December 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 December 2025
The next meeting of Langworth Group Parish Council will be held at Langworth Memorial Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 2 December 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 meetings held on 7 October 2025 and 4 November 2025
5. Comments from County Councillor, District Councillors and Chairman
6. Clerks Report
i. Note Financial report for November 2025: as previously circulated
ii. D/Cllr Darcel CIF monies available
iii. Triannual pension valuation: from year ending 31 March 2027 for 3 years, employer pension contribution rate will be 19.2% (down from 26.6%).
iv. Note Clerk’s AL 24 Dec – 2 Jan inclusive
7. Correspondence:
TO NOTE ONLY:
i. WLDC – Nov newsletter
ii. LCC – County Views Survey (26 January 2026) November Newsletter
iii. Community Resilience Newsletter
iv. Invite to attend Witham Valley Access Project AGM Tuesday Nov 18th
v. Project Groundwater Greater Lincolnshire—hosted by LCC —installation of telemetry devices that monitor local watercourse levels.
vi. UDLive: to arrange an onboarding session for parish members to introduce the abovementioned telemetry system and explain how it supports local flood preparedness
vii. Request from resident for permission to erect Christmas tree on green at Stainton by Langworth
8. Planning:
i. WL/2025/01124: Biodiversity Gain Application for the creation of other neutral grassland and woodland buffer for the purpose of selling Biodiversity net gain units:
Location: Land at Newball (Deadline to respond to WLDC - 04/12/2025)
9. Grass cutting quotes 2026
10. Emergency Plan update
11. Play Area:
i. Update on grant applications
ii. Consider bench quotes
iii. Planned work
12. Policies:
i. Approve IT Policy (new Audit requirement)
13. Consider a noticeboard for Reasby parish
14. Date of the next meeting: Tuesday 6th January 2026, 7.30pm, Memorial Hall
Mrs Michelle Vail – Clerk to the Council Dated: 27th November 2025