The next meeting is on Monday the 5th of June. 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, 30/05/2023:
The Next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held in The Reading Room on Monday 5th June 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 2nd May 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.
- Neighbourhood Plan.
- Litter Bin.
- Crown & Cushion.
- ACV
- Investment
- Lych gate – bottom bolt / cracked stone – ((Councillors Day / Capps).
7. Playing Field.
- MUGA sound reduction.
- Cricket wickets (Councillor Rowbotham).
- Public Relations.
8. Sportsfield.
1. Football pitches re-seeding 2023.
2. Football pitches, draft Maintenance Agreement.
9. Reading Room Cottage Water Supply.
10. Reading Room – Building Project.
11. Jubilee Celebration.
12. Green Space Land North East of Mandene Gardens. S106 Agreement under planning application
17/01375/OUT (‘Dutton Gardens open space’).
13. Churchyard Conservation Awards.
14. RFO’s Financial Statement May 2023 and Budget Review.
15. Payments for Approval.
16. Energy contract.
17. County Broadband connection to Reading Room.
18. Highways.
- Any repairs or maintenance needed.
- Overgrown hedges – Crow Tree Steet, on raised path.
- Playing Field – hand rail at Little Lane steps.
19. Correspondence
1. Bourn Surgery Patient Participation Group – Defibrillator Training
2. Village Knitting Bee / Lych Gate
3. Town & Parish Council Forum – HDC 14/6/23
4. Cemetery – possible double memorial
20. Planning Consultations:
Local Plan Update: Issues Paper – 26/4/23 to end date 5/7/23.
21. 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. APPLICATION REF. 23/00748/FUL: Change of Use of Unit 17 to General Industry, and Storage and Distribution (Use Classes B2/B8) from Agricultural Use Eltisley Business Park Potton Road Great Gransden Sandy SG19 3AQ – update.
3. APPLICATION REF. 23/00742/HHFUL: Erection of a Single storey rear extension, including a new roof and fenestration alterations to the existing extension. 39 West Street Great Gransden Sandy SG19 3AU.
22. HR Committee Update. In line with the legislation below*, this item will be closed to the public.
23. Date of Next Meeting: Monday 3rd July 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.’