Draft Minutes 7.9.26
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 7th September 2026.
Present: Chair: Cllr A Youle
Councillors: Cllrs. J Bhunnoo, L. Boden, G.Fox and S Daley
Also in attendance: C/C R Wright, D/C J Clarke, Ian Whitehead and Lesley Frances (Clerk/RFO). There were 5 members of the public present.
Public time:
C/C Wright advised that the Government has done a U-turn on reorganisation. This was to be done in 3 phases – phase 1 is still going ahead; phase 2 is scrapped and phase 3 is under review so stalled. District Council elections will now take place next year. Lincolnshire will not be split up for now.
A child in the village was told to walk from Cranwell to the A15 for the school bus – highly unacceptable as no footpath so Cllr Wright is looking into this urgently,
D/C J Clarke gave a reminder about poppy wreaths. Planning regulations are changing. Nominations can be made for the NK Community Awards. The Civic Suite at NK is being refurbished. There are a lot of suspicious emails about. There is a 3.3% pay rise in members allowances. The Chief of Police has got an extra £12,000,000 for the Force – there will be 140 new Police next year and 40 the year after. The fast aircraft will be operating from 14th September onwards.
Ian Whitehead said that there was a successful community event with Cllr Bhunnoo and the RAF. The pantomime is the last Friday in November. Operations start today until 2nd October. Graduation takes place this week so there will be fireworks on Thursday at 10 pm.
A member of the public raised a question on the current closure of Rauceby Lane and Cllr Youle explained about the RAF Exercise. The Member of the public suggested that they could open up Rauceby Lane at nights and weekends when there is no flying.
A member of the public asked where the PC stood in relation to the potential solar farm and was advised that there is no view formed yet as the full facts are not yet known. We advised the dates of the meetings with regard to the solar farm which are 16th to 18th September in The Old School (16th by appointment only) and the afternoon of 16th October and morning of 17th October in the village hall.
Meeting commenced at 7.33 pm
1. Apologies for absence – Cllrs P and S Liivet, Cllr O Curtis and Cllr M Robinson – it was resolved to accept their reasons for absence.
2. To receive declarations of interest and to consider applications in relation to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests. There are none.
3. The Notes of the Meeting held on 13th July 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. It was unanimously resolved to approve the “Payments to be Authorised”. None.
c. It was unanimously resolved to approve the bank reconciliations at 31st July and 28th August.
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 28.8.26.
f. It was unanimously resolved to pay the External Auditors invoice for £378.
g. It was unanimously resolved to pay the Clerk £194.70 back pay in accordance with the
NALC new pay rates.
5. Windsock Solar Farm – some slides have been added to their website presentation.
We will hear about any updates after the public consultations in September and October.
6. Planning applications:
25/0932 – 28 dwellings at land off Sycamore Road – Cllr Boden had put forward some
suggested responses to the recent amendments to this application and it was resolved
to put these objections forward to the Planning Department.
26/0194 – Conversion of stone barns to 6 dwellings at New Homestead Farm,
Brauncewell – pending consideration.
7. Road safety and Highways matters: Cllr Daley has successfully downloaded the
SID information and has sent the pie charts over by email. Cranwell to Sleaford 250,000 cars doing more than 36 mph, the Sidings – 42,500 doing more than 36 mph and from the School into Cranwell 10,500 doing more than 36 mph. We should look at the extent of the issue and garner support.
With regard to village gates – having now looked at and measured the verges it is not possible to have gates as the verges aren’t wide enough to allow the distance required and put in gates. Clerk read out Cllr Wright’s response to a request for reduction in the 60 mph speed limit between the Camp and the Village, and to a zebra crossing near the Premier store on College Road; he cannot support either request.
8. Village Hall and Social Club – with regard to the draft Lease Chair of the Village hall
had written again requesting a meeting between the Parish Council, Village Hall and Social Club to discuss the terms of the Lease. After discussion it was agreed that the PC will meet and listen to their points but will not commit to anything. Ask K Rodgers for preferred dates and times. Clerk has not heard anything about the preferred position for their new noticeboard.
Discussion took place with regard to the quotes for a new cellar door and whether we should be paying for it (given that the existing lease is silent on these matters). Agreed that they should use B.McIntyre (their preferred option) and that we will pay 50% if the village hall pays 50%. This is a goodwill gesture and is not a precedent to the new lease terms.
9. Village Green Christmas tree – Clerk to order lights as previously agreed.
10. Play area and playing field: There is no movement on the new equipment. HAGs repair will take place on 16th September. A Member of the public suggested that one of the new tennis nets has been vandalised – Chair will take a look – note: all okay.
11. Bristow Estate – we are awaiting transfer terms from Tilia. Clerk has chased a few
times but the Land Registry who need to supply the plan required are taking 6 months or so
to provide any information.
12. Litter bins - Clerk to chase Highways, Dysons and NK regarding siting of bins. Clerk gave an update on a meeting she had had with a representative of the Waste Department of NK and it was resolved that we should purchase 3 90 litre Topsy bins at £202.92 each – The Waste Department will install them and take away the old ones.
13. Directional signs for SC and Bowls Club – Clerk had received two quotes. Cllr Daley
asked that she be sent a copy of the Sign of the Times quote to see if she could get an alternative price.
14. The Cross – this has been hit twice in the past two months and Skillington Workshops
have been instructed to come and advise on any works required. We will need to advise English Heritage of any works and also get their advice on any bollards for protecting the Cross.
15. Police leaflets – Clerk to chase Sergeant Mumby Croft
16. Next meeting – 5th October.
Meeting closed: 8.25 pm.
PAYMENTS & RECEIPTS 1.8.26 to 31.8.26 APPENDIX A
Payments
17.08.2026 £4.53 £0.00 £4.53 28.08.2026 Bank charges Lloyds Bank PLC
28.08.2026 £460.50 £0.00 £460.50 28.08.2026 Grounds Maintenance Roy Holden
28.08.2026 £983.85 £0.00 £983.85 28.08.2026 Clerk's Salary Lesley Frances
24.08.2026 £15.00 £0.00 £15.00 28.08.2026 Window cleaning Diamond Shine
24.08.2026 £16.64 £3.33 £19.97 28.08.2026 Adobe AcroPro Adobe
24.08.2026 £70.00 £0.00 £70.00 28.08.2026 Anglian Water Playing Field Acc Anglian Water / Wave
24.08.2026 £21.00 £0.00 £21.00 28.08.2026 Anglian Water Old School Account Anglian Water / Wave
04.08.2026 £7.75 £0.39 £8.14 28.08.2026 Electric Bill for Village Green EDF Energy
04.08.2026 £85.04 £4.25 £89.29 28.08.2026 Electric bill Old School House Valda Energy
04.08.2026 £352.54 £70.51 £423.05 28.08.2026 Grass Cutting Scheme Tidy Gardens & Grounds Ltd
04.08.2026 £123.95 £24.79 £148.74 28.08.2026 Replacement Defib Pads aadefib.com
Receipts
10.08.2026 £38.69 £0.00 £38.69 28.08.2026 Interest Lloyds Bank PLC
27.08.2026 £46.37 £0.00 £46.37 28.08.2026 Cranwell JFC electric and water Cranwell Junior Football Club
03.08.2026 £12.00 £0.00 £12.00 28.08.2026 Old School Hire Cranwell Community Choir
03.08.2026 £40.68 £0.00 £40.68 28.08.2026 Bowls Club electric and water Cranwell Bowling Club