Agenda 10th November 2025

Dear Councillor,

 I hereby give you notice that the Annual Parish Council Meeting of Ropsley and District Parish Council will be held at Ropsley Hall on Monday 10th November 2025 at 7.15pm.  All members of the Parish Council are summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the business to be transacted as set out hereunder.

Public Forum:  The Parish Council meeting will be preceded at 7.00pm by a public forum for which Councillors are also asked to be present, at which members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Council.  Members of the public are welcome to stay for the meeting but may not participate unless invited to do so by the Chairman. 

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Description automatically generated          Clerk to the Council.                                                     Date: Tuesday 4th November 2025

 

 

1.            WELCOME REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN.

 

2.            APOLOGIES:  TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND TO RESOLVE TO ACCEPT REASONS GIVEN.

 

3.            TO RECEIVE DECLARATIONS OF PECUNIARY INTEREST IN RELATION TO AGENDA ITEMS AND TO CONSIDER REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCALISM ACT 2011.

 

4.            APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

4.1         To resolve to accept the Clerk’s notes of the Parish Council meeting held on 8th September 2025.

 

5.            DISTRICT AND COUNTY COUNCILLORS’ REPORTS

 

 

6.            CLERK’S REPORT

6.1         To note the contents of the Clerk’s Report with regards to actions from previous minutes. 

 

 

7.            FINANCE

7.1         To note income received as follows:

 

Remitter

Purpose

Amount £

P Robinson

SKDC

 

Cemetery fees

Community Cleaner grant

70.00

463.32

 

 

 

 

         

7.2         To resolve to approve expenditure as follows:

Payments Made:

Payee

Purpose

Amount £

Employment costs

August 2025

630.70

 

Community Heartbeat

Crimson Kings

Ropsley Village Hall

Wave

Tidy Gardens

Employment costs

Npower

Microsoft

Tidy Gardens

LALC

Print Bureau

Employment costs

Tidy Gardens

Autela Services

 

 

 

Defibrillator spares

Tree works

Village Hall rental

Water rates

Cemetery maintenance

September 2025

Electricity

365 subscription

Cemetery maintenance

Audit fee

Autumn Newsletter

October 2025

Cemetery maintenance

Payroll costs

 

128.76

450.00

9.00

486.13

273.00

630.70

214.42

84.99

546.00

264.00

197.00

630.70

273.00

102.00

 

 

 

         

7.3         To resolve to approve the October bank reconciliation.

7.4         To note the budget monitoring statement showing expenditure and income against the 2025/26 budget to date.

7.5         To consider the LGS 2025/26 revised pay scales

7.6         Review progress of Annual Reports

7.7         Update of Policies and Procedures

 

 

 

8.            PLANNING

8.1         To consider the following planning applications received since the last meeting:

8.1.1      S25/1965 Reduce apple tree – 8-10 Chapel Hill, Ropsley NG33 4BP

 

8.2         To note the following planning decisions:

8.2.1      S25/1586 Reduce silver birches – 9 The Pantiles, 9 Hill Street, Ropsley NG33 4BG - approved on 8th October 2025

 

 

 

9.            HIGHWAYS

9.1         To report on advisory 20mph speed zone and yellow lines possibility.

9.2         To consider any updates from LCC re the various traffic and road issues raised.

9.3         To consider the continuing parking problems in Ropsley

 

 

10.         CEMETERY

10.1       To discuss the progress of the stile repair near the cemetery.

10.2       To discuss any other matters concerning the cemetery and mowing.

 

 

11.         COMMUNITY UPDATES

11.1       To discuss the Christmas Tree Lighting arrangements.

11.2       To receive an update on the storage container siting for the gardening equipment.

11.3       To report on the 2026 Calendars

11.4       To Discuss the Community Emergency Plan

11.5       Update on IBC for orchard watering to be purchased in the Spring

11.6       Report on the Update on Autumn Newsletter articles

11.7       Report on the Thank you present for Barry Buxton update

11.8       To discuss the arrangements for the Volunteers Evening

11.9       To receive any other community updates from Councillors.

 

12.         PARISH COUNCIL VACANCY

12.1       To discuss a future drop-in meeting

 

 

13.         CORRESPONDENCE.

13.1       To note all general correspondence circulated for information since the September meeting.

 

14.         DATE OF NEXT MEETING.  The date for the next meeting is to be arranged.