Parish Council Meeting, March 2025

The next meeting is on Monday the 3rd of March, 2025, at 7:30pm, in the Reading Room. A copy of the clerk’s notice, including the agenda is available in PDF format; a copy of the clerk’s notes are also available for offline reading. (The clerk’s report has been updated since first posting; changes are shown in red.)

A copy of the notice follows, with some punctuation and layout changes to improve accessibility, but if there is any conflict between this and the PDF version, the latter shall be deemed authoritative.


Notice of meeting on March 3, 2025

From the Clerk, Sharon Brown, on 25 February 2025:

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 3rd February 2025.
  5. Open Forum – 30 minutes to enable members of the public to bring any matters to the attention of the Parish Council.
  6. Planning Applications:
    6.1 REF. 25/00197/PCB – BT Public payphone removal 1767677211 – Telephone Kiosk Middle Street Great Gransden.

6.2 REF. 25/00079/LBC – Change of Use, including internal works, from Public House (Sui-Generis) to Dwelling (Class C3) – Crown And Cushion West Street Great Gransden SG19 3AT.

6.3 REF. 25/00078/FUL – Change of Use, including internal works, from Public House (Sui-Generis) to Dwelling (Class C3) – Crown And Cushion West Street Great Gransden SG19 3AT.

  1. Matters Arising.
    7.1 CIL grant application – Sportsfield car park. – update – Councillor Catmur.
    7.2 Net Zero Villages grant application – Solar panels project – update – Councillor Catmur.
    7.3. Play equipment maintenance update – Councillor Davis.
  2. Bowls & Croquet Club – fencing quotes.
  3. Street lights – quotes.
  4. RFO’s Financial Statements and Budget Review – February 2025
  5. Payments for Approval.
  6. Highways & Rights of Way
    • any repairs or maintenance needed.
  7. Correspondence
    13.1 VE Day and Gransden & District Royal British Legion event.
    13.2 Recent village burglaries and Police liaison.
    13.3 Motor bikes on the Playing Field.
  8. Date of Next Parish Council Meeting: Monday 7th April 2025 which will commence at 7:30 pm.
  9. Date of the Annual Parish Meeting: Monday 28th April 2025 which will commence at 7:30 pm.