Minutes 30.10.25
MINUTES of a Brant Broughton & Stragglethorpe Parish Council meeting held at The Village Hall, West Street, Brant Broughton on 30th October 2025 at 7.15 pm.
Present: Cllr M. George (MG) (in the Chair), Cllrs C Goodge (CG), A. Early (AE), K. Salmon (KS), S, Swain (SS) and R. Hollingworth (RH). Also present were Cty Cllr M Overton, Dist Cllr L Hagues and 1 member of the public.
Cllr Hagues had nothing to add to her Newsletter which had been circulated.
Cllr Overton – she has met the new Minister for Net Zero and made the point that development of solar panels should be on roofs and brownfield sites but that this is not happening. MO has given out letters for the PM and has over 1000 so far – members signed and returned their letters to MO. She has had meetings with working groups and there is a lot of support. With regard to Local Government Reorganisation, 10 District Councils are to become 2 huge unitary authorities but MO is pushing for 3. The new Mayor wants powers from the County Council – housing and transport – which will mean she will require more staff.
The MoP updated Councillors on the planning application for change of use of two barns at Stragglethorpe (Agenda item 8, last para, brought forward to this point). It was agreed after discussion between the Councillors and MO that the Clerk will write back to NK with further questions and points.
The meeting started at 7.40 pm.
25/68: Apologies – Cllr Janet Salmon had given her apologies and it was resolved to accept the reason given.
25/69: There were no Declarations of Interest.
25/70: Minutes of the meeting held on 18th September had been read, amended slightly, were approved and it was resolved that they be signed.
25/71: Information Boards – the information has now been approved and printed and Allen Signs are waiting to install them. We need to give precise locations to Keith.
25/72: Noticeboards – A roll of cork (£74.90) and spray contact adhesive have been purchased – KS and RH will now refurbish all noticeboards.
25/73: Highways and footpaths – Highways had written back to say that the bridge on BB High Street had been strengthened in 2015 so no survey required. Clerk advised that the CSW group had been trained and were just waiting for fair weather to be shown exactly where they are allowed to operate in the villages. The gun and signage have been delivered and the only outstanding matter is Hi Viz jackets. RH will check to see if the two hedges at/near the playing field have been cut.
25/74: Trees – the redwood tree offered is unsuitable for the village green and so will not be planted there.
25/75: Planning:
25/0484 – New house to rear of 10 Guildford Lane – pending consideration.
25/0582 – Demolition of existing bungalow & erection of a replacement bungalow at Homestead Farm, Mill Lane – pending consideration.
25/0927 – alterations and extension at 57-59 High Street, BB – pending consideration.
25/0940 – tree works at 16 High Street – approved.
25/1027 – tree works at The Shielings, Stragglethorpe – approved.
25/1188 – tree works at 5 Church Walk – no objections.
25/1274 – Extension at Harts Close, Welbourn Road – no objections.
25/1237 – Tree works at 97 High Street, BB – no objections.
25/1293 – Replacement pantiles at 8 Church Lane, BB – no objections.
25/76: Financial
It was resolved to accept the bank reconciliation as at 30.9.25. The bank balance at 30.9.25 was £20,134.84.
There are 4 grant applications totalling £9,923 – it was resolved to accept these as discussed by the working group.
Clerk put forward two adjustments she would like to make to the budget figures – it was resolved to agree these. Clerk will now progress with the budgets for 2026 to 2027 and forward the draft to Councillors which will then be discussed, and approved at the December meeting.
25/77: Meeting dates 2026: these were circulated to Councillors.
25/78: It was agreed that we should purchase a Christmas tree for Stragglethorpe this year – we do not need one for the village at Brant Broughton as the planted one is now big enough to use. Resolution at next meeting for the cost to be set.
Next cluster meeting is potentially on 15th December at Bassingham.
25/79: Date of next meeting: 4th December 2025.
Meeting closed at 8.05 pm
Agenda items for December meeting by 20th November please