Parish Council meeting, January 2025

The next meeting is on Monday the 6th of January, 2025. 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.

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 January 6, 2025

From the Clerk, Sharon Brown, on 31 December 2024:

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 2nd December 2024.
  5. Open Forum – 15 minutes to enable members of the public to bring any matters to the attention of the Parish Council.
  6. Meeting online with Ian Sollom, MP.
  7. Matters Arising.
    7.1 Reading Room – veranda drain – update
    7.2 Poor’s Land Charity, Gt. Gransden – update.
    7.3 East – West Rail non-statutory consultation -update.
  8. Bowls & Croquet Club – fencing, new shed and update.
  9. RoSPA Play Safety Inspection Reports – update and quotes.
  10. Reading Room Cottage – maintenance / other matters.
  11. CIL funding application – Sportsfield car park.
  12. CPCA Climate Opportunity Fund – possible solar panels.
  13. RFO’s Financial Statements and Budget Review – December 2024
  14. Payments for Approval.
  15. Virtual GGPC (Great Gransden Parish Council) debit card – Councillor Day.
  16. Risk Register – Gt Gransden Parish Council – Update.
  17. Highways & Rights of Way
    • any repairs or maintenance needed.
    • LHI round for funding in 2025/26 – application update.
    • National Highways A428 funding round.
  18. Correspondence
    18.1 Net Zero Villages – grant scheme.
  19. Planning Applications:
    19.1 24/02378/AGDET – Location: Land West Of 24 Little Gransden Lane Great Gransden
    Agricultural Determination, Proposal: Erection of 4 bay steel framed agricultural building.
  20. Dates of Annual Parish Meeting.
  21. Date of Next Parish Council Meeting: Monday 3rd February 2025, commencing at 7:30pm.