2025-12-16 Agenda for Parish Council Meeting

GREAT  &  LITTLE  GIDDING  PARISH  COUNCIL    

Chairman: Jan Maciag

Clerk:  Julie Trolove

Great and Little Gidding Parish Council, The Village Hall, Main Street,

Great Gidding, Huntingdon, Cambs PE28 5NU 

TEL: 01832 293 068 (currently not working)   EMAIL: ggparishcouncil@outlook.com

To Members of the Council

You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the Great & Little Gidding Parish Council to be held on Tuesday 16th December 2025 for the purpose of transacting the business listed below. 

Members of the Press and Public PLEASE submit your question/request/comment in writing to the Parish Office letterbox or via email, no later than 2PM on Friday 12th December

Julie Trolove              

Parish Clerk                                        

1 December 2025  

0093.25 Chairperson’s Welcome

0094.25 To receive apologies and reasons for absence                                 

0095.25 Declaration of Disclosable Interests for items on the Agenda

0096.25 Public & Press participation session with respect to items on the Agenda

0097.25 To confirm and accept minutes of the meeting held on 18th November 2025

0098.25 To receive reports from Councillors and Clerk.

0099.25 FINANCIAL MATTERS:

             a) Bank statements from Barclays Bank will be shared at the meeting

b) PAYMENTS – to approve online payments in respect of the following

WhoWhat forTOTALInvoice includes this VAT amount
Staff costsWages for October (41 hours) HMRC National InsuranceTo be advised by Payroll ServicesNIL
    
  • to approve Clerk’s working hours for November   – a total of 37 hours
  • Confirmation of amount of precept to be applied for

0100.25  PLANNING applications and  matters:

              a)awaiting date of the planning meeting at which the Hemington Lodge Road application will be discussed. 

              b) no planning applications received on which the Parish Council should comment.       

0101.25 Local Government Reorganisation – latest information

0102.25 Cllr Downer to outline defined dates of publication of Minutes and Agendas.

0103.25 Research findings regarding change to a GOV.UK website to be shared and discussed.

              DECISION

              Purchase of a laptop

              DECISION

  1. Village Maintenance – 

Recreation Field – ideas of how to create a car parking area

0105.25 Correspondence received since 18th October 2025 :

              a) NALC newsletters – dated                         Chief Executives Bulletin                   NALC events,

              b)Cambridgeshire County Council –

  • Cambridgeshire Matters November edition
  • c) LHI application window is open until 16 January 2026 
  • Christmas Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme to families within the parish. The Programme operates between 20 December to 4 January
  • Highways events – Whittlesey Straw Bear 17th January 2026

c) Huntingdonshire District Council –

  • Town and Parish Council Newsletter (includes CIL information, LHI bid reminder, Local Plan information)
  • Notification of revised Waste Collection Days, household Recycling Centre closure dates, Christmas tree recycling and (starting in March 2026) weekly food waste collections

d) Cambs &Pboro Combined Authority – monthly newsletter

e) Cambs ACRE – Staying in Touch newsletter

f) CAPALC – nothing

g) Parish Online monthly newsletter

h)

0106.25  Any Urgent Business

In accordance with section 100(B)(4) of the Local           Government   Act 1972 (as amended) the Chair will admit an item of urgent business in order that it can be dealt with at the earliest opportunity provided it has been raised at least 24 hours before the meeting

0107.25  Items for next meeting:

 The next meeting will commence at 7.30pm on 20th January 2026

 in the Village Hall, Main Street, Great Gidding. 

Village Hall payments – details to be given at the meeting.

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