Agenda 6.10.25

  

Dear Councillor,

You are hereby summoned to attend the meeting of Wigtoft Parish Council which will be held on Monday 6th October2025 at 19.30  in the Village Hall. The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda.

 

Signature:                                                Clerk to Wigtoft Parish Council

Date: 30.9.25

 

Public Forum. (The Public Forum does not form part of the meeting of the Parish Council).

  1. Chairman’s remarks.
  2. Apologies for absence and reasons given.
  3. To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 – being any pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest not previously recorded on Member’s Register of Interest.
  4. Notes of the monthly meeting of the Parish Council held on the 4.8.25 to be confirmed and signed as minutes by the Chairperson.
  5. Financial matters:  To resolve to accept the accounts for payment for August and September 2025, to be checked and signed by 2 Councillors at this meeting and to review the budget figures for the year to date.  Bank balance £14098.13 as at 30.9.25. To receive the checked bank reconciliation for the period 1.4.25 to 30.6.25 from Cllr Collingwood. To acknowledge receipt of the confirmation of receipt of the Certificate of Exemption from the auditors in relation to the year 1.4.24 to 31.3.25.
  6. Planning: To confirm the response to the planning application to determine if prior approval is required for              proposed Change of Use of Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouses (class C3), which may include extension of the building and/or building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion at Off Spion Kop Lane, Wigtoft, Boston PE20 2PH, submitted to the planning authority following consultation with Councillors by email in line with Standing Order 15b xviii.
  7. Correspondence received since the August meeting.
  8. Reports from Parish Councillors.
  9. Reports from Borough and County Councillors.
  10. Clerk’s report.
  11. To review the play area inspection undertaken by the Cllr Mills for September 25 and decide if any actions are needed. Cllr Smith to undertake the next inspection.
  12. To review, discuss and approve the new Safeguarding and Health and Safety Policies to include an update on the application for grant funding submitted on the 21.9.25.
  13. To approve an addition to the Standing Orders 15b, xviii to delegate power to the Clerk/Proper Officer to respond to planning applications (after consultation of Councillors by email) if the matter cannot be dealt with by at a full council meeting to meet any deadline given by the Local Authority Planning Department.
  14. To approve an addition to the Financial Regulations 6.8 i to iv, to add to point v with the wording to the clerk’s existing delegated powers “within i to v in this section, the RFO shall advise Councillors where possible by email of the proposed spend and request their approval”.
  15. To confirm the agreed spend/quote of up to £200 to remove the build up of soil around the fence in the toddler area and use the spare soil to build up the area around the top of the slide.