Draft Minutes 26.3.26
NOTES of a Brant Broughton & Stragglethorpe Parish Council meeting held at The Village Hall, West Street, Brant Broughton on 26th March 2026 at 7.15 pm.
Present: Cllr M. George (MG) (in the Chair), Cllrs A Early (AE); C Goodge (CG);
R. Hollingworth (RH) ; J. Salmon (JS); and K. Salmon (KS). Also D/C Hagues. There were no members of the public present.
Cllr Hagues had sent over her Newsletter prior to this meeting and this had been circulated to Councillors. She confirmed that she and C/C Overton have requested that planning application 26/0114 be called in – it is to be held at the meeting of the committee on 7th April at 5 pm.
The meeting started at 7.20 pm.
25/110: Apologies – Cllr Swain – it was resolved to accept his reason.
25/111: There were no Declarations of interest.
25/112: Minutes of the meeting held on 26th February 2026 had been read, were approved and it was resolved that they be signed.
25/113: Highways and footpaths – LCC are getting advice from an arborologist regarding the tree outside 42 West Street. There had been no accidents at the
Stragglethorpe/A17 crossroads since our last meeting.
25/114: Planning:
25/1539 – new dwelling and garage at land to north of Meeting House Lane – amended plans submitted - pending consideration.
26/0098 – new sign in the field near to the Church at the drive junction with C001 – pending consideration.
26/0141 – Demolition, extensions and new vehicular access – 100 High Street, BB – pending consideration.
26/0114 – retrospective application at The Barns, Stragglethorpe. This will go to Committee on 7th April at 5 pm. Chair will speak for the PC.
25/115: Flood alarm system sites: further sites acknowledged. Flood sensor information training requested by LCC – Cllrs George and Goodge will attend online training on 13th April at 6.30 pm. Clerk to advise LCC.
25/116: Tree on village green: tree bough had broken off and as it was not in high winds nor due to children swinging on it, it was resolved to ask NKDC to come and re-inspect.
25/117: Stragglethorpe Information Board: it had been brought to the Chair’s attention that Diocesan consent would be required for siting the Board within Church land. Chair advised PC of requirements of the Diocese. After discussion, it was agreed that Cllrs Hollingworth and K Salmon would remove and re-site the Board at a position agreed between the Chair and a Parishioner. Clerk to write to said Parishioner. There was an error in the editorial and it was resolved to ask Allen Signs to correct this as per their quote of £97 + VAT. Clerk to advise Allen Signs once the Board is moved to its new site.
25/118: New email addresses: the new “.gov.uk” addresses have been set up by Hugo Fox and Clerk circulated the new email addresses and initial passwords for Councillors to set up – they need to install Spacemail first.
25/119: School PTA grant: this grant has been paid to enable children to have cooking classes. Children are now enjoying these classes and Cllrs George and J Salmon will visit the school on 27th March, to see the classes in progress.
25/120: Financial:
It was resolved to accept the bank reconciliations as at 28.2.26. The bank balance at 28.2.26 was £13,257.88.
It was resolved to pay the LALC Webmaster for a further 5 hours at £108.00.
25/121: Date of next meetings: 7th May (APM, AMPC and regular). Councillors to review all policy documents in readiness for re-approval.
Meeting closed at 7.42 pm
Agenda items for May meetings by 20th April please.