September 2023 Agenda

Swinderby Parish Council

Parish Council Meeting

AGENDA 11th September 2023

A Parish Council meeting will be held at Swinderby Village Hall on Monday 11th September 2023 commencing at 7.30 pm.

The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed on the attached agenda. 

The meeting is open to the public and there will be a 15-minute public forum when members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Council in relation to the business on the agenda.

Sue Aikman
Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer
6th September 2023

Public Forum

1.   To receive any apologies for absence

2.   To receive any declarations of interest

In accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and consider any requests for dispensation in relation to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or any other interests as outlined in the Council’s Code of Conduct

3.   To receive and approve: 

The minutes of the Parish Council meeting 10th July 2023, previously circulated to members and published in draft to the website as required under the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities. 

4.   Finance

a)   To formally note items of income

b)   To formally approve items of expenditure

c)   Bank reconciliation for the year to date to be approved.

d)   To review spend against budget.

5.   Planning and Tree works

a)   Applications Received 

23/0877/HOUS

Proposed single storey rear extension

The Corner House,
54 High Street, Swinderby

b)   Applications Decided

23/0152/HOUS

APPROVED

Erection of single storey rear extension and erection of new gate to existing access (Amended Description and plans)

25 Manor Road, Swinderby 

 

23/0363/FUL

APPROVED

Erection of a 60m x 30m sand menage, extension of existing Barn by 3.6m to accommodate 2 additional stables and erection of a storage barn and the construction of a circular automated horse walker. widen the current access way to the yard, with the creation of new 1.8m high timber fence or brick wall with new timber gates-electronically operated., move existing fence line to create larger yard area.

Scoles House,
48 Station Road Swinderby

23/0691/HOUS

APPROVED

Proposed single storey rear extension

22 Station Road, Swinderby

6.   To consider the use of gov,uk email addresses for the Parish Council.

7.   To report on any updates to the development of the Neighbourhood Plan.

8.   To receive feedback from the Lost Village event.

9.   To report back on the LIVES course and consider a new external cabinet (cost £600 including VAT). 

10.   To consider updating the grass cutting contract including a schedule for cutting the games area on the Playing Field. 

11.   To receive any updates from the Swinderby Trust.

12.   To report any updates on the conversion of the speed indicator devices to solar power.

13.   Notice of application, adverse possession LL421783.

14.   To consider requirements from the Practitioners’ Guide 2023 which is mandatory for the 2023/24 accounting period. Paragraph 1.26,  Assertion 3 and states ‘Email management - every authority should have an email account that belongs to the council and to which the council has access – this ideally would be a .gov.uk or .org.uk address or could be an address linked to the council website.’

15.   To consider the findings of the Annual Play Area Inspection.

16.   To consider a request from Lincolnshire Highways: ‘We need YOUR local knowledge about YOUR local roads’.

17.   To consider the possible donation of donated golf range finders.

18.   To confirm recipient(s) of the Reg Ketteringham Community Award.

19.   Clerk and Councillors Reports (for information only), including a review of actions from minutes and matters that Councillors wish to be brought to the next or subsequent meetings. No decisions may be made under this section, but councillors may wish to use this to flag up issues.

20.   Correspondence

To note correspondence received.

21.   Date of next meeting 

Parish Council meeting 7.30pm Monday 9th October 2023