September 2025

Langworth Group Parish Council   
 
Serving the grouped parishes of Barlings, Newball, Stainton by Langworth and Reasby
 
E:mail: langworthgroupparishcouncil@gmail.com
 
NOTICE OF MEETING – Tuesday 2 September 2025                                                                                   
 
The next meeting of Langworth Group Parish Council will be held at Langworth Memorial Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 2 September 2025 at which the business listed in the agenda below will be transacted.  The time between 7.30pm and 7.45 pm may be given over to a public session if required, but if no members of the public wish to speak, the meeting will start at 7.30pm.
 
   
AGENDA
 
1. Open session: suspension of Standing Orders for up to 15 mins for members of the public to speak on agenda items, or to suggest items for consideration on a future agenda
 
2. Apologies: To receive and accept apologies for absence.
 
3. Declarations of Interest: To receive declarations of interest on any item on the agenda.
 
4. To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 1 July 2025 
 
5. Comments from County Councillor, District Councillors and Chairman
 
6. Clerks Report
a) Note Financial reports for July and August 2025: as previously circulated
b) Note Spend Against Budget report April – June 2025
c) Note National pay award confirmed at 3.2% from 1st April 2025
d) Note Pension Regulator – Tri-annual redeclaration of compliance completed with re-enrolment date of 16/7/25.
e) Note successful completion of external audit 
f) New requirements for audit next year: to have a Gov email address and IT policy – action required
g) Note Clerk’s annual leave w/c 8 Sept and w/c 29 Sept
h) Wreath – action required
I) Updating LALC Portal
 
7. Correspondence:
TO NOTE ONLY: 
WLDC – July newsletter; Community Grants Programme reopened; Cultural Activity Survey - Parish Council Survey; D/Cllr T Bridgwood re cold callers 
LCC Town and parish council newsletter July 2025
Environment Agency – parish maintenance         Police - statistics and update
 
ACTION REQUIRED:
Police: next online PC engagement session Thur 25 Sept 6 – 8pm – appoint attendee
 
8. Planning:
i. WL/2025/00784 - STAINTON HOUSE,STATION ROAD: remove existing dwelling and erect 1no. replacement dwelling with detached garage block (WLDC deadline for comments 8/9/25)
ii. WL/2025/00666 and WL/2025/00665: ratify ‘no comments’ responses submitted to WLDC
 
9. Emergency Plan update
 
10. Play Area:
i. Update on grant applications
ii. Consider bench quotes
iii. Consider ROSPA annual play inspection report
 
11. Date of the next meeting: Tuesday 7th October, 2025, 7.30pm, Memorial Hall
 
Cllr Michael Herbert – Chairman to the Council                                                  Dated: 28th August 2025