8 April 2026 - Estate Management & Planning Committee
Notice of a meeting of the Estate Management & Planning Committee
Dear Sir/Madam,
I hereby give you notice that a meeting of the Estate Management and Planning Committee of Ruskington Parish Council will be held on Wednesday 8 April 2026 at 6.30pm at Ruskington Parish Office, High Street North, Ruskington, NG34 9DY. A public session will commence at 6.30pm and members of the public and press are welcome to attend and may ask questions or make short statements to the Committee at this time. Due to the venue, please contact the Clerk in advance of the meeting for this to be arranged. Alternatively, you may submit a question or short statement to the Clerk in advance of the meeting.
All Councillor Members of the Estate Management and Planning Committee are summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the business to be transacted at the meeting, as set out hereunder.
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Signed: K. H. Locke Clerk to the Parish Council |
K. H. Locke |
Date: 30 March 2026 |
Agenda
1. To receive and accept apologies where valid reasons for absence have been given to the Parish Clerk prior to the meeting.
2. To receive declarations of interest and consider applications for dispensations in relation to DPIs. Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests is to be in accordance with the Localism Act 2011. The need for Disclosure is to be based upon agenda items or at any suitable time during the Meeting when it becomes apparent to a Member.
3. To approve the notes of the committee meeting held on 3 March 2026 as accurate Minutes.
4. To consider a resident’s request to donate a bench to the village (as requested by Council at its meeting on 10 March 2026). Information previously circulated.
4.1. To consider the correspondence from a former chairman of Council regarding a commemorative bench for the late Queen Elizabeth II for locating in the Garden of Remembrance.
5. To consider if the Committee should include the environment, in view of planning applications and other related matters, rather than this be linked with the Recreation Committee.
6. To review the Terms of Reference for the Committee and make recommendations for any amendments. (Council has requested that the request for donations of benches be included.)
7. To receive an update on the proposed conservation area for Ruskington village centre following a meeting with the NKDC Conservation officers on 30 March 2026.
8. To receive information from LCC regarding grants for bus shelters. (Up to £3,000 per shelter.)
9. To consider the quotes to supply and install an electric hand dryer in the office toilet to reduce the paper towel use and wastage.
10. To consider relocating the unused shed in the cemetery beside the community shed in the office yard.
11. To consider any quotes received for connecting the three hot water boilers (for hand washing) in the pavilion to the electric supply.
12. To consider any planning applications received from NKDC since the Council meeting was held on 10 March 2026.
a. Planning Application Reference: 26/0153/HOUS
Proposal: Erection of porch
Location: 11 The Paddock Ruskington Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 9GY
b. Notification of Receipt of Planning Application
Planning Application Reference: 26/0021/HOUS
Proposal: Single storey rear extension and conversion of existing garage with wrap
around hipped roof
Location: 28 Cliffe Avenue Ruskington Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 9AU
c. Application Reference: 25/1553/FUL
Notification of Receipt of Amended Plans/ Additional Information
Proposal: Change of use of garden building to dog grooming parlour.
Location: 25 St Clements Road Ruskington Sleaford
Amendments to the scale of the proposed building.
12.1. To consider any planning applications received since the agenda was published.
12.2. To receive notice of applications approved by NKDC.
13. Review /update of Council’s Health & Safety.
14. To confirm the date of the next scheduled Committee meeting as Tuesday 2 June 2026 at 6.30pm.
14.1. To consider if another committee meeting or pavilion working party meeting is required before 2 June 2026.
15. To resolve whether to exclude the public and press, in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960, to discuss the legal matter below. Should this resolution be passed, members of the public and press will be required to leave the meeting. The meeting will end, and a further meeting of the Council will be convened immediately.
16. To receive an update on the open insurance claim.
17. To receive an update and recommendations from the Pavilion Project Working Party meeting held on 16 March 2026 – Cllr Conway.
17.1. To consider /approve the recommended dates for the tender documents.
17.2. To consider a final review of the tender documents before they are issued.
End of agenda.