October 14 - Parish Council Meeting
To: Cllrs. Bev Farrington (Chair), Julian Tatam (Vice Chair), 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 14 October 2025 at 19:00 in the Village Hall
The business to be dealt with at the Meeting is listed below.
S Gresty
08/10/25
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) 02 September 2025 Parish Council meeting
b) To review Action Tracker.
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 to 30 September 2025 with bank statements.
Resolve Payments as follows:
File
Ref Date To Whom Net Vat
70 11/08/2025 Ionos 14.50 2.90
65 18/08/2025 A Harrison 13.99 2.80
66 18/08/2025 S Valentine 4.99 1.00
67 18/08/2025 N Bright 14.85
68 18/08/2025 BDG Mowing 260.00 52.00
69 18/08/2025 P Coles 12.05 2.41
71 28/08/2025 S Gresty 727.36
72 28/08/2025 N Bright 500.95
73 31/08/2025 Unity Trust Bank 6.00
74 10/09/2025 Ionos 15.50 3.10
75 22/09/2025 WGM Ltd 829.17 165.83
76 22/09/2025 S Valentine 100.41 5.58
77 22/09/2025 Parish Online 160.00 32.00
78 22/09/2025 Graytones 560.00 16.00
79 22/09/2025 S Valentine 25.00 5.00
80 22/09/2025 LVHMC 10.00
81 22/09/2025 John Eley Signs 137.50 27.50
82 22/09/2025 PKF Littlejohn 315.00 63.00
83 23/09/2025 BDG Mowing 260.00 52.00
84 24/09/2025 Savills 85.00
85 26/09/2025 N Bright 445.63
86 26/09/2025 S Gresty 647.32
87 26/09/2025 HMRC 838.00
88 30/09/2025 Unity Trust Bank 6.00
2 x Bank Transfer from Savings to current account £5,000 23 July and 25 July
To Note Income received
A/c
Ref Date From Whom / £
I12 14/08/25 In-Ctrl IT support grapevine donation £25
I13 22/08/25 Refresh & Renew grapevine donation £25
I14 04/09/25 Langtoft Players Penfield donation £50
30/09/25 Unity Trust Bank interest £182.70
b) To receive proposals, consider and resolve the reallocation of funds of £2532 saved from the East End Pond Budget (Action: 25/26-67b).
Proposal 1. Purchase and installation of a bench near Ash Close – Cllr. McCulloch
Proposal 2. Purchase of gate or planters at Village entrances at Stowe Road and East End. Cllr. Jarman
Proposal 3. Community Speed Watch. To receive, consider and resolve funding and project proposal. Cllr. Palmer
c) Recruitment of new clerk.
25/26-76 Risk Assessment. To receive, consider and adopt review.
25/26-77 Amenities
a) To note the successful UK Prospertity fund award of £13,565.34 but this has not yet been accepted due to concerns that the proposed solution is not the correct one. SKDC will consider an amendment to the grant request, subject to completion by 28 February 2026. Quotations for hybrid grass turf are being sourced.
b) To receive, consider and resolve quotations for tree safety inspection.
c) To resolve purchase of shovels for the grit bin and to note the free delivery of salt from SKDC has been ordered.
d) To receive and consider Safety Inspection annual report for Black Bull Green.
e) Coronation Community Orchard Grant. To consider and resolve applying for fruit trees. – Cllr. Jarman
25/26-78 Working Group Reports
a) To receive Cemetery Report
b) Community Engagement Report
i) Grapevine 2026 issue dates Parrish Council alignment
ii) Review Q3/25 event schedule/scope of activities and associated budget
c) Penfield Committee to receive any updates
25/26-79 Planning
Applications received since last meeting and any updates of existing planning.
• PL/0070/23 Development: to extract sand and gravel with restoration to agriculture and nature conservation, import and processing of inert restoration materials, export of recycled aggregate, the creation of new public footpaths, the erection of associated plant and infrastructure and a new/altered access from the a15
Location: Thetford house farm, baston grid reference: 511598, 315335 response deadline 16 oct
25/26-80 To formally note Correspondence received from last meeting. – see below
25/26-70 To receive Items for Future Meetings
2025/26 Annual plan review – Cllr. Farrington – January meeting
Emergency Plan simulation – Cllr. Payne
Date of future meetings: 2025: 25 Nov,
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
Date From Whom - Description / Group
2025-09-01 SKDC - proposed council tax support /parish
2025-09-01 Resident - bulbs in BBG / Amenities
2025-09-01 BDG Mowing - invoice august grass / Amenities
2025-09-29 House of Tents - confirmation order / Amenities
2025-10-02 Fields in Trust - annual play inspection report / Amenities
2025-09-22 Scholes - interment internment application / cemetery
2025-09-01 LVH - invoice grapevine / Comm.engag
2025-09-04 Graytones - invoice grapevine / Comm.engag
2025-10-01 LVH- invoice / Comm.engag
2025-09-01 Hilary Eley- invoice signs / EE Pond
2025-10-03 Pete Coles - EE Pond expenses / EE Pond
2025-09-02 PKF Littlejohn - completion of 24/25 accounts / finance
2025-09-09 Parish Online - invoice / finance
2025-09-18 Savills - Allotment invoice / finance
2025-10-02 SKDC - remittance second precept / finance
2025-10-03 BDG Mowing - invoice/ finance
2025-09-07 Cllr. Smith - Local business event / parish
2025-09-08 SKDC - bin collection changes / parish
2025-09-08 SKDC Highways - TTRO 20-24 Oct King Street / parish
2025-09-08 D PPG - meeting 17 Oct notice / parish
2025-09-11 Tommy Plummer - tree survey quote / parish
2025-09-11 Resident - allotment enquiry / parish
2025-09-12 LCC - lifestyle service consultation / parish
2025-09-12 Woodcraft tree - quote for tree survey / parish
2025-09-15 Scouts - funding request / parish
2025-09-20 Resident - village hall enquiry / parish
2025-09-24 LCC - TTRO 4-5 Nov King Street / parish
2025-09-24 Alicia Kearns MP - flooding summit/ parish
2025-09-25 SKDC- LGR further briefing / parish
2025-09-26 AW pipeline - update / parish
2025-09-29 SKDC - fruit tree funding / parish
2025-09-30 Lincs Police - feedback survey / parish
2025-10-01 SKDC - common ground award / parish
2025-09-04 S Valentine - Penfield expenses / Penfield
2025-09-05 Cub Scout group - geocaching enquiry/ Penfield
2025-09-25 Clear Council - confirm water safety /Penfield
2025-09-04 SKDC Planning - s25/0946 decision notice / planning
2025-09-08 SKDC Planning - s25/1470 decision notice / planning
2025-09-16 LCC Planning - PL/0070/23 application / planning
2025-09-30 SKDC Planning - s25/1542 decision notice / planning
2025-10-06 SKDC Planning - s25/1457 decision / planning