Draft Minutes 13.4.26
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 13th April 2026.
Present: Chair: Cllr A Youle
Councillors: Cllrs. J Bhunnoo, P and S Liivet, and M Robinson
Also in attendance: C/C R Wright, D/Cs J Clarke and A Hagues, and Lesley Frances (Clerk/RFO). There were no members of the public.
Public time:
D/Cllr Clarke – the Springwell Solar Farm application has been given the green light. Cllr Wright said that the Secretary of State has overstepped the mark as he assumed the Navenby battery storage application will go ahead but that is not his decision, it is a decision for NKDC. Farmers who give up their land for these solar farms get a guaranteed 40 years rent. DC Clarke went on to say that there is to be a training package, for District Councillors, on the use of drones.
All Veterans are invited to a flag raising ceremony and lunch on 22.6.26 at Sleaford Market Place, where veterans who do not have a badge already, are presented with one.
C/Cllr Wright – due to lack of funding the special school at Sleaford will not be going ahead. There is a £6 million scheme for potholes and Ruskington High Street is the only area that will get gravel/tarmac resurfacing. Normal potholes will still be repaired and the operatives should now be doing proper repairs – if they are not then let CC Wright know.
Meeting commenced at 7.20 pm
1. Apologies for absence – Cllrs Boden and Daley on holiday, Cllr Curtis for family reasons and Cllr Fox due to ill health – agreed unanimously to accept these reasons.
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 16th March 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. There were no “Payments to be Authorised”.
c. It was unanimously resolved to approve the bank reconciliation as at 31.3.26.
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 31.3.26.
Clerk advised that she has things finalised for the Internal and External audits for the year
ending 31.3.26.
f. A list of regular payments for the year 2026/7 was given to Councillors and was
unanimously approved.
5. 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.
26/0194 – Conversion of stone barns to 6 dwellings at New Homestead Farm,
Brauncewell – no objections.
26/0244 – Metering equipment at Land at Sewage Treatment Works, Flowerdown
Avenue –pending consideration.
26/0369 – Oak framed extension at Paling Cottage, Brauncewell – no objections.
6. Road safety and Highways matters: Cllr Daley is meeting with the CSW
co-ordinator to help with downloading data.
Village entrance gates – Agenda for next meeting.
Volunteering service – ginnels to be cleared on 22.4.26.
7. Defibrillators –Fulbeck PC has no interest in the Byards Leap defibrillator. Unless it is
used in the meantime, it is okay until 8.5.27 when the pads expire and the PC must then decide whether to replace or not. There may be grant funding which we can look at nearer the time.
8. Village Hall and Social Club – Clerk is waiting for the final draft of the new Lease after
various amendments/corrections were made and it will then be circulated to Councillors. Once they have agreed the draft it will be forwarded to the Village Hall for their consideration: they must instruct a solicitor.
9. Village Green Christmas tree – Agenda Christmas tree lights for next meeting. Clerk
asked whether the Councillors would be interested in working with the Church and Choir for a combined Carol Service and tree lighting “ceremony” on potentially 12th December. This was thought to be an excellent idea and the PC would contribute to the cost of mulled wine and mince pies.
10. Play area and playing field: Cllr Youle advised that the equipment is all okay. He is
still waiting for a new design proposal from Sovereign and will then put that to two other companies for quoting purposes. The new tennis nets will be put up shortly. Unanimously agreed to use Quantum Electrics to repair the flickering light at the end of the footpath adjacent to the bowls club, at a cost of £125 + VAT. This will be scheduled in by Quantum after the Easter holidays.
11. Noticeboard at Bristow Estate – Babcocks have managed to unlock the noticeboard and will get and install a new lock and key for it, and clean it up too. Many thanks to Babcocks for sorting this out for us.
12. Advertising sign Willow Lane fence –this has now been removed – thanks to Clerk for arranging this.
13. Litter bins – Cllr Boden has asked the Environment Officer for two bins – one at
Sleaford Road and the other at Byards Leap (A17 to High Dyke cut through). He is getting
consent from Dyson for the Sleaford Road bin and will update Cllr Boden when he is in a
position to advise further.
14. Fire Extinguishers – the 3 extinguishers in The Old School have been serviced and it was resolved to pay M-Fire £34.87.
15. Dates of next meetings: 20th April (APM) and 11th May (AMPC and regular meeting).
Meeting closed at 7.55 pm.
APPENDIX A - PAYMENTS 1.3.26 to 31.3.26
31.03.2026 £76.46 £3.82 £80.28 Electric bill Old School House Valda Energy
31.03.2026 £45.00 £9.00 £54.00 Legionella Testing Smartwater Testing Ltd
23.03.2026 £70.00 £0.00 £70.00 Anglian Water Playing Field Acc Anglian Water / Wave
17.03.2026 £4.82 £0.00 £4.82 Bank charges Lloyds Bank PLC
09.03.2026 £15.00 £0.00 £15.00 Window cleaning Diamond Shine
23.03.2026 £16.64 £3.33 £19.97 Adobe AcroPro Adobe
31.03.2026 £1,030.67 £0.00 £1,030.67 Tax and NI HMRC
23.03.2026 £338.98 £67.80 £406.78 Grass Cutting Scheme Tidy Gardens & Grounds Ltd
23.03.2026 £1,004.35 £0.00 £1,004.35 Clerk's Salary Lesley Frances
31.03.2026 £30.94 £6.19 £37.13 Email Archiving B T
16.03.2026 £16.24 £3.25 £19.49 Litter bag hoops Amazon Services Europe s.a.r.l
16.03.2026 £7.00 £0.35 £7.35 Electric Bill for Village Green EDF Energy
11.03.2026 £4,812.25 £962.45 £5,774.70 Village Cross repairs Skillington Workshop Ltd
09.03.2026 £389.33 £0.00 £389.33 Grounds Maintenance Steve Riley
09.03.2026 £21.00 £0.00 £21.00 Anglian Water Old School Account Anglian Water / Wave
02.03.2026 £338.98 £67.80 £406.78 Grass Cutting Scheme Tidy Gardens & Grounds Ltd
02.03.2026 £146.20 £7.31 £153.51 Electric bill Old School House Valda Energy
02.03.2026 £30.94 £6.19 £37.13 Email Archiving B T
RECEIPTS 1.3.26 to 31.3.26
09.03.2026 £9.62 £0.00 £9.62 Interest Lloyds Bank PLC
31.03.2026 £12.00 £0.00 £12.00 Old School Hire Cranwell Community Choir
25.03.2026 £35.76 £0.00 £35.76 Bowls Club electric and water Cranwell Bowling Club
23.03.2026 £12.00 £0.00 £12.00 Old School Hire Cranwell Community Choir
16.03.2026 £12.00 £0.00 £12.00 Old School Hire Cranwell Community Choir
09.03.2026 £50.00 £0.00 £50.00 Old School Hire Starkye First Aid
09.03.2026 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 Window cleaning Diamond Shine
06.03.2026 £12.00 £0.00 £12.00 Old School Hire Cranwell Community Choir
03.03.2026 £35.25 £0.00 £35.25 Bowls Club electric and water Cranwell Bowling Club
02.03.2026 £38.55 £0.00 £38.55 Cranwell JFC electric and water Cranwell Junior Football Club