October 2023 Agenda
Swinderby Parish Council
Parish Council Meeting
AGENDA 9th October 2023
A Parish Council meeting will be held at Swinderby Village Hall on Monday 9th October 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
4th October 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 11th September 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
23/1080/LBC and 23/1079/HOUS |
Erection of replacement garage. Location: |
Long Cottage 51 High Street Swinderby |
b) Applications Decided
22/1558/OUT Refused |
Outline planning application including details of access and layout for the erection of four dwellings, the reconfiguring of the garage and garden of 18 High Street and vehicular parking area for the neighbouring village playing fields. |
Land To The Rear Of 18 High Street Swinderby |
6. To report on any updates to the development of the Neighbourhood Plan.
7. To consider information required to apply for the litter picking grant from NKDC.
8. To consider ideas for the triangular island in the village.
9. To consider updating the grass cutting contract including a schedule for cutting the games area on the Playing Field.
10. To consider ideas for the development of the Jubilee Play Area.
11. To receive feedback from meetings regarding the Fosse Energy Solar Park and formulate a draft response.
12. To report any updates on the conversion of the speed indicator devices to solar power.
13. 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.’
14. To arrange the Clerk’s annual review.
15. 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.
16. Correspondence
To note correspondence received.
17. Date of next meeting
Parish Council meeting 7.30pm Monday 13th November 2023