Parish Council meeting, June 2024

The next meeting is on Monday the 3rd of June, 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 twice, with the additions marked in red.)


From Sharon Brown, Clerk, 28/05/2024:

The Next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held in The Reading Room on Monday 3rd June 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 13th May 2024.

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.

6.1 Tree management – works update.

6.2 Churchyard management – mowing.

6.3 Reading Room car park.

6.4 Reasonable bus service for Great Gransden.

7. RoSPA Play Safety Inspection Reports.

8. RFO’s Financial Statements – May 2024 and Budget Review.

9. Payments for Approval.

10. Parish Council Insurances for 2024/25. To consider the renewal premiums and sums assured:

Clear Councils (formerly known as BHIB Councils) – renewal.

11. Review of cemetery charges and contributions towards churchyard maintenance, chapel grounds maintenance and ‘Roundabout’ costs.

12. Banking arrangements.

13. Asset Check – Inspection of the Parish Council’s assets.

14. Risk Management Policy and Risk Assessments – annual review

15. Policies / Standing Orders / Code of Conduct / Financial Regulations – annual review

16. Highways & Rights of Way.

  • any repairs or maintenance needed.
  • Street light PC12 repair and other similar lights.
  • LHI bid – Caxton Road.
  • A428 Social Value Fund bid.
  • Sportsfield car park.
  • Waresley Road flooding – update.
  • Sand Road junction – CCC drainage survey – update.

17. Correspondence:

17.1 Bowls Club event and car parking 18th July.

17.2 Post-graduate Neighbourhood Planning research enquiry.

17.3 Huntingdonshire Futures Place Strategy.

18. Planning Application – none.

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

20. Date of Next Parish Council Meeting: Monday 1st July 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.’