Date of Notice: Wednesday 5th November 2025
Notice is hereby given that the monthly meeting of the Ickleford Parish Council will be taking place on Wednesday 12th November at 19.00pm to be held at the Ickleford Village Hall for the purpose of transacting the business set out in the agenda below and members of the Council are hereby summoned to attend this meeting. Members of the press and public are invited to attend. A Councillor will be available between 18.45 and 19.00 to discuss any matters privately, relating to the Parish.
Steve Patmore
Clerk/RFO
Ickleford Parish Council
AGENDA
112.4 Apologies for Absence
112.5 To receive and approve apologies for absence.
- Chairman’s Notice
113.1 To announce notice on openness and transparency at this meeting.
- Declaration of Interests
114.1 To receive declarations of interest from Councillors relating to items on the agenda.
114.2 To receive written requests for dispensation for declarable interests.
114.3 To grant any requests for dispensation as appropriate.
- Minutes of the Last Meeting
115.1 To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on the 10th September 2025.
- Public Participation Session
116.1 Members of the Press and public have the opportunity to have an open discussion with the Parish Council.
- Police Report
117.1 To receive the Hitchin Rural Police Report.
- Reports from County and District Councillors
118.1 To receive the report from the County Councillor
118.2 To receive the report from the District Councillor
- Ongoing Projects
119.1 To receive updates on the legal documentation for the lift and the arrangements for Insurance and ongoing Maintenance at the Ickleford Sports and Recreation Club and approve any actions.
119.2 To receive updates on Rights of Ways.
119.3 Highway Matters.
119.4 To discuss and approve the repair/replacement of the Map Boards on Upper and Lower Green.
119.5 To discuss and approve the repair/replacement of Sports Club Ground fencing.
119.6 Update on the safety sign requested by Resident at Lavender Grange.
119.7 Update on Planning Application 25/01904/FP Land to the rear of 34 Arlesey Road, Ickleford, known as Local Plan IC1.
119.8 Update on planning Application 225/01790/FP Land Known as ‘The Orchard’, Snailswell Lane.
119.9 Update on concerns raised by Residents pertaining to Groundworks ongoing at Lodge Court Development, Ickleford.
119.10 Update on Outline Application 25/02401/OP Erection of up to 100 dwellings with means of access from Turnpike Lane.
119.11 Update on letter sent to NHC regarding Anglian Water.
119.12 To receive update on Allotments.
119.13 To receive information update regarding Chapel Field and its future.
119.14 To discuss and approve purchase and installation of two new dog bins near 1) Footpath 5, Chambers Lane and 2) Entrance of Footpath 13.
119.15 Update on overgrown trees opposite Raymond Cottages.
119.16 To receive an update on the Parish Council VoIP phone system
New Matters
120.1 To discuss and approve the removal and replacement of the broken/vandalised bench located on the public footpath 24.
120.2 To discuss and approve the installation of new Christmas lights on Upper Green, and to consider and approve the associated Risk Assessment for the festive event.
120.3 To discuss and approve to write a letter to HM Land Registry in support of an Ickleford residents’ application to register a ten- foot boundary.
120.4 To discuss and approve to write a letter to Hertfordshire County Council to adopt Claymore Drive as a Public Highway.
120.5 To discuss and approve a proposed future meeting date with The Hills Group, the new development owners of Ickleford Mill (formerly known as Bowmans Mill).
- Planning Applications
121.1 New Planning Applications Received since the last Meeting
121.1.1 Full Planning Permission 25/02526/FP : Erection of one dwelling following demolition of existing outbuilding including cycle storage, parking and creation of vehicular access off Ryder Avenue. 17 Bedford Road, Ickleford, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 3XH
121.1.2 Full Planning Permission 25/02079/FP : Removal of existing two lane cricket nets. Replacement with three lane ‘closed’ cricket nets with a minor change to the location. The Pavilion , Chambers Lane, Ickleford, Hertfordshire, SG5 3YA
121.2 Planning Decisions received since the last Meeting
None
- Finance
122.1 To note receipts between meetings.
None
122.2 To approve payments made between meetings and any payments made at the meeting.
122.2.1 Invoice for £340.70 from Herts County Council Playing field half year rent.
122.2.2 Invoice for £45.40 from Ickleford Village Hall Room Hire.
122.2.3 Invoice for £33.04 from Castle Water
122.2.4 Invoice for £70.00 from HAPTC Clerks Training.
122.2.5 Invoice for £84.60 from DCK Payroll Solutions Limited
122.2.6 Invoice for £144.00 from Mapping Software Yearly Plan.
122.2.7 Invoice for £24.49 from Royal British Legion Poppy Wreath.
122.2.8 Payment of £46.80 for NALC salary increase for April to J. Crosier.
122.2.9 Payment for £77.50 to Kathy Goldie for previous Clerk’s leaving gift.
122.2.10 Invoice for £412.09 from Mark Walker Grounds Maintenance for burial ground.
122.2.11 Invoice for £632.40 from RJ & WR Crosse for IPC Maintenance Contract.
122.2.12 Updates with Unity Bank and to approve any changes necessary.
- Reports
(For information only from Organisations represented by Councillors on their Committee – no decisions or actions can be agreed at this time.)
123.1 Rands Educational Foundation Governors (RANDS)
123.2 Ickleford Sports and Recreational Club Committee
123.3 Ickleford Village Hall Committee
123.4 Ickleford Burial Ground Trustees
- Chairman’s Report
124.1 To receive urgent matter from the Chairman – for information only.
- Next Meeting
125.1 To suggest agenda items for the next Parish Council meeting.
125.2 To confirm the next meeting date as the 10th December 2025.
125.3 Meeting Closure.