The next meeting is on TUESDAY the 2nd of May. 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, 25/4/2023:
The Next Meeting of the Parish Council will be held in The Reading Room on Tuesday 2nd May 2023 at 7:30pm, with Nick Ginn in the chair.
MEMBERS: 8 QUORUM: 3
1. Silent Prayer.
2. Election of the Chairman and signing of the Declaration of Office.
3. Apologies for absence.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Minutes. Consideration of the minutes of the Parish Council Meeting and of the Annual Parish Meeting held on 3rd April 2023.
7. Open Forum – 15 minutes to enable members of the public to bring any matters to the attention of the Parish Council.
8. Matters Arising.
- Neighbourhood Plan.
- Litter Bins.
- Blocked Brook.
- Crown & Cushion – ACV.
9. Playground
- MUGA sound reduction.
- Public Relations.
10. Reading Room Cottage Water Supply.
11. Reading Room – Building Project.
12. Welcome Event for new residents to village 22nd April.
13. Jubilee Celebration
14. Green Space Land North East of Mandene Gardens. S106 Agreement under planning application 7/01375/OUT
15. RFO’s Financial Statement April 2022 and Budget Review.
16. Payments for Approval.
17. Purchase of new computer – RFO use.
18. Review of cemetery charges, contribution towards churchyard maintenance, ‘Roundabout’ Costs.
19. Review of Risk Management Policy, asset check and risk assessments.
20. Review of Internal Control and Appointment of Internal Auditor.
21. Approval of the Annual Governance Statement 2022/23 – Section 1
22. Energy contract
23. Highways
- Any repairs or maintenance needed.
- Playing Field – hand rail at Little Lane steps.
- LHI bid – Meadow Road – submission next bid round Q3/4.
- Lamp – corner Sand Road / Mill Road.
- Rubbish dumping on road sides.
- Lych gate – bottom bolt / cracked stone – (Councillor Day)
- Playground – hole top Little Lane steps – (Councillor Pett).
25. Planning Consultations:
1. Settlement Hierarchy Methodology.
2. Land Availability Assessment Methodology.
3. Call for sites.
26. Planning Applications:
- 22/02382/FUL. Construction 2no 2 bedroom maisonettes /Land At 16 Sand Road Great Gransden. Revised Application. Response required by 3/5/23.
- 23/00628/HHFUL. Alteration to an existing garage roof, including dormer, rooflights, solar panels and ancillary development to create a hobby room/home office and an attached carport. 25 Fox Street Great Gransden Sandy SG19 3AA. Response required by 4/5/23.
- Planning enforcement case 20/00173/ENBOC – Land North East of Mandene Gardens, Great Gransden.
- 22/01631/PIP – Refusal of Permission in Principle – Proposal: Permission in principle for residential development containing up to eight dwellings (rural exceptions housing) Site address: Land West Of 35 To 41 West Street Great Gransden.
27. HR Committee Update. In line with the legislation below*, this item will be closed to the public
28. Date of Next Meeting: Monday June 5th 2023, commencing 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.’