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 17 September 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
9 September 2025

AGENDA OF THE PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 17 September 2025 
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 16 July 2025 and to authorise the Chairman to sign the official minutes.
5. Reports from Visiting Representatives and Police Matters
6. Planning Applications Received from NKDC (This may include plans received since the agenda was circulated):
i. 25/0544/FUL| Erection of 2 No. dwellings| Land to the rear of 57 Main Street South Rauceby Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 8QQ. 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.
      Plans decided by NKDC since the last meeting
ii. 25/0849/TCA| Cherry - Remove. |Manor House, 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 20/07/25.) Decided by NKDC: TPO not served.
iii. 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.) Decided by NKDC: TPO not served.
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.) Decided by NKDC: Approved. 
v. 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. No objections were raised by the Planning Sub-Committee of RPC. (Submission to NKDC completed on 25/06/25.) Decided by NKDC: Approved.
7. Matters Arising and New Business Notified to Clerk prior to meeting
i. Maintenance of Village entrance sheep signs (Cllr Malloch; email circulated 01/08/25). 
ii. Speed monitoring device (Clerk and Chairman).
iii. Emergency plan for the Village; How to report a flood poster. (Cllr G Hall)
iv. War Memorial condition (Cllr G Hall) (email circulated 09/09/25)
v. On-line banking arrangements with Lloyds and proposal to develop more meaning in the interpretation of aspects of the Financial Regulations. (Clerk) (email circulated 05/08/25)
vi. Green Plaque Scheme. (Clerk) (email circulated 20/07/25)
vii. Maintenance programme following asset condition/safety report. (Chairman)
viii. Tree management policy (Chairman) 
ix. Roadside anti-litter disposal poster campaign suggestion? (Clerk) 
x. Confirm litter picking date in October.
xi. Purchase wreath for Remembrance Day
xii. Adoption of GOV.UK email address (circulated 09/09/25)
xiii. Clerk pay award for 2025/26.
xiv. Propose dates for 2026 Parish Council Meetings:
19h30 Wednesday, 21 January 2026
19h30 Wednesday, 18 March 2026
19h00 Wednesday, 20 May 2026 (including Open Meeting)
19h30 Wednesday, 15 July 2026
19h30 Wednesday, 16 September 2026
19h30 Wednesday, 18 November 2026
8. Update on Outstanding Matters
i. Actions from previous meeting(s)

9. Financial Matters: 
i. Financial report – for approval and signing.
ii. Cheques for signing / expenditure approval. 
iii. Savings account report.
10. Any other business: Any matters which have arisen after the agenda was published.
11. Date of Next Meeting – The next regular meeting will be held at 19h30 on Wednesday, 19 November 2025 at the Rauceby Village Hall.

Matters which have been raised in meetings and which may be considered further at a future date:
* South 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).