2026 Minutes

OSBOURNBY PARISH COUNCIL

Notes of meeting held on Wednesday 2nd September 2026 in the Village Hall

Public Forum:  One member of the public was present.

No declarations of interest.

43.       Apologies:  were received from Cllr Dixon.

44.       In attendance:  Cllrs Jackson (Chair), Bide, Wright, Lamb, Baldwin, North and Dixon.      County Councillor Whittacker.  Mrs King (Clerk).

45.       Notes of meeting held on 1st July, already circulated were agreed. Proposed Cllr Baldwin,             Seconded Cllr Wright.

46.       Update from Aswarby Estate:  Mr Mark Jones from Aswarby Estate had been due to     attend the meeting but had unfortunately had to cancel.  He had sent a report as follows:

Fern House Farm- a planning application has been submitted to the LA. The application hasn’t been validated – I have a couple of documents to amend & re-send before this process is complete. I expect validation will occur over the coming

1. weeks.  There scheme remains the same (as advised to the PC some 12-18 months ago). The application is for 1 conversion (farm buildings) and 2 new build plots.

            Play Area S106 –  Cllr Jackson reported that he would be meeting with Mr           Jones and Alan Oliver from NKDC on 28th September when this would be   discussed. 

Future Residential Development – land between the school and the Rectory. We have looked at this area in the past as the site would make a sensible extension to the village.  The houses on the Drove sold well and I am confident a well designed & open development would be of benefit to the village, supporting villages facilities (school, pub and shop).  This is the site we will discuss with Alan Oliver. The site could easily incorporate extra space for the school and a well-located play area.  

 The Estate would also be keen to develop a number of bungalows – we are seeing a lot of the elderly tenants now requiring bungalows, and this trend will only increase over time. I am confident we could design a scheme which would add to the village, again providing valuable S106 monies for Education & Recreation whilst also supporting local services.  

Solar – Mareham Lane.  Whilst planning permission has been granted, we do not have a connection date.  Having spoken to the developer they generally support community projects closer to the build date of the solar scheme – possibly one for 2027/8. It may be worth considering schemes in advance.

47.       Update re play area:  Cllr Jackson reported that this will be discussed at this meeting with          Mr Jones and Alan Oliver on the 28th September when he meets to discuss the planning       development in the village.  The proposed new development would back onto Highfield and     London Road and it was queried whether this was outside the curtilage area. 

48.       County Councillors report:  Cllr Whitacker reported the following:  The railway crossing in             Sleaford will be re-opening tomorrow, Grantham Road is now open.  Grantham Southern             Relief Road bridge work is underway and will affect train services on Sundays.  Yarborough         road in Lincoln will have overnight closures for road works.  Men’s Tour of Britain started in      Lincoln today. 

49.       District Council/Chairman’s report:  Cllr Jackson had circulated his report earlier and had             nothing further to add apart from the renewed interest in Bass Maltings although no          decisions had been made.

50.       Clerk’s report:  Bank reconcilation is as follows:

            Parish Council Account    £5577.60      To date £476 paid in VAT which can be reclaimed.

            Cemetery Account:  2 interest payments of £2.90 & £3.09  -  Balance:  £7,054.78

            Savings:   £25,000  (Interest to be added at end December).

            All other items are on the agenda.

51.       Update on new bus stop:  A meeting regarding the bus stop had been held which          unfortuately Cllr Jackson had been unable to attend.  At that meeting discussions had been     regarding a hardstanding and bus stop, however this would cost in the region of £12-14K      and following discussions it was agreed that a bus stop sign would be located outside A&P   Travel.  All Councillors were happy with this and Cllr Jackson the relevant people. 

52.       Autumn Tidy Day:  Date agreed with Saturday 7th November.  Mr Derek North will be      assisting with his pick up to collect the bags of leaves etc.  As usual refreshments in the      village hall following the event.  It was also agreed to look into removing some of the           branches on the trees on the London Road which are obstructing views of the road from   Saddlers Close.

53.       Signs on the green outside Pub/village hall:  Mrs King reported that on 9th June received        email from LCC saying that they have no installation records for signs on the green advising     “no parking”.  On looking through old minutes found that on 14 Sept 2006 the then clerk had            spoken with Mr Ian Cummings of LCC and NKDC Legal Dept.  Sent all information I had to     LCC, as 20 years ago advised unlikely any records apart from notes of meetings.  The       signs to village hall were also queried.  At the time County Councillor Andrew Hagues was         asked if he could find out if this was possible and he later advised there was no objection –       these signs were put up in 2023. To date Mrs King has not had any further requests for     information. 

54.       Community Speed Watch:  Cllr Lamb reported that a watch will take place this week.     Currently approximately 5% of cars travelling through the village are speeding (out of 300    cars). Speed watch will finish once the clocks change.  Burton Pewardine have asked if      they could borrow speed watch equipment.

55.       Update re rail on church path steps  Cllr North advised she is still in discussion with the             blacksmith and will continue to chase.

56.       Lorries in the factory and cars parked in the Square:  Cllr Wright advised that a lorry had parked in the factory and left engine running from 4am one morning.  He had spoken to   the driver and since that time there has been no recurrence of the problem.  He also            reported that residents had complained of cars parked in The Square from the garage on         the London Road.  These cars had no tax.  The matter was reported to the police and the     car removed.  Agreed to continue to monitor. 

57.       Update on Commemorative Street Furniture:  Mrs King reported that the grant we had             hoped to use is no longer open.  She had looked through all grants available in Lincolnshire        and there was nothing specific for the type of work we wished to do.  Mrs King had also          found that if we wished to put up street furniture permission would need to be sought from             Highways.  It was therefore agreed to look into purchasing metal ready made figures.  Mrs        King to source prices etc and advise all councillors before continuing. 

58.       Community Resilience and Emergency Plan:  Cllr Jackson still trying to make contact with Chairman of Parish Council at Silk Willoughby. 

59.       Payments since last meeting:

            19.7.26:           Bank charges              £4.25

            31.7.26           ICCM  (Subs)                        £110.00

            31.7.26:          Tidy Gardens                        £708   (incl VAT of £118)

            11.8.26:          Osbournby VH                      £18.00

            18.8.26:          Bank charges                        £4.75

            1.9.26:            Tidy Gardens            £354.00 (inc. VAT of £59)

60.       Planning Matters:  2 planning applications had been submitted and both now      approved.  32 High Street:  Removal of double gates & erection brick wall and gates

            35 High Street:  Internal changes.

61.       Donations:  No donations had been requested.

62.       Dates of next meetings:  4th November, 6th January 2027 and 3rd March 2027.

            There being no further business the meeting closed at 7.45 pm.