July 2023 Agenda
AGENDA
NOTICE OF MEETING: RAUCEBY PARISH COUNCIL
Parish Clerk: Ian Grady
Tel: 01529 488031 email: raucebypc@gmail.com
Rauceby Parish Council website: https://rauceby.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/
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To: All Members of Rauceby Parish Council
I hereby give you notice that a Meeting of RAUCEBY PARISH COUNCIL will be held on Wednesday 5 July 2023 at 7.30pm at Rauceby Village Hall. There will be provision for 10 minutes (in total) of public speaking time at the beginning of the meeting.
Clerk to Rauceby Parish Council
28 June 2023
AGENDA OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 5 July 2023
Before the meeting opens: To receive the Declarations of Acceptance of Office of members who were not present at the previous meeting.
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.
2. To receive any Declarations of Interest: 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 and any written requests for dispensation.
3. To decide on any items to be carried out in Closed Session
4. To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 17 May 2023 and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official minutes.
5. Rauceby Gigabit Project – update from Cllr. S Enstone.
6. Reports from Visiting Representatives and Police Matters: discuss PCSO arrangements for future (email previously circulated).
7. Planning Applications Received from NKDC (This may include plans received since the agenda was circulated):
i. 23/0646/TCA | T1 Viburnum - Reduction in height to 12ft from approximately 25ft T2 Cherry - Fell | 63 Main Street South Rauceby Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 8QQ No Objections by Planning Sub-Committee of Rauceby Parish Council. (By 26/06/23; SE, GH, MI, JM, MF; submission complete 08/06/23)
ii. 23/0615/TCA | Remove pollarded Willow trunk and dying Dawn Redwood | Applegarth 28 Main Street North Rauceby Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 8QP. (By 16/06/23; no submission made as Tree Officer stated no input was required by Council for this instance of a safety issue.)
iii. 23/0484/FUL | Proposed extension to and change of use of existing garage to cattery | 72 Main Street South Rauceby Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 8QQ. (By 27/05/23. Objection by full council by majority 5:1. Submission complete 25/05/23)
iv. 23/0414/HOUS (Amended) | Erection of single storey extension | Ermine Street Farm High Dike Byard's Leap Cranwell Lincolnshire No Objections by Planning Sub-Committee of Rauceby Parish Council. (By 30/06/23. JM, SE, MI, MF; submission complete 08/06/23)
v. 23/0414/HOUS | Erection of single storey extension | Ermine Street Farm, High Dike, Byard's Leap, Cranwell, Lincolnshire. No Objections by Planning Sub-Committee of Rauceby Parish Council. (By 20/05/23. JM, SE, GE, MF; submission complete 04/05/23)
Plans decided by NKDC since the last meeting
vi. 23/0349/HOUS | Garage extension and alterations including new gable roof and solar panels. | 17 Southgate Spinneys, South Rauceby, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 8QF. No Objections by Planning Sub-Committee of Rauceby Parish Council. (By 18/05/23. JM, SE, MF, MI; submission complete 10/05/23). Approved by NKDC.
8. Matters Arising and New Business Notified to Clerk prior to meeting
i. Matters arising from Open Meeting in May.
ii. Neighbourhood Plan
iii. Query District Councillor regarding certain Tree Works applications not apparently requiring PC input.
iv. Consider how to proceed with a follow up to the safety audit reported at the last meeting.
v. Litter pick for autumn. Discuss LCC arrangements for supplying litter pick kit (email previously circulated).
vi. Rauceby Drove flooding and car parking at school (email previously circulated).
9. Update on Outstanding Matters
i. Actions from previous meetings
| Action | Responsible Party | Description | Status |
| May (1) | Councillors | Submit their Declaration of Interests forms to the Clerk | Complete |
| May (2) | Chairman | Arrange King’s coronation bench installation | Complete |
| May (3) | Chairman | Discuss King’s portrait acquisition with the Village Hall management | Complete |
| May (4) | Clerk | Email Rauceby Estate Management regarding the view through the proposed hedge | Complete |
| May (5) | Clerk | To approach BT regarding condition of kiosk | Complete |
| May (6) | Councillors | Consider how to proceed with a follow up to the safety audit. | Complete (Item 8(iv) above) |
| May (7) | Clerk | Send details of mulched footpath, with photo, to Cllr Wright. | Complete |
| May (8) | Clerk | Arrange bank signatories | In Progress |
| May (9) | Clerk | Contact Rauceby Foundation regarding rewilding | Complete |
| May (10) | Clerk | To request Cllr Wright to investigate the ownership of the verge along Rauceby Drove with a view to consider its rewilding. | Complete |
| May (11) | Clerk | Clerk to include agenda item for Neighbourhood Plan | Complete |
10. Financial Matters:
i. Financial report – for approval and signing.
ii. Cheques for signing / expenditure approval.
iii. Correction of 2022/23 FY expenditure report under s.137.
11. Any other business: Any matters which have arisen after the agenda was published.
12. Date of Next Meeting – The next regular meeting will be held at 19h30 on Wednesday, 20 September 2023 at the Rauceby Village Hall.
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Matters which have been raised in meetings and which may be considered further at a future date:
* Flooding and drainage at the junction of Rauceby Drove and A153. (Lincolnshire Highways are aware of this issue and have it on a long term planning strategy.)
* S Rauceby Well refurbishment: deferred until more appropriate.