Draft Minutes 13.10.25
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 13th October 2025.
Present: Chair: Cllr D Graves
Councillors: Cllrs. J Bhunnoo, L Boden, O Curtis, S Daley, G Fox,
P Liivet and S Liivet
Also in attendance: D/C J Clarke, C/C R Wright and Lesley Frances (Clerk/RFO), Ian Whitehead of the RAF plus four members of the public.
C/C Wright – With Government changes, the budgets are not looking very encouraging. The Mayoral authority is proving more procedural than active. Mention was made of reducing traffic speed to 20 mph but this would kill employment and would mean even more speeding.
D/C Clarke – NKDC had a meeting regarding devolution and there is a full meeting on 20th November as to the way forward, prior to their submission to the government. NKDC is the 6th best District Council with good credentials. Food waste changes next year. Ian Cartwright has passed away. 200 solar panels will be installed on the waste site at Metheringham.
Ian Whitehead – All roads on the Station are now 20 mph and this is being enforced – also cyclists wearing hi-viz gear. At our next meeting, Ian will provide various dates for activities. There is no update from Infra regarding the light reflectors.
Public: One member of the public raised the issue of closed footpath No 475. He asked for the information we had from LCC (Clerk has now supplied this). He was advised that any information must be obtained from LCC Footpath Officer as this is not our remit.
Meeting commenced at 7.28 pm
1. Apologies for absence had been received from D/C A Hagues and Cllr A Youle. Cllr Youle is away on business and it was resolved to accept his reason for absence.
2. To receive declarations of interest and to consider applications in relation to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests. There were none.
3. The Notes of the Meeting held on 8th September had been read and it was unanimously agreed that they be approved and signed.
4. Financial Matters;
a. It was unanimously resolved to approve the payments made since the last meeting. Appendix A
b. “Payments to be Authorised” sheet – there are none.
c. It was unanimously resolved to approve the bank reconciliation as at 30.9.25.
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 30.9.25.
f. It was unanimously resolved to purchase a wreath from the Royal British Legion at £50 – Cllr Daley will attend the Remembrance Service.
g. It was resolved to sign the LALC Terms of Engagement for an Internal Auditor.
h. It was resolved to pay the Clerk £206.70 back pay for the period 1.4.25 to 30.9.25 – the pay increase for SCP 20 is .53p per hour. Cllrs Graves and Daley will deal with the Clerk’s appraisal and salary review in readiness for the precept calculation, and report back to full Council for a resolution (Closed session).
i. It was resolved to pay LALC £35 + VAT for Cllr Boden’s induction training.
5. Planning applications:
25/0932 – 28 dwellings at land off Sycamore Road – Cllr Clarke had advised the Clerk
that there are a number of issues with this application which are all to be addressed so
there will be no decision for some time.
25/0924 – Erection of outbuilding for dog grooming at 111 College Road – pending
consideration.
6. Road Safety and Highways matters:
SID information not yet been downloaded and Cllr Daley will liaise with Cllr Graves on this matter. The Chair had suggested the signage for the footpath from our football field gate to North Road - both were agreed. A resident has agreed one sign can be put on her property wall; the other will be put on our gate. Chair to advise size of each sign before Clerk gets quotes. The grant for a SID had been refused but it was unanimously agreed that we should still purchase a SID as we have reserve funds for one. It was agreed we should purchase from Elan City at £2,500 (Clerk to check if this is still a valid price).
7. Defibrillators
Fulbeck’s PC meeting was deferred – next meeting 13th November - so we will not know about the Byards Leap defibrillator ownership till then. Cllr Daley wishes to have details of our defibrillators (make and model).
8. Village Hall and Social Club – survey to be carried out on 15th October. The roof on the Old School will also be surveyed – total cost £1,350 + VAT.
9. Play area and playing field : Nothing to report.
10. Reports from councillors – the Beavers and Scouts have done their litter pick and our equipment is back with Cllr Daley. Dog fouling is very prevalent again. The Craft Club have asked if they can decorate the Village Green at Christmas – it was agreed they could do around the Green but not the Christmas Tree which the Councillors will do. It had been asked if the PC will be doing the Carols on the Green this year – this is not a PC initiative and should be done by the Church but the PC will support if required. The bus shelter at Thorold Avenue needs to have the wood treated. Information on flooding telemetry devices – any suggestions for additional sites to be given to Clerk by 29/10/25.
11. Date of next meeting: 10th November 2025.
(Chair unavailable so Cllr Youle to Chair this meeting)
Meeting closed at 8.02 pm.
APPENDIX A
Payments 1.9.25 to 30.9.25
30.09.2025 £16.64 £3.33 £19.97 30.09.2025 Adobe AcroPro Adobe
15.09.2025 £50.00 £0.00 £50.00 15.09.2025 Anglian Water Playing Field Acc Anglian Water / Wave
15.09.2025 £15.00 £0.00 £15.00 30.09.2025 Window cleaning Diamond Shine
30.09.2025 £929.58 £0.00 £929.58 30.09.2025 Tax and NI HMRC
30.09.2025 £888.85 £0.00 £888.85 30.09.2025 Clerk's Salary Lesley Frances
08.09.2025 £7.75 £0.39 £8.14 15.09.2025 Electric Bill for Village Green EDF Energy
08.09.2025 £21.00 £0.00 £21.00 15.09.2025 Anglian Water Old School Account Anglian Water / Wave
08.09.2025 £389.33 £0.00 £389.33 15.09.2025 Grounds Maintenance Steve Riley
01.09.2025 £30.30 £6.06 £36.36 15.09.2025 Old School Internet B T
01.09.2025 £338.98 £0.00 £338.98 15.09.2025 Grass/ hedge cutting Tidy Gardens & Grounds Ltd
01.09.2025 £4.25 £0.00 £4.25 30.09.2025 Bank charges Lloyds Bank PLC
RECEIPTS 1.9.25 to 30.9.25
30.09.2025 £30,000.00 £0.00 £30,000.00 30.09.2025 Precept NKDC
09.09.2025 £15.61 £0.00 £15.61 15.09.2025 Interest Lloyds Bank PLC
08.09.2025 £32.44 £0.00 £32.44 15.09.2025 Cranwell JFC electric and water Cranwell Junior Football Club
03.09.2025 £28.12 £0.00 £28.12 15.09.2025 Bowls Club electric and water Cranwell Bowling Club