July 09 - Parish Council Meeting - DRAFT
Minutes of the Carlby Parish Council (CPC) Meeting held on Wednesday 09 July 2025 at 19:30 in the Village Hall
Present: Cllrs. John Bavister (Chairman), Steve Markham (Vice Chairman), Lesley Sweeting, Chris Barnes, Kimberley Neal and Karina Neal.
In Attendance: 0 Members of the public and Sarah Gresty-Parish Clerk.
Public Forum:
There was none.
Agenda
25/26-17
Apologies: There were None.
25/26-18
Disclosure of Pecuniary Interests: There were none.
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Minutes of:
a) Annual Parish Council Meeting of 14 May 2025 were presented as a true and accurate record of events. Proposed acceptance Cllr. Chris Seconded Cllr. Karina Neal, Cllr. Kimberley Neal abstained due to absence, the remaining voted in favour RESOLVED.
b) Annual Parish Meeting – 21 May 2025 were presented as a true and accurate record of events. Proposed acceptance Cllr. Markham, Seconded Cllr. Kim Neal all who attended the meeting voted in favour RESOLVED.
25/26-20
Reports
a)County and District Councillors
No report received.
b)Police Reports are received and circulated and made available on website/noticeboard upon receipt.
NSK Parish Council Briefing Session 16 September 2025 was noted. Cllr. Kim Neal would represent CPC at this meeting. Action collation of items for this meeting c/f to September meeting.
25/26-21
Finance 2025/26
a) Financial Report for the period 01 April 2025 to 30 June 2025 with bank statements were presented by the Clerk.
The Council NOTED that Income had been received for the months of May & June totalling £3211.49. The Council RESOLVED to AUTHORISE the expenditure for these months totalling £4692.66 shown on the financial report. The Financial Report and bank statement were checked by all Councillors prior to the meeting. Signed by Cllr. Bavister, Cllr. Karina Neal. Cllr. Markham signed the bank statements.
b) Additional signature for Lloyds bank.
Proposal: To add Karina Neal as an additional bank signatory to authorise payments. Proposed Cllr. Sweeting, Seconded Cllr. Barnes and unanimously voted in favour-RESOLVED.
Action: Online bank mandate to be completed
c) UK Prosperity Fund – It was noted that an Expression of Interest for Parish and Community funding through UKSPF had been submitted jointly by the Parish Council and the Playing Fields Committee for £8k under Parish/Community assets. It has been confirmed that this stage has been successful
Proposal: To complete the South Kesteven Prosperity Fund Parish and Community Funding Application Form for £8,000 as agreed at this meeting. Proposed Cllr. Bavister, Seconded Cllr. Kim Neal and unanimously voted in favour-RESOLVED.
25/26-22
Council Domain
a) Proposal: To adopt and resolve approval to move to “gov.uk” for a domain and email proposed domain carlby-pc.gov.uk. Proposed Cllr. Karina Neal, Seconded Cllr. Sweeting and unanimously voted in favour.
b) Proposal: To adopt and resolve the IT Policy. Proposed Cllr. Karina Neal, Seconded Cllr. Kim Neal and unanimously voted in favour.
25/26-23
Planning
• S25/0892 & 0893 Old Rectory, The Avenue. Erection of open-sided carport, and alterations to ancillary outbuilding to provide garage space. Response submitted: Neutral No objections to this applications.
It was noted that SKDC Local Plan Review Regulation 18 Proposed Housing and mixed use site allocation consultation was now live for response. It was noted that Carlby is not within the allocation zones. Document link
https://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/planning-building-control/planning-policy-local-plans/local-plan-review
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Playing Fields Report.– Cllr. Markham
Thanks to Cllr. Bavister for all his help
Trees for shade have been planted
We have now purchased a strimmer
Up and coming projects : Another picnic bench & a willow igloo
Special thanks go to: Morgan Neal for dealing with a leaning tree
And to Paul Taylor for the use of his digger.
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Mallard Pass. Results from a recent Survey on how residents felt any compensation funding should be distributed had been analgised.
Results
40 responses were completed
22 wanted to see the funds used for discounted electricity
4 wanted to see funds used for existing community projects/groups
6 wanted to see funds used for new community projects/groups.
8 wanted a combination of the above.
Cllr. Bavister thanked Jennifer Skeaping, Lesley Sweeting and the Clerk for the survey.
Proposal: Cllr. Bavister and Sweeting to attend the joint Parish Council meeting on 16th July at Essendine taking the majority view of Carlby residents that discounted electricity was the preferred option. Proposed Cllr. Bavister, Seconded Cllr. Barnes and unanimously voted in favour-RESOLVED.
20:50 Cllr. Kim Neal had to leave the meeting.
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Kilnside Energy. At this early stage in the scheme CPC would keep themselves informed on developments. It was assumed that another Parish Council would take the lead.
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Correspondence was noted from the Agenda
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To receive Items for Future Meetings – there were none.
The meeting closed @ 21.07