November 2025 Agenda
Clerk’s Contact Details:
Village Hall, Brookside, Scopwick. LN4 3PA.
07872 943179 | clerkscopwick@gmail.com
Scopwick and Kirkby Green Parish Council
https://scopwick.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/
20th November 2025
To whom it may concern,
You are hereby summoned to attend the full Council meeting to be held on Tuesday 25th November 2025, commencing at 7.00pm in Scopwick Village Hall. The business to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda.
At the discretion of the Chair, prior to the commencement of the meeting, members of the public will be invited to make representations or to ask questions in respect of matters on the agenda and other matters in the parish. Time is set at a maximum of 3 minutes per person, or 15 minutes overall.
A further 10 minutes will be set aside to receive brief reports of the Police, elected members of Lincolnshire County Council and North Kesteven District Council.
If the time allocated is not required, the Council will go into formal session.
Jack
Jack Sargent
Parish Clerk
AGENDA
1. Welcome from the Chair of the Parish Council and introduction.
2. Apologies for Absence.
To resolve to accept apologies for absence and where valid reasons are given to the Clerk prior to the meeting, in accordance with Local Government Act 1972 s85 (1).
3. Declaration of Interest.
To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 and to consider any requests for dispensations.
4. To approve as a correct record the minutes of the full Council meeting held on Tuesday 30th September 2025.
5. To approve the record of accounts for:
a. September
b. October
6. To receive the bank reconciliation for:
a. September
b. October
7. To receive an Income and Expenditure Summary for the second quarter of the financial year for:
a. Treasurers Account
b. Reserves Account.
c. Combined Accounts
8. To receive a Budget Review for the second quarter of the financial year.
9. Financial Planning 2026-27, to consider:
a. A draft budget.
b. Precept request.
c. Draft earmarked reserves budget.
10. To receive reports:
a. Village Hall Committee
b. Playing Field Committee
c. Community Speed Watch
d. Environmental Report
e. The Chair
f. The Clerk
11. To receive notification of any planning permissions, refusals, withdrawals, or amendments.
a. Application 25/1307/HOUS | 25 Beckside, Scopwick
b. Application 25/1308/LBC | 25 Beckside, Scopwick
c. Application 25/0766/VARCON | Land Adjacent to 1 Vicarage Lane, Scopwick - Notice of Decision: Approved.
12. To consider previous Parish Council comments submitted to NKDC on planning applications 20/0820/FUL and 20/0777/FUL, including options to acknowledge the new evidence and to add a clarification note on the minutes from 2020, adding an editorial note to the website.
13. To consider purchasing duck warning signs for the village green.
14. To consider using .gov.uk email address to be compliant with the criteria for the external audit.
15. To receive an update for the kerbing project around the village green.
16. To receive an update on:
a. Solar Farm Proposals including: Springwell Solar Farm, Fosse Green Energy, Leoda and Coleby.
b. Navenby Substation
c. Battery Storage Sites
17. To consider a request from a resident to not reinstate a footway light located on a BT pole inside the property boundary of 95 Main Street, Scopwick.
18. To consider policies for adoption:
a. Communications Policy (DRAFT Ready)
b. Complaints Procedure (DRAFT Ready)
c. Public Service Charter (DRAFT Ready)
d. Risk Register (DRAFT Ready)
19. To receive a record of previous resolutions and action points.
20. To confirm the date of the next meetings as Tuesday 27th January 2026.