Agenda - Folkingham Parish Council 20th November 2025

Dear Councillor

You are hereby summoned to attend the next meeting of Folkingham Parish Council, which will be held on Thursday 20th November 2025, commencing at 7.00pm 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 15 minute 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: _ Clerk to Folkingham Parish Council Date:_ _13/11/25

Agenda

1 Chair`s remarks.

2 Apologies for absence and reasons given.

3 To receive any declarations of interest in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and to consider any requests for dispensations

4 Draft minutes of the meeting held on 18.09.25 to be confirmed and signed as minutes.

5 Financial matters: Accounts for payment and budget figures, including report, up to 11.11.25.

6 Planning Applications

S25/2001 Fell Norway Spruce Tree – 1-3 Market Place

S25/1881 – Remedial work, retrospective permission for internal works and side extension – 16 and 18 Market Place

Planning Decisions

S25/1497 & 1946 – Proposed link extension and conversion of outbuilding, 12 Chapel Lane

S25/1518 – Tree works, Teal House, 6 Sleaford Road

S25/1482 – Notice of Tree works – 3 Billingborough Road

S25/0024 – Proposed glamping site – 7 Bourne Road, Folkingham

7 Correspondence

8 Clerks report

9 Updates from LCC/SKDC

10 Pavillion

11 Playing field/Allotments

12 Market Place resurfacing and street lighting

13 Christmas Lights in Market place

14 Telephone box

15 Neighbourhood plan

16 Budget planning for Precept 2026-27

17 Other Village matters.

18 Date & time of next meeting.

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.