2025 Agendas

3 September 2025 Agenda

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN and Members are summoned to attend a meeting of North THoresby, Waithe and Grainsby Parish Council to be held at North Thoresby Village Hall, The Square, North Thoresby, DN36 5QL on Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 7.30 p.m.

Prior to the commencement of the meeting there will be a public forum for a maximum of 15 minutes when members of the public may ask any questions or make short statements to the Council (maximum 3 minutes per person/subject) in respect of any item listed on the agenda.

A maximum further 15 minutes will be set aside for the meeting to receive reports of the elected member of Lincolnshire County Council and East Lindsey District Council (oral, tabled and as attached).

Binal Sawjani 

Acting Parish Clerk

AGENDA

  1. Chairmans welcome to council
  1. Signing of Acceptance of Office: To receive declarations of interest under the Localism Act 2011 – being any pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interests.
  1. Apologies for Absence

To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Parish Clerk prior to the meeting.

  1. To approve as correct records the notes of the meeting of the Council held on 4 August 2025 and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official minutes.
  1. Chairs Report
  1. Training – Staff and elected Members
  1. Parish Councillors Reports
  1. AGAR Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) 2024/25
    1. To receive the report of the internal auditor and note the parish Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer (RFO’s) responses (where applicable).
    2. To receive the Balance Sheet for the year ended 31 March 2025, to be signed by the Chairman and the Responsible Finance Officer (RFO).
    3. To approve the Annual Governance Statement (Section 1 of the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR)) for financial year 2024/25 and authorise signing by the Chairman and Parish Clerk.
    4. To approve the Accounting Statements (Section 2 of the AGAR) for financial year 2024/25 and authorise signing by the Chairman and Responsible Finance Officer
  1. Parish Matters

To receive updates from in respect of:

  1. Village Hall matters
    1. Hall hire issues
    2. Electricity supplier
    3. Water supply to toilets
  2. Community Room
    1. Refurbishment of community room and grant
    2. Community room hire pricing
    3. Volunteers
  3. Benches and play park
  4. Update shipping container
  5. Cyden Homes (15 minutes)
  6. Street naming and numbering
  7. Emergency Plan
    1. Volunteers
    2. Newsletter
  8. Christmas Tree 2025
  9. Highways
  10. Grass cutting LCC Parish Agreement Scheme
  11. Grant funding
  1. Policy Adoption: To receive, consider and adopt revised and updated Code of conduct and Recording and Filming Meetings Protocol
  1. Planning Applications:

02567/25/FUL Planning Permission - Erection of 13no. bungalows with the construction of vehicular access, internal access roads and the provision of a water attenuation basin

  1. Correspondence: To receive and dispose of correspondence received since the last meeting.
  1. Date of next meeting: To note the date of the next meeting 6 October 2025
  1. Financial matters:
    1. To note bank balances on bank statements as on August 2025
    2. To note income
    3. To authorise the signing of orders for payment for previous months