Draft Minutes 9.2.26
NOTES of the Meeting of Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap Parish Council held at Cranwell Village Hall, Old School Lane, Cranwell Village, NG34 8DF on Monday 9th February 2026.
Present: Chair: Cllr A Youle
Councillors: Cllrs. J Bhunnoo, L Boden, S Daley, G Fox, P Liivet, S Liivet, M Robinson
Also in attendance: D/Cs Clarke and Hagues, and Lesley Frances (Clerk/RFO), Ian Whitehead of the RAF plus one member of the public.
Public time:
D/Cllr Clarke – had had a water leak at his home which was the cause of the roadworks – all cleared up now.
D/Cllr Hagues – there had been an NK meeting this evening. Russians are now targeting Parish Councils so ensure your emails are secure. Additional brown bins are now £30 each.
dIan Whitehead – there is a graduation ceremony on Thursday with fireworks, A pop up flower shop will be at the BCC on Friday between 9.30 am and 1 pm. Nobody from the village had attended the recent cinema showing last Friday morning. He is trying to coordinate a cinema showing every 6 weeks on a Wednesday evening when the thrift shop is open; logistics is quite difficult and visitors to the cinema must also use the thrift shop. A survey will be sought on FB for the preferred options.
Meeting commenced at 7.15 pm
1. Co-option – Only one applicant had come forward and it was unanimously agreed to co-opt Maria Robinson. She was welcomed and took her seat at the table before signing her Declaration of Acceptance of Office. RMI form to follow.
2. Apologies for absence – the Cllr Curtis due to illness – resolved to accept her reason.
3. To receive declarations of interest and to consider applications in relation to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests. Cllr Fox declared an interest in agenda item 6 -planning application 25/1536.
4. The Notes of the Meeting held on 12th January had been read and it was unanimously agreed that they be approved and signed.
5. Financial Matters;
a. It was unanimously resolved to approve the payments made since the last meeting. Appendix A
b. It was unanimously resolved to approve the “Payments to be Authorised” sheet – Appendix B
c. It was unanimously resolved to approve the bank reconciliation as at 31.1.26.
d. It was unanimously resolved to accept the latest Summary of “Reserves” balances.
e. It was unanimously resolved to accept the budgets -v- actual spreadsheet at 31.1.26.
6. Planning applications:
25/0932 – 28 dwellings at land off Sycamore Road – pending consideration.
25/1377 – replacement bungalow at 21 Willow Lane - pending consideration.
25/1536 – erection of new bungalow and double garage at rear of 20 Willow Lane –
pending consideration.
7. Road safety and Highways matters: Cllr Daley has downloaded the information
from the SID at College Road/Cherry Tree Crescent but it is a Zip file and she is working on it to transfer to a data file. Poor sunlight has caused the SID not to work and the solar panel may need moving.
A meeting is required with Highways to discuss preferred sites for village entrance gates; gates can then be considered and ordered.
Babcocks have offered to help with community projects.
Bollards for around The Cross to be deferred until repairs have been effected.
8. Bowls green/footpath hedge - Further quote received at approx. £9000. Continue with
original Minuted decision at January meeting.
9. Defibrillators – Clerk to chase Fulbeck PC re Byards Leap defibrillator once it expires.
10. Project Groundwater – two Councillors and Clerk have had training for overview
sensors and accessing portal – councillors information collected for transmission to LCC.
Vicky Jones will attend our APM to give a short presentation. Clerk to chase Dyson for
consent to put a sensor in their field.
11. Village Hall and Social Club – agreed that the clerk should now instruct solicitors to prepare a draft Lease which should incorporate the two larger garages. A lot of discussion took place regarding the noise from parties that go over the closing time and the insurance issues with regard to locking up. Clerk to write to VH again to say that a VH committee member or their allotted person must be present at finishing time to lock up.
12. The Old School - roof repairs complete.
13. Garages - see Minute 11.
14.Village Green Christmas tree – Cllr Daley will get options for lights, with costings for
our March meeting. Cllr S Liivet will trim the tree when the ground is firmer.
15. Play area and playing field: Chair advised that he has been looking at little climbing
frames, a zip wire and costings are coming out at around £84,000. There are about 40
grants available and Kompan will be invited to offer their suggestions. The eventual
decision may involve removing the fence to extend into the football field. Three quotes
received for painting fencing around play area – resolved unanimously to appoint RMH.
16. Noticeboard at Bristow Estate – Clerk to chase Tilia setting a time limit for response.
17. Advertising sign Willow Lane fence – Clerk had spoken with the company who said
they will remove signage within a month or she should chase them again.
18. APM – a representative from LCC flood resilience team will attend. Chair has also
invited someone from the Lincolnshire Resilience Forum but not yet had response. Agreed
we should also invite C/C Richard Wright (to speak on Government reorganisation), the
local Police and the RAF Station Commander. Meeting will start at 6 pm. Clerk will
arrange tea, coffee, milk and sugar and Cllr Boden will provide cakes.
19. Reports from councillors – Cllr Daley said there had been a Church Service on 1st February for re-dedication of the Commonwealth War Graves and the west wall but the new Church Warden did not have any contact details for the PC (note - they are on the noticeboards and website) to invite anyone from the PC. Clerk will contact Church Warden.
20. Date of next meeting: 16th March 2026.
Meeting closed at 8.38 pm.
PAYMENTS 1.1.26 to 31.1.26 - APPENDIX A
28.01.2026 £1,400.00 £0.00 £1,400.00 31.01.2026 Roof repairs Lincs Property Maintenance
30.01.2026 £398.00 £79.60 £477.60 SID device Elan City Ltd
28.01.2026 £30.94 £6.19 £37.13 Email Archiving B T
28.01.2026 £16.64 £3.33 £19.97 31.01.2026 Adobe AcroPro Adobe
28.01.2026 £338.98 £0.00 £338.98 Grass Cutting Scheme Tidy Gardens & Grounds Ltd
28.01.2026 £425.61 £73.99 £499.60 Electric bill Old School House Valda Energy
27.01.2026 £825.00 £165.00 £990.00 Hedge Cutting P & P Tree Services
22.01.2026 £575.00 £0.00 £575.00 31.01.2026 Roof repairs Lincs Property Maintenance
19.01.2026 £969.55 £0.00 £969.55 31.01.2026 Clerk's Salary Lesley Frances
19.01.2026 £389.33 £0.00 £389.33 31.01.2026 Grounds Maintenance Steve Riley
19.01.2026 £497.70 £0.00 £497.70 31.01.2026 Anglian Water Playing Field Acc Anglian Water / Wave
12.01.2026 £21.00 £0.00 £21.00 20.01.2026 Anglian Water Old School Account Anglian Water / Wave
06.01.2026 £8.33 £0.42 £8.75 20.01.2026 Electric Bill for Village Green EDF Energy
06.01.2026 £50.00 £0.00 £50.00 20.01.2026 Anglian Water Playing Field Acc Anglian Water / Wave
05.01.2026 £4.75 £0.00 £4.75 31.01.2026 Bank charges Lloyds Bank PLC
RECEIPTS - 1.1.26 - 31.1.26
20.01.2026 £3,315.00 £0.00 £3,315.00 31.01.2026 Insurance receipt for Cross Ansvar Insurance
09.01.2026 £13.68 £0.00 £13.68 20.01.2026 Interest Lloyds Bank PLC
13.01.2026 £20.00 £0.00 £20.00 20.01.2026 Bowls Club electric and water Cranwell Bowling Club
12.01.2026 £9.47 £0.00 £9.47 20.01.2026 Wayleave Payment National Grid
12.01.2026 £22.54 £0.00 £22.54 20.01.2026 Cranwell JFC electric and water Cranwell Junior Football Club
08.01.2026 £0.00 £1,295.76 £1,295.76 20.01.2026 VAT Refund HMRC
Payment Awaiting Authorisation - APPENDIX B
30.01.2026 £398.00 £79.60 £477.60 SID device Elan City Ltd Lloyds Current Account