Parish Council meeting, July 2023

The next meeting is on Monday the 3rd of July. 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.


From the clerk, Sharon Brown, 27/06/2023:

The Next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held in The Reading Room on Monday 3rd July 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 5th June 2023.

5. Open Forum – 15 minutes to enable members of the public to bring any matters to the attention of the Parish Council.

6. Matters Arising.      

  1. Crown & Cushion.

7. Planning Applications:

1.   Application Ref: 22/02382/FUL | Construction of 2no. 2 bedroom maisonettes. | Land At 16 Sand Road Great Gransden Sandy SG19 3AQ – update.

2. RE: Planning Permission Consultation – Hardwick Farm Caxton Road Great Gransden (ref 22/00206/FUL). Additional Information – access road.

3. 23/01075/CLPD Crimple Dean Farm 104 Meadow Road Great Gransden Sandy SG19 3BB. Certificate of Lawfulness proposed: stationing of a mobile home within residential garden to provide ancillary accommodation.

4. 23/01079/CLPD 3 Webbs Meadow Great Gransden Sandy SG19 3BL. Certificate of Lawfulness proposed: single storey rear extension, in place of the existing conservatory.

8. Playing Field.

  1. .MUGA maintenance.
  2. Cricket wickets.
  3. Public Relations.

9. Sportsfield.

1. Football pitches re-seeding 2023.

2. Football pitches, draft Maintenance Agreement.

3. Pavilion.

10. Reading Room – Building Project.

11. Green Space Land North East of Mandene Gardens. S106 Agreement under planning application 17/01375/OUT (‘Dutton Gardens openspace’).

12. Mandene Gardens ‘play area’.

13. RFO’s Financial Statement June 2023 and Budget Review.

14. Payments for Approval.

15. Internal Audit – review.

16. Bank signatories.

17. County Broadband connection to Reading Room.

18. Highways.

  • Any repairs or maintenance needed.
  • Overgrown hedges – Crow Tree Street, on raised path.

19. E-W Rail meeting – report.

20. Correspondence

1. Waste Reduction meeting – HDC – 12/7/23.

2. Community Ownership Fund – Round 3 open.

3. HDC Grounds Maintenance in Great Gransden – information.

21. HR Committee Update. In line with the legislation below*, this item will be closed to the public.

22. Date of Next Meeting: Monday 7th August 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.’