Draft Minutes 26.2.26
NOTES of a Brant Broughton & Stragglethorpe Parish Council meeting held at The Village Hall, West Street, Brant Broughton on 26th February 2026 at 7.15 pm.
Present: Cllr M. George (MG) (in the Chair), Cllrs A Early (AE); C Goodge (CG); J. Salmon (JS); K. Salmon (KS), S, Swain (SS). Two members of the public.
A member of the public asked what the agenda item concerning A17 accidents concerned and this was explained to him.
The meeting started at 7.20 pm.
25/100: Apologies – Cllr Hollingworth – it was resolved to accept his reason. Also apologies from D/C L Hagues.
25/101: Cllr Early declared an interest in item 5 of the agenda (the applicant for planning application 26/0141 is her immediate neighbour).
25/102: Minutes of the meeting held on 15th January 2026 had been read, were approved and it was resolved that they be signed.
25/103: Highways and footpaths – CSW group now has all relevant equipment and will be starting Speed Watches as soon as there is clement weather.
Clerk to follow up with Fix My Street regarding the tree outside 42 West Street ref 2871787.
A17 accidents none at our crossroads but there have been accidents near the chicken farm and Leadenham turn.
25/104: Planning:
25/1274 – Extension at Harts Close, Welbourn Road – approved.
25/1539 – new dwelling and garage at land to north of Meeting House Lane – amended plans submitted - pending consideration.
25/1555 – triple garage at Brant House, Stragglethorpe – approved.
25/1614 – Tree felling at 11 Maltkiln Lane – approved.
26/0098 – new sign in the field near to the Church at the drive junction with C001 – no objections.
26/0141 – Demolition, extensions and new vehicular access – 100 High Street, BB – no objections.
26/0114 – retrospective application at The Barns, Stragglethorpe. Chair and Clerk will prepare a response objecting to this application. Clerk to ask C/C Overton and D/C Hagues to push for this to go to Committee. Letter to NKDC to follow at a later date regarding handling of residents’ complaints.
25/105: High Street Public Noticeboard: this is in a poor state but Cllrs Swain and K Salmon believe it can be repaired and will do the necessary work.
25/106: Flood alarm system sites: two sites are already earmarked and Councillors added two further sites. Clerk to report back to LCC Flood Resilience Team.
25/107: New email addresses: as it seems inevitable that we will all be required to have “.gov.uk” email addresses, it was resolved to use Hugh Fox to provide the service which will cost £17.49 + Vat per month for up to 10 addresses.
25/108: Financial
It was resolved to accept the bank reconciliations as at 31.1.26. The bank balance at 31.1.26 was £13,748.51.
Bank charges will increase by £1 per month to £7 from 1.2.26.
It was resolved to pay the LALC annual subscription at £278.36.
Clerk had had a second quote for the grass cutting in BB – this was £560 more than our current contractor so it was resolved unanimously to stay with PB.
25/109: Date of next meeting: 2nd April 2026.
Meeting closed at 8 pm
Agenda items for April meeting by 19th March please.