Parish Council Meeting, April 2024

The next meeting is on Monday the 8th of April 2024. A copy of the clerk’s notice, including the agenda, is available in PDF format; in addition, a copy of the clerk’s notes are also downloadable in PDF format. (note: the clerk’s notes have been revised, with the additions marked in red.)


From Sharon Brown, Clerk, 02/04/2024:

The Next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held in The Reading Room on Monday 8th April 2024 at 7:30pm, with Nick Ginn in the chair.

All members of the Council are hereby summoned to attend for the purposes of considering and resolving the business to be transacted at the meeting as set out below.

Members: 9. 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 March 2024.

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

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

7.  Matters Arising.

  • Mandene Gardens and Dutton Gardens open space areas – update.

7.2 Tree management – Tree Works planning applications – update.

8.  Churchyard management – mowing.

9.  Sportsfield – mowing.

10. MUGA

  1. slippery surface
  2. review of bolts.

11. RFO’s Financial Statements and Budget Review.

12. Payments for Approval.

13. Poor’s Land correspondent.

14. Highways & Rights of Way

  • any repairs or maintenance needed.
  • LHI bid – Caxton Road.
  • Caxton Road pavement.
  • A428 Social Value Fund bids.
  • Little Lane to Playing Field access.
  • Sportsfield car park.
  • Waresley Road flooding – update.

15. Correspondence

15.1 Bowls Club sign – request to include croquet on the sign.

15.2 Reasonable bus service for Great Gransden.

15.3 Cambridgeshire Constabulary – Huntingdonshire Community Meetings 2024 dates.

16. Planning Application:

  • REF. 24/00350/HHFUL Single storey rear extension, raised patio and sun tunnels, 20 Mill Road Great Gransden Sandy SG19 3AG.

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

18. Date of the Annual Parish Meeting: Monday 22nd April 2024 which will commence at 7:30pm.

19. Date of Next Parish Council Meeting: Monday 13th May 2024 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.’