Parish Council meeting, September 2023

The next meeting is on Monday the 4th of September. 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, 29/8/2023:

The Next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held in The Reading Room on Monday 4th September 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 7th August 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 / points for information:

6.1 Mandene Gardens – S106 payment.

6.2 Defibrillator – checks.

6.3 County Broadband connection to Reading Room.

6.4 Green bin charge.

6.5 Noticeboards repair.

6.6 Upcoming closures of Waresley and Gransden Woods, and Gamlingay Wood Nature Reserves.

6.7 Gigaclear works – concerns.

7. Crown & Cushion – Asset of Community Value – update.

8. Playing Field.

  1. MUGA – update / actions.
  2. CIL funding contract.

9. Hedge cutting and trees managed by GGPC.

10. Green Space Land North East of Mandene Gardens. S106 Agreement under planning application

      17/01375/OUT (‘Dutton Gardens openspace’).

11. RFO’s Financial Statement August 2023 and Budget Review.

12. Payments for Approval

13. Bank signatories.

14. Highways.

  • Any repairs or maintenance needed.
  • Community Gritting Scheme applications for Winter 2023 – 2024

15. Correspondence:

15.1 Correspondence with reference to conservation mowing suggestion at the churchyard.

15.2 HDC Electric Vehicle Pilot.

15.3 Huntingdonshire Climate Conversation.

15.4 HDC – Meeting Invitation: How to reduce waste in Huntingdonshire.

15.5 Action on Energy Cambridgeshire.

15.6 Police Huntingdon Community Meeting.

16. Planning Application:

REF. 23/01499/HHFUL – Single storey side extension with velux windows to replace the existing Conservatory. 5 Webbs Meadow, Great Gransden, Sandy, SG19 3BL.

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

18. Date for January 2024 Meeting.

19. Date of Next Meeting: Monday 2nd October 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.’