Minutes 2026

January 2026

Minutes of the meeting of Blyton Parish Council held on Monday 26th January 2026 

Present :       

 

Councillor L Godson

Councillor J Daubney

Councillor C Daubney

Councillor C Quirke

Councillor I Wilcock

Councillor S Clixby

Councillor R Turnbull

 

Also present:    

Councillor Chris Reeve

Ken  Wooley

Anna McArthur (Clerk)

 

 

  1. Apologies for absence: Cllr K Carless WLDC
  2. Co-option of councillor: None status of Dr Khan was discussed
  3. To receive declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and to receive any applications for Dispensation.  Members may make any declarations at this point but may also make them at any point during the meeting
  4. To approve the Minutes of the last meeting held on 24/11/2025: The minutes were approved as a true record
  5. Clerk’s Report on matters outstanding.: The play area has had the surface repaired, cemetery report was discussed and a quote for works T009 is to be requested, clerk to contact tree officer at LCC as T001 and T012 are their responsibility. It was agreed for another playground inspection to be carried out in 2026 clerk to arrange. I                 
  6. Planning- Applications WL/2026/00012 was discussed no objections were raised.
  7. Correspondence:- The new lease for the playing field was received from Addleshaw Goddard  and was signed
  8. Financial matters:- Resolved to pay clerk £456.54 HMRC £80.00 LALC £339.60 Cllr J Daubney £766.68
  9. Report from WLDC: Cllr Carless did not send a report. Report from LCC Cllr Reeve stated roads were slippery , because of weather events, roads had been double gritted before the rain and then again after the rain stopped, Highways working party had it’s first meeting and have concerns with how things are being done. Budget setting was coming up there is talk of large savings but no details. Cllr Reeve stated that work carried out which was not satisfactory is to be re done at contractors expense.
  10. To discuss & resolve Proposed Neighbourhood Plan for Blyton (any update): A meeting took place  in the Parish room on 19thJanuary, the group has lost one or two members, the group needs to know it has full support of the PC  which all agreed it had, and that the PC would fund expenses a budget of 3K was proposed by  Cllr Godson and seconded by Cllr C Daubney the work will take approximately 18 months to 2 years. Cllr I Wilcock agreed to look at suitable printers, a laptop for the PC and wifi for the parish room.
  11. To discuss and resolve Adult Keep Fit equipment, meeting was due to take place at the playground to look at a location. The meeting had not taken place agreed to defer to next meeting
  12. To discuss and resolve additional defibs  agreed to defer  to next meeting Cllr Reeves brought up a possible need for bleed control kits and will advise.
  13. To discuss and resolve Assertion 10 needs to be adopted AGAR 26/7 agree IT policy and email: IT policy that had been circulated previously was agreed and it was agreed for the clerk  to contact Parish Online regarding the new email addresses.
  14. To discuss and resolve employing a cleaner for the Parish room, Cllr J Daubney kindly volunteered to do this as and when needed.
  15. To discuss and resolve grant application for Evergreen: The amount requested was agreed by a majority vote.
  16. To discuss and resolve closing the gap in the playing field: It was decided that if the gap was closed it was likely another way in would be found it would also be costly to have this work carried out.
  17. To discuss and resolve state of footpaths and road: The road work had been carried out.
  18. To discuss and resolve parking in the village, parking on bends, double parking: Cllr Reeves stated this was a problem for many of the villages and the problem was enforcement, he would find out who was responsible for enforcement in the village and advise, he also mentioned it was a catch 22 situation as double parking slowed traffic down through the village.
  19. To discuss and resolve electricity prices for the Parish Room: Clerk to obtain further quotes.
  20. To discuss & resolve on this month's Facebook posts: It was requested that the demolition of West Burton power station be put on the parish page.
  21. Items of information to be noted and if necessary to be dealt with at the next meeting.

                With all business concluded the meeting closed at 9pm.

 

                 Next meeting 23rd February 2026.