2025 Rauceby PC Meeting Agendas

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 16 July 2025 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. 
Ian Grady
Clerk to Rauceby Parish Council
8 July 2025

AGENDA OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 16 July 2025 
1. Chairman to sign Acceptance of Office declaration.
2. Apologies for absence: To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Parish Clerk prior to the meeting.
3. 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.
4. To decide on any items to be carried out in Closed Session 
5. To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 21 May 2025 and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official minutes.
6. Reports from Visiting Representatives and Police Matters
7. Planning Applications Received from NKDC (This may include plans received since the agenda was circulated):
i. 25/0640/HOUS| Erection of detached garage to front and erection of pergola to rear of the house| 28 Pinfold Lane, South Rauceby, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 8QE. (Submission to NKDC required by 03/07/25.) (GH, JM, SE, MF, MI) (Submission to NKDC completed on 25/06/25.)
ii. 25/0549/TCA| T1 & T2 - Yew trees - reduce both trees to about 1 metre high so they can grow into bushes. |The Old Vicarage, Main Street, North Rauceby, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 8QP. No Objections were raised at the regular meeting of Rauceby Parish Council. (Submission to NKDC completed on 22/05/25.) 
iii. 25/0544/FUL| Erection of 2 No. dwellings| Land to the rear of 57 Main Street South Rauceby Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 8QQ. (Submission to NKDC required by 28/06/25; extended to 04/07/25.) (GH, MF, JM, MI, SE). Objections were raised by the Planning Sub-Committee of RPC who consequently did not support the application. This response was submitted to NKDC on 30/06/25
iv. 25/0417/HOUS| Demolition of outbuilding and erection of single storey side extension| House, Ermine Street Farm, High Dike, Byard's Leap, Cranwell, Lincolnshire NG32 3RN. No Objections were raised at the regular meeting of Rauceby Parish Council. (Submission to NKDC completed on 22/05/25.) Approved by NKDC. 

Plans decided by NKDC since the last meeting
v. 25/0452/VARCON| Application to vary conditions 8 (landscaping) and 10 (approved plans) attached to planning permission 23/1533/FUL - Erection of 2 no. broiler poultry units (meat production) with feed silos, roof mounted Solar PV panels and hardstanding - amendments to landscaping and red line site area to amend BNG obligations| Boiling Wells Farm, Grantham Road, Greylees, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 8QX. No Objections were raised at the regular meeting of Rauceby Parish Council. (Submission to NKDC completed on 22/05/25.) Approved by NKDC.
8. Matters Arising and New Business Notified to Clerk prior to meeting
i. Items arising from Open Meeting that need follow-up. (None)
ii. Maintenance of Village entrance sheep signs – progress report by Cllr Malloch. 
iii. Speed indicator devices/Road Safety Partnership – progress report by Clerk and Chairman.
iv. Emergency planning for the Village; progress report by Cllr G Hall.
v. War Memorial condition (raised at last meeting for discussion)
vi. On-line banking arrangements with Lloyds. (I Grady)
vii. Carre Arms Hotel purchase by NKDC – implications for local businesses. (Cllr M Ireland)
viii. Community Infrastructure Levy – how to use. (email circulated 17/04/25)
ix. Green Plaque Scheme – Cllr G Hall. (email circulated 19/05/25)
x. Use of more litter waste bins in the village. (email circulated 04/06/25)
xi. Maintenance programme following asset condition/safety report. (email circulated 05/06/25)
xii. Tree management policy – should we have one? (email circulated 26/06/25)
xiii. NKDC Council Forum feedback (Cllr S Enstone)
xiv. Parish roadside verges – previous tree planting and LCC Highways response (Cllr M Ireland)
xv. Minutes for September meeting – Clerk absent
9. Update on Outstanding Matters
i. Actions from previous meeting(s)

* Awaiting online banking facility
10. Financial Matters: 
i. Financial report – for approval and signing.
ii. Cheques for signing / expenditure approval. 
iii. Savings account report.
iv. Feedback from Exercise of Public Rights concerning last year’s financial accounts.
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, 17 September 2025 at the Rauceby Village Hall.

Matters which have been raised in meetings and which may be considered further at a future date:
* S Rauceby Well refurbishment: deferred until more appropriate. 
* Watching brief on requirement for EV charging points for the public and for residents who do not have off-road parking facilities (originally discussed March 2024).
* Councils’ new duty to prevent sexual harassment: when more information becomes available about how compliance is to be managed the Clerk will prepare a policy document for adoption by the PC (originally discussed March 2024). 
* The Council shall keep a watching brief on the progress of the Rauceby Foundation re-wilding project at the plot of land on Main Street ear-marked for a public leisure area (originally discussed May 2024).