2025 Meetings

North Scarle Parish Council

Agenda and Meeting Notice

Dear Sir/Madam,

I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of North Scarle Parish Council will be held at North Scarle Village Hall, on Monday 20 October 2025 at 7.00pm.

All Members of the Parish Council are summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the business to be transacted at the meeting, as set out hereunder.

Members of the public and press are welcome to attend, and a Public Forum session, for a maximum of 15 minutes, will be available prior to the start of the meeting.  Members of the public may ask questions or make short statements (3 minutes max.) to the Council regarding subjects which are on the agenda.  These comments will be noted and addressed by Council at the appropriate point in the meeting and not during the public forum.

To allow for accurate minute taking, a voice recording of the meeting will be taken.  The voice recording will be deleted once the notes of the meeting are approved as minutes.

Any comments or questions relating to items not on the agenda should be emailed or posted to the Parish Clerk.  If appropriate they will be added to a future agenda.

During the Parish Council meeting, no further comments will be heard from members of the public unless invited to contribute by the Chair.

Alternatively, questions or short statements can be submitted to the Clerk in advance of the meeting via northscarleparishcouncil@gmail.com to matters relating to agenda items listed below.

Signed:   A E Findlay
Locum Clerk
15 October 2025

1.  Election of Chair for the current meeting.
Signing of Acceptance of Office.

2.  Apologies for Absence.
To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Clerk prior to the meeting, in accordance with Local Gov. Act 1972, Sch 12, para 40.

3.  Declarations of Interests.
To receive declarations of interest and to consider dispensation applications in relation to Disclosable Pecuniary Interests.

4.  Consider the appointment of the Locum Clerk, as provided by the Lincolnshire Association of Local Councils (LALC), hours to be worked and the related payments for those services.

5.  Notes of the meetings to be approved as Minutes.
a.  Ordinary Meetings of the Parish Council held on Wednesday 10 September 2025.

6.  Consider any applications received for Co-Option as a Parish Councillor (if no election has been called).

7.  Receive reports from District and County Councillors.

8.  Receive a report from the Clerk with regard to Correspondence received and other matters.

9.  Financial Matters.
a.  To consider and approve the payments made since the last meeting.
b.  To consider and approve the payments set out on the accounts for payment.
c.  To consider and approve the bank reconciliations up to end of September 2025.

10.  Planning Matters.
a.  2025/0916/LBC – Repair north-east roof and remove conservatory (room G4), at Red House Farm Spalford Lane North Scarle.  Approved by NKDC 08-Oct-2025.
b.  25/1082/VARCON - Application to remove condition 2 (agricultural use) attached to planning permission NK 9170 - Erection of dwelling, Wigsley Road, North Scarle, at Birch Lea Wigsley Road North Scarle.  Comments required with NKDC by Friday 07-Nov-2025.

11.  Village Hall update.  As per minute ref: 883, 10-Sep-2025.

12.  Emergency Planning update.  As per minute ref: 886, 10-Sep-2025.

13.  Jubilee Gardens update.  As per minute ref: 887, 10-Sep-2025.

14.  Resolve to agree a provisional date for the next ordinary Council meeting.

15.  To resolve to move into closed session in accordance with the public bodies (admission to meetings) act 1960 due to the confidential nature of the business to be discussed in relation to the following matters:
a.  Heritage Room Tenancy Agreement update.
b.  Staffing Matters – consider a course of action with regard to the current Clerk/RFO vacancy and recruitment thereof (interviews etc).