The next meeting is on Monday the 2nd of October. 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, 26/9/2023:
The Next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held in The Reading Room on Monday 2nd October 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 4th September 2023.
5. Open Forum – 15 minutes to enable members of the public to bring any matters to the attention of the Parish Council. Also:
- HDC – Climate and Environment – Councillor Davenport-Ray, HDC.
6. Matters Arising / for information:
- Mandene Gardens S106 payment:
- County Broadband for Reading Room.
- Noticeboards repair.
- Upcoming closures of Waresley and Gransden Woods, and Gamlingay Wood Nature Reserves.
- Gigaclear works – concerns.
7. Crown & Cushion – Asset of Community Value.
8. Playing Field:
- MUGA.
9. Sportsfield:
- Pavilion update.
- Tennis Club toilet building.
10. Tree Survey.
11. Reading Room – update.
12. Green Space Land North East of Mandene Gardens. S106 Agreement under planning application 17/01375/OUT (‘Dutton Gardens openspace’).
13. RFO’s Financial Statement September 2023 and Budget Review.
14. Payments for Approval.
15. Bank signatories.
16. Highways.
- Any repairs or maintenance needed.
- LHI bid – Autumn 2023 bidding round.
- Waresley Road flooding – update.
- Road signs for The Gransdens Farmers’ Market.
17. E-W Rail Huntingdonshire / South Cambridgeshire Local Representatives Group – meeting Oct.
18. Correspondence:
- Cambs ACRE – Housing Needs Survey.
- Community energy project possibilities.
- St Ives Town Council – ref. Neighbourhood Plan public consultation.
19. Planning Applications:
REF. 23/01633/HHFUL An overhaul and improvement of the external building fabric, reconfiguration of the ground floor internal layout, reconfiguration of the main entrance and utilitarian spaces adjacent and a new juliet balcony to the master bedroom, overlooking the rear garden. 113 Meadow Road Great Gransden Sandy SG19 3BB.
20. HR Committee Update. In line with the legislation below*, this item will be closed to the public
21. Date of Next Meeting: Monday 6th November 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.’