Agendas 2026

Agenda 17th September 2026

FOLKINGHAM PARISH COUNCIL 

PARISH ADDRESS: Greyhound House, Market Place, Folkingham, NG34 0SE
PHONE: 07787 554 894 

EMAIL: folkinghamclerk@gmail.com 

WEBSITE: https://folkingham.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/ 

CHAIR: Martin Smith 

CLERK:
 

Dear Councillor, 

You are hereby summoned to attend the next meeting of Folkingham Parish Council, which will be held  on Thursday 17th September 2026, commencing at 19:00pm meeting at Folkingham Village Hall. The business  to be dealt with at the meeting is listed in the agenda. The meeting will commence with a public forum during which members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Council (for a maximum of 3 minutes per person). Your attendance is necessary during this period.
Signature: Martin Smith  Chair to the Folkingham Parish Council Date: 10.09.2026

Agenda – September 26 Meeting of Folkingham Parish Council 

 

  1. Public Forum

  2. Chair`s remarks & apologies for absence 

  3. Declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and to consider any requests for dispensations 

  4. Minutes: confirm and sign draft of the meeting held on 23.07.26.

  5. Reports from LCC and SKDC

  6. Clerk Recruitment

    1. Current situation

    2. Locum clerk proposal

    3. Future actions

  7. Recruitment of new councillors

  8. Correspondence: review and respond

 

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT

  1. Planning: decisions, applications and policies/initiatives

  2. Neighbourhood Plan: updates

  3. Conservation Area: updates and actions

  4. Highways & Street Lighting: Market Place roadworks

  5. Environment: updates and actions

 

ASSET MANAGEMENT

  1. Playing Field & Pavilion: updates and actions

  2. Play Area & Allotments: updates and actions

  3. Green Spaces & Tree Management: updates and actions

  4. Telephone Box Seed Bank: updates and actions

  5. Defibrillator: updates and actions 

 

FINANCE

  1. Finance: budget report to include income and expenditure, balance and payments due

  2. Auditing: updates and actions

 

OTHER:

  1. Next meeting: ?




 

FOLKINGHAM PARISH COUNCIL 

Public Forum Rules 

As per Folkingham Parish Council – Standing order No 1 

• Meetings shall be open to the public unless their presence is prejudicial to the public interest  because of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted or for other special reasons.  The public’s exclusion from part or all of a meeting shall be by a resolution which shall give  reasons for the public’s exclusion. 

• Members of the public may make representations, answer questions and give evidence at a meeting  which they are entitled to attend in respect of the business on the agenda. 

• The period designated for public participation at a meeting in accordance with standing orders shall  not exceed 15 minutes unless directed by the chairman of the meeting. 

• A member of the public shall not speak for more than 3 minutes. 

• A question shall not require a response at the meeting nor start a debate on the question. The  chairman of the meeting may direct that a written or oral response be given. 

• A person shall raise his hand when requesting to speak except when a person has a disability or is  likely to suffer discomfort.  

• A person who speaks at a meeting shall direct his comments to the chairman of the meeting. 

• Only one person is permitted to speak at a time. If more than one person wants to speak, the  chairman of the meeting shall direct the order of speaking.

Once the meeting has started, the public are not allowed to speak or ask  questions.