The next meeting is on Monday the 12th May 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. (If the clerk’s report has been updated since its first posting, changes will be 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 12th May 2025
From the Clerk, Sharon Brown, on 6th May 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
- Silent Prayer.
- Election of the Chairman and signing of the Declaration of Office.
- Apologies for absence.
- 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. - Election of Officers.
- Vice Chairman.
- Cemetery Manager.
- Playing Field Manager.
- Reading Room Committee Representative.
- Gransden Society Representative.
- Sportsfield Association Representative.
- Tree Warden.
- Little Gransden Airfield Local Consultative Committee Representative and
Gliding Club Consultative Committee Representative. - Communications Officer.
- Minutes.
6.1 Consideration of the minutes of the Parish Council Meeting held on 7th April 2025.
6.2 Consideration of the minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 28th April 2025. - Open Forum – 15 minutes to enable members of the public to bring any matters to the attention of the Parish Council.
- Matters Arising.
8.1 Solar panels project.
8.2 BT Phone box. - Bowls & Croquet Club – lease.
- Play equipment maintenance.
10.1 Ongoing.
10.2 RoSPA Report April 2025. - Defibrillator box at Reading Room.
- ACV Shop.
- CIL
13.1 CIL projects for funds held by GGPC.
13.2 CIL Strategic Fund, HDC – new funding round. - RFO’s Financial Statements and Budget Review – April 2025
- Payments for Approval.
- Parish Council Insurances for 1/6/2024-31/5/25. To consider the insurance schedules, renewal premiums and sums assured.
- AGAR (Annual Governance & Accountability Return) 2023-24.
17.1 Review of Internal Controls.
17.2 Approval of the Annual Governance Statement 2023/24 – AGAR Section 1.
17.3 Approval of the Accounting Statement 2023/24 – AGAR Section 2. - Highways & Rights of Way.
18.1 Any repairs or maintenance needed.
18.2 Proposed TTRO – 25-818 Caxton Road, Great Gransden 06/06/2025 – 06/08/2025
18.3 Proposed TTRO 25-893 Various Roads, Great Gransden and Little Gransden, Road Closure, 01/06 to 01/09/2025. - Correspondence.
19.1 Additional Sites Land Availability Assessments, HDC.
19.2 Town and Parish Forum – HDC – 19 June 2025. - Planning Applications:
20.1 REF. 25/00621/LBC -10 East Street Great Gransden Sandy. - HR – Consideration of the minutes of 7th April 2025.
In line with the legislation below*, this item will be closed to the public. - Date of Next Parish Council Meeting: Monday 2nd June 2025, to commence at 7:30 pm.
*‘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.’