch (Vice Chair), Yvonne McCulloch, Julian Tatam, Steve Valentine, Kevin Payne, Liz Jarman & Emma Williams
You are hereby summoned to the Langtoft Parish Council Meeting on Tuesday 1 April 2025 at 19:15 in the village hall
The business to be dealt with at the Meeting is listed below.
S Gresty
25/03/2025
The public and media are cordially invited to join this meeting
Public Forum: There will be a public forum starting at 7.15 pm 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
24/25-126 Chairperson opens meeting.
24/25-127 Apologies:
To receive any apologies for absence and reasons given.
24/25-128 Disclosure of Pecuniary Interests:
To receive any declarations of interest from councillors on items on the agenda; To receive written requests for dispensations for disclosable pecuniary interests (if any) and to grant any requests for dispensation as appropriate in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011.
24/25-129 Minutes:
To approve the minutes of :
a) 20 February 2025 – Parish Council meeting
24/25-130 Chris Nichol from Heidelberg Minerals Consultation to speak with regard to the older working areas of the original quarry that we call Baston 1 (the existing quarry being Baston 2) included the ‘North East Extension’, on the corner of Cross Road and Baston Outgang Road. Subject to a series of anti-social behaviour incidents the site was closed off with the aid of some concrete blocks. The Planning Authority have now said blocks are to be removed to allow the public to use the car park in accordance with the planning permission. Or as an alternative submit an application to amend the planning permission and approved restoration plan to remove the car park and allow it to (say) re-wild. Chris Nichols would like to hear local views on how we wish to proceed.
24/25-131
To review Action Tracker and to note any actions.
24/25-132
To receive reports from
a)County and District Councillors
• Speeding issues on Stowe Road – Cllr. Smith item.
b)Police Reports are received and circulated and made available on website/noticeboard upon receipt.
24/25-133
Current Year 2024/25 Finance and General Purpose.
a) To receive Financial Report for the period 01 April 2024 to 25 March 2025 with online bank statements.
b) Resolve Payments as follows:
a/c
ref Date To Whom / Description / £
151 11/02/2025 Kevin Johnson Inv. 2980 840
152 28/02/2025 S Gresty Feb salary 627.36
153 28/02/2025 N Bright Feb salary 431.7
154 28/02/2025 Unity Trust bank charges 6
155 27/02/2025 Y McCulloch events expenses 8.47
156 27/02/2025 N Bright Jan expenses 21.69
157 13/03/2025 Black Velvet Pest Control Inv. 206 135
158 13/03/2025 N Bright strimmer line expenses 28.57
159 13/03/2025 LHVMC Penfield rental 30
160 13/03/2025 A Harrison Penfield expenses 144.73
161 13/03/2025 S Gresty Clerk expense Qtr 4 124.34
162 14/03/2025 CJM Landscaping Inv. 12/3/25 4875
163 12/03/2025 S Valentine Penfield noticeboard 825.6
164 12/03/2025 Ionos General expense 15
165 20/03/2025 S Valentine Penfield expenses 83.4
c) To Note Income
a/c
ref Date Income £
34 31/01/2025 Set in Stone 120.00
35 03/02/2025 Set in Stone 60.00
36 10/03/2025 Penfield 212.25
37 06/03/2025 T Russell 340.00
38 12/03/2025 Penfield fund raising 343.50
39 17/03/2025 SKDC 1448.25
40 21/03/2025 LAGA 85.00
41 18/3/2025 Sale of Filing Cabinet 25.00
d) To Note Internal Transfer of funds
14/03/2025 £5,000 from Saving to Current account
e) To formally resolve overtime paid to gardener of 16 hours.
24/25-134 Working Groups Reports
a) Amenities – working group meeting to be arranged.
b) Community Engagement
i) Concern over Internet provider IONOS and Cllr access to email/documentation.
ii) VE Day update. To note grant received of £1448.25 and to receive an update-Cllr. Jarman
c) Penfield
i) Request to receive copies of Management committee minutes.
ii) To consider and resolve request to earmark unspent budget from 2024/25 as planned projects not yet completed.
d) Cemetery
i) To formally resolve quote for sandblasting and recoating cemetery gates £345 + VAT form APC Wet Paint Ltd, Clay Lake, Spalding.
ii) To formally resolve tree removal quote from Elderwood Trees of £170.00
e) East End Pond – To receive further project plan.
f) Black Bull Green s106 project. – To receive, consider and resolve draft proposal.
g) Emergency Resilience Plan - update
24/25-135 Planning
To receive any new applications since the last meeting and to resolve responses.
a) S25/0410 1 Bramblewood Court – Proposed single storey link extension
b) S25/0411 1 Bramblewood Court – Proposed single storey link extension and insertion of new stud walls
c) PL/0217/24 – Land at King Street Vary condition 13. Decision of Refusal noted
d) TRO Manor Close. Waiting Restrictions noted.
24/25-136 Report from Councillors
To receive reports on meetings they have attended as Parish Council Representatives
24/25-137 To formally note Correspondence received from last meeting. – see below
24/25-138 To receive Items for Future Meetings
Meeting 24th June SKDC Andrew Igoea SKDC Tree Projection Officer would like to come to speak about 3 yr tree planting plan for Pavilion Park
To receive, consider and resolve Communication Policy
Date of future meetings: 2025. Friday 11 April Annual Parish Meeting, 13 May, 24 June, 2 Sept, 14 Oct, 25th Nov
To Note Correspondence Received since last meeting
Date From Whom / Topic Group
2025-03-06 N Bright expenses strimmer lead cemetery
2025-03-13 Deeping Funeral interment enquiry cemetery
2025-03-22 Resident cemetery plot enquiry cemetery
2025-03-06 Black Velvet invoice cemetery/parks
2025-03-13 SKDC remittance advice payment 1448.25 comm.engage.
2025-03-20 Savills invoice allotment parish
2025-03-05 PC Collinson priority setting survey parish
2025-03-10 LCC public rights of way improvement plan parish
2025-03-10 SKDC Planning design code workshop stage 2 draft code parish
2025-03-11 Resident allotment enquiry parish
2025-03-17 SKDC election notices (not our area) parish
2025-03-20 SKDCTreeofficer 3 year tree plan parish
2025-03-24 ionos inv parish
2025-03-10 S Valentine penfield expenses penfield
2025-03-10 Village hall penfield expenses penfield
2025-03-10 Penfield fund raising event penfield
2025-03-12 Creative design invoice penfield
2025-03-19 Non Resident praising penfield and EE Pond Penfield
2025-03-21 S Valentine wonderwall invoice - penfield penfield
2025-03-21 J Tatam penfield expenses penfield
2025-03-03 LCC Planning pl/0127/24 land at king street committee notification planning
2025-03-06 RCC Planning s25/0119 decision notice planning
2025-03-12 Resident site 71 planning
2025-03-25 LCC Planning pl/0127/24 decision notice planning
2025-02-03 B Gault baston and langtoft proposed weight limit planning