Parish Council Meeting Agenda – 17th September 2026

Cassel Hall, West Street, Lilley LU2 8LH

To Cllrs: Phillip Gage, Rosalind Murray, Nicola Price, Mandy Sheppard (Chair), Emma Talbot, Ben Turner

Councillors are respectively summoned to attend this meeting for the transaction of business in the agenda below. The meeting is open to members of the public and press.

 

Lisa Lathane, Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer

10th September 2026

 

AGENDA

  1. To receive and accept apologies for absence.
  2. Chair’s Remarks
  3. Declarations of interest
    1. To receive declarations of interest from Councillors relating to items on the agenda;
    2. To receive written requests for dispensation for declarable interests; and
    3. To grant any requests for dispensation as appropriate
  4. To adopt minutes of the previous Full Council meeting
  5. Reports from County and District Councillors
    1. To receive the report from the County Councillor
    2. To receive the report from the District Councillor
  1. To adjourn the meeting for members of the public to address the Council
  2. To consider matters arising from the previous minutes not already on the agenda (information only)
  3. Clerk’s Report (information only)
  4. Policy Adoption
    1. Data Protection Policy
    2. Data Audit Schedule
    3. General Privacy Policy
  1. Ongoing Matters
    1. To review plans for the Christmas Lights Switch on event.
    2. To review progress with repairing of the football goals on the Recreation Ground.
  2. New Matters
    1. To review a request for a village football team to use the Recreation Ground.
    2. To review a dead tree by the pond and decide next steps.
    3. To discuss the white barriers on the way in and out of the village and decide next steps.
    4. To review a grant request from the Village Voice for £700.
  3. Finance
    1. To authorise non-contractual payments and note payments to date
    2. To review Clerk’s request for over-time due to the Village Fete
    3. To review the Clerk’s Payscale from October 2026
    4. To authorise the signing of the Bank Reconciliation
    5. To review the 2026/27 budget to date
  4. Village Voice article – To agree the subject and author of the Village Voice article for October.
  5. Planning
    1. To receive and consider responses to planning applications.
    2. To note decisions and appeals.
    3. To consider any other planning matters pertinent to the Parish Council.
  6. Next meeting of the Parish Council
    1. To confirm the date of the next meeting of the Parish Council
    2. To suggest agenda items for the next meeting