Next CGPC Meeting

The next Parish Council Meeting will be held in the Willoughby Memorial Gallery on
Wednesday 9^th April at 7.30pm

The Meeting will begin with a fifteen-minute Open Forum which all residents are invited to attend.

Agenda

1.      Apologies for absence and reasons given.

2.      District and County Councillors’ Reports – for information only.

3.      Draft Minutes of the meetings of the Council held on Wednesday 12^th Mar 2025 to be approved as the minutes.

4.      To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011, and to consider any requests for dispensations in respect of DPI’s.

5.      Review of Actions Log.

6.     Clerk’s & Chairman’s reports on matters outstanding:

01 Neighbourhood Planning – update
02 S106 funds from new developments – update
03 Emergency Planning – update
04 Issues associated with the new housing estates – update
05 State of trees – Inspection

06 Agree action re Parking on the Green

07 Agree action regarding cementing of village pump
08 Agee process for obtaining / distributing sandbags
09 Location / emptying of rubbish bins throughout the village
10 Consider the situation regarding floodlighting of the Willoughby Gallery
11 Agree Staffing Committee Terms of Reference

7.     Matters to be resolved:

12 Consider Anti-Social Behaviour in the village
13 Consider Christmas matters
14 Review of council policies

8.      Reports from:      

Planning: to consider planning applications received prior to & after publication of the agenda:
S22/0731 Allison Homes / S21/1841 David Wilson Homes / S22/1808 Nott’m Housing Assoc’n)
S24/0263 New Houses, Station Rd: Removal of tree (conservation area) – variation of planning application
S25/0341 DWH – Add solar panels (non-material amendment – already approved)
S25/0527 Mr Wass – 1 Station Road – extend time limit for planning permission
S25/04546 Mr Love – The Larches, Tanners Lane – Vary Condition 2
S25/0554 Mr Butcher – 17 Church St – Various renovations

Greens Working Group:
15 Playground Equipment Maintenance – current situation and actions required
16 War Memorial – Check Lettering

9.     Payments and Accounts:

       (i) Bank balances
(ii) Invoices for payment – to approve payments to be made on the list attached

10.   Matters to be further discussed at the meeting:

17 Consider insurance options in advance of renewal
18 VE / VJ Day Anniversary Commemoration – Flag / Beacon
19 Consider the Bowls Club’s request for support
20 Agree amount to transfer to Reserve Account

11.  To confirm date of the next meeting, currently scheduled for Wednesday 14^th May 2025
at 7.30pm, in the Willoughby Gallery, Corby Glen.

Opening Bank balance from 1st March 2025

£12,844.09

Income received on bank statement:

SKDC re S106 (SIDs)
VAT Refund
Precept (3 April)

£9897.51
£3487.03
£19,000.00

Invoices cleared on bank statement:
S. Woodman – clerk’s wages
S. Woodman – clerk’s expenses
HMRC – clerk’s PAYE
CDPC – Community cleaner
M Sanderson – Web site maintenance
Cllr Shepperson – Traffic Cones
Cllr Shepperson – Warning Tape
Cllr Shepperson – Brackets for SIDs
Elan City – SIDS
Mrs Woodman – Land Registry Searches
Mrs Woodman – Email Storage
Cllr Shepperson – Waste bin

Cllr Shepperson – Ballast

Mrs Partridge – Painting

Cllr Waumsley – Utility Plans

£311.78
£26.00
£78.00
£186.01
£60.00
£39.99
£4.99
£122.25
£12,000.00
£28.00
£19.99
£209.94
£4.20
£60.00
£183.96

Closing Bank Balance 31^st March 2025

£12,893.52

Payments to be authorised/cleared:
S. Woodman – clerk’s wages
S. Woodman – clerk’s expenses
HMRC – clerk’s PAYE
CDPC – Community cleaner
M Sanderson – Web site maintenance
Transfer to Reserve Account

£311.78
£26.00
£78.00
£186.01
£60.00
£10,000.00

Estimated remaining NatWest bank balance
(excluding all Funds)

£21,231.73
£21,083.67

Phone Box Area Fund (NISA)
Donation received + VAT Refunds
Previous costs
New costs
Remaining:

£791.79
£643.73
£0.00
£148.06