The next meeting is on Monday the 7th of August. A copy of the clerk’s notice, including the agenda, follows below; the notice is also available in PDF format, as is a copy of the clerk’s notes.
(this post updated 2 August to include links to the downloadable copies of the agenda and clerk’s report, to add hyperlinks, and to add some punctuation to make the page work better with text-to-speech software.)
(a revised copy of the clerk’s report uploaded 7th August.)
The minutes of this meeting are available online.
From the clerk, Sharon Brown, 1/8/2023:
The Next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held in The Reading Room on Monday 7th August 2023 at 7:30pm, with Nick Ginn in the chair.
MEMBERS: 8 QUORUM: 3
1. Silent Prayer.
2. Apologies for absence.
3. Declarations of Interest.
(a) Councillors to declare any disclosable pecuniary interest in any items on the agenda:
(b) Councillors to declare any other interest in any items on the agenda.
4. Minutes. Consideration of the minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 3rd July 2023.
5. Open Forum – 15 minutes to enable members of the public to bring any matters to the attention of the Parish Council.
6. Planning Applications:
6.1. REF: 23/00491/FUL – 20 Little Gransden Lane Great Gransden Sandy, erection of detached dwelling utilising and existing vehicular access.
6.2. REF. 23/01381/S73 – Variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) of 18/01916/HHFUL, 23 Meadow Road, Great Gransden Sandy SG19 3BD.
6.3. General planning enquiries to the Parish Council.
7. Crown & Cushion – Asset of Community Value – decision by HDC.
8. Playing Field.
- MUGA.
- Public Relations.
9. Sportsfield.
- Hedge cutting.
- Pavilion update.
10. Hedge cutting and trees managed by GGPC.
11. Defibrillator – checks.
12. Reading Room – Building Project.
13. Green Space Land North East of Mandene Gardens. S106 Agreement under planning application 17/01375/OUT (‘Dutton Gardens open space’).
(to see all applications including variations relating to this application, go to the HDC planning portal and type or paste 17/01375/OUT into the search box at the bottom of the page.)
14. Green bin charge.
15. RFO’s Financial Statement July 2023 and Budget Review.
16. Payments for Approval.
17. Bank signatories.
18. County Broadband connection to Reading Room.
19. Highways.
- Any repairs or maintenance needed.
- Community Gritting Scheme applications for Winter 2023 – 2024.
20. Correspondence
- Noticeboards repair.
- Upcoming closures of Waresley and Gransden Woods, and Gamlingay Wood Nature Reserves.
- Water pollution under Mandean Bridge.
- Gigaclear works – concerns.
21. HR Committee Update. In line with the legislation below*, this item will be closed to the public
22. Date of Next Meeting: Monday 4th September 2023 which will commence at 7.30pm.
*‘Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960
(2) A body may, by resolution, exclude the public from a meeting (whether during the whole or part of the proceedings) whenever publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted or for other special reasons stated in resolution and arising from the nature of that business or of the proceedings; and where such a resolution is passed, this Act shall not require the meeting to be open to the public during proceedings to which the resolution applies.’