GREAT & LITTLE GIDDING PARISH COUNCIL

AGENDA

• 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 xxxxxxx EMAIL: ggparishcouncil@outlook.com
• To Members of the CouncilYou are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the Great & Little Gidding Parish Council to be held on Tuesday 17th March 2026 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 12 noon on Monday 16th March
• Julie TroloveParish Clerk
• 13 March 2026
• 0139.25 Chairperson’s Welcome
• 0140.25 To receive apologies and reasons for absence
• 0141.25 Declaration of Disclosable Interests for items on the Agenda
• 0142.25 Public & Press participation session with respect to items on the Agenda
• 0143.25 To confirm and accept minutes of the Clerk – job role advertised with SLCC via national advert, also with Cambs and
  Northants branch. Closing date 27th March. 2 applications received to date and one
  enquiry.
  Reports to Highways Department regarding pothole on Luddington Road, near to Vicarage ALSO blocked culvert reported again on Back Lane, where it causes water to flow over the road at Oak Tree Corner. Water leak near The Vicarage on Luddington Road reported to AWA.
  0145.25 FINANCIAL MATTERS:
  a) Bank statements from Barclays Bank in respect of the Parish Council current
  account, not yet received.
  b) PAYMENTS – to approve online payments in respect of the following
  Who
  What for
  TOTAL
  Staff costs Working hours for January – 25 hours
  National Insurance contributions
  Invoice includes £382.75 this VAT amount NIL
  
  CAPALC Annual subscription to include DPO 288.94 NIL VAT
  
  BT (Direct Debit payment)
  Transfer of funds to Gidding Charity Allotment Rental £400 NIL VAT
  Payments made in outside of meeting SLCC Advertising of Clerk + RFO role £436.80 £72.80
  c) to approve Clerk’s working hours for February – a total of 34 hours
  d)Appointment of Internal Auditor for 2025/26 AGAR
  0156.25 PLANNING applications and matters:
  a) no planning applications received on which the Parish Council should comment as at 13th March 2026.
  b) report on the CambsCC Planning meeting held on 4th March to discuss the highway re-alignment of Hemington Lodge Road to facilitate ease of access to the AD Unit.
  The following is a CLOSED agenda item:
  c) next steps for the Parish Council to consider regarding the AD Unit application to
  North Northamptonshire Council.
  0157.25 Local Government Reorganisation – latest information
  0158.25 Website for the Parish Council – AGAR compliance requirements in respect of the following, documents will have been shared with Parish Councillors prior to the meeting:
  a) Review of the Retention of Documents Policy and date for next review
  b) Review of the Accessibility Policy and date for next review
  c) Review of the I T Policy and date for the next review
  d) Adoption of Assertion 10 Compliance and date for review
  e) update on the progress of the new website
  f) progress on the exercise to copy and store information from the village website
  g) inform village website users of the closure of the current village website
  0159.25 Village Hall finance – Councillor Hargrave
  0160.25 Village Maintenance – refurbishment of village sign – Councillor Downer
  0161.25 Correspondence received between 17th February and 13th March:
  a) NALC newsletters – events news email + Chief Executives Bulletin for February/March
  b)Cambridgeshire County Council –
• Cambridgeshire Matters February edition
• Highways events – there are none locally
• Traffic Management Incident report for February
• Cambridgeshire Families Information Service – details of what they offer
• Local Highways Improvements – 20MPH scheme – applications close 5.00 pm on
  Friday 27th March
  c) Huntingdonshire District Council –
• Town and Parish Council Newsletter
• Press release – Easter Holiday activities and food for children between 30th March and 10th April
• Press release – Huntingdonshire District Council budget for 2026-2027
• Press release for Huntingdon Sport and Health Hub
• Waste Minimisation Meeting – on Friday the 20th of March, from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm at Pathfinder House, Huntingdon PE29 3TN
• Garden Waste Community initiatives – bins available etc
  d) Cambs &Pboro Combined Authority – monthly newsletter
  e) Cambs ACRE – Staying in Touch newsletter and Village Halls week 16 to 22 March
  f) CAPALC – invoice with covering letter from their Chair
  g) Parish Online monthly newsletter
  h) CPFT (Cambs and Peterborough NHS Federation Trust) Hunts newsletter with links to many support groups in the area
  h) SLCC – regional training seminar for Clerks, including items on revised AGAR, upgrade of websites etc – in Northampton – November 2026
  i) Keep Britain Tidy campaign – The Great British Spring Clean, run by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, is a mass action campaign that will take place from 13-29 March 2026 and is a great way to show we love where we live.
  0162.25 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 – see items in blue, added 16th
  March 2026
  0163.25 Items for next meeting:
  Annual Parish Meeting – date/time/agenda items
  The next meeting will commence at 7.30pm on 21st April 2026 in the Village Hall, Main Street, Great Gidding.