Date of Notice: Wednesday 1st October 2025
Notice is hereby given that the monthly meeting of the Ickleford Parish Council will be taking place on Wednesday 8th October 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.
Kathy Goldie
Chairman, Ickleford Parish Council
AGENDA
- Apologies for Absence
98.1 To receive and approve apologies for absence.
- Chairman’s Notice
99.1 To announce notice on openness and transparency at this meeting.
- Declaration of Interests
100.1 To receive declarations of interest from Councillors relating to items on the agenda.
100.2 To receive written requests for dispensation for declarable interests.
100.3 To grant any requests for dispensation as appropriate.
- Minutes of the Last Meeting
101.1 To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on the 10th September 2025.
- Public Participation Session
102.1 Members of the Press and public have the opportunity to have an open discussion with the Parish Council.
- Police Report
103.1 To receive the Hitchin Rural Police Report.
- Reports from County and District Councillors
104.1 To receive the report from the County Councillor
104.2 To receive the report from the District Councillor
- Ongoing Projects
105.1 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.
105.2 To receive updates on Rights of Ways.
105.3 To receive update regarding land to the front of the Old George.
105.4 Highway Matters.
105.5 To receive update on the purchase of storage boxes for the marquees.
105.6 To receive update on the purchase of a new mobile for the sole use of the Clerk/RFO.
105.7 To discuss and approve the repair/replacement of the Map Boards on Upper and Lower Green.
105.8 To discuss and approve the repair/replacement of Sports Club Ground fencing.
105.9 Update on the safety sign requested by Resident at Lavender Grange and approve possible decision.
105.10 Update on Planning Application 25/01904/FP Land to the rear of 34 Arlesey Road, Ickleford, known as Local Plan IC1.
105.11 Update on planning Application 225/01790/FP Land Known as ‘The Orchard’,Snailswell Lane.
105.12 Update on concerns raised by Residents pertaining to Groundworks ongoing at Lodge Court Development, Ickleford.
105.13 Update on letter sent to NHC regarding Anglian Water.
105.14 To receive update on Allotments.
105.15 To receive information regarding Chapel Field and its future.
105.16 Update on location of new dog bin near Footpath 5, Chambers Lane.
105.17 Update on overgrown trees opposite Raymond Cottages.
105.18 To receive information regarding report by CPM Playground Ltd., on the condition of our equipment, including waste bin.
- New Matters
106.1 To receive information to a request by Ickleford WI to maintain flower bed situated on the triangular roundabout.
106.2 To discuss and approve a grant request ‘from St Katharine’s Church ‘Over 60’s Group’ to help its members to attend the school pantomime’.
106.3 To discuss and approve Scout Group 9th Hitchin 1st Ickleford to repaint posts on Upper Green and the remuneration for the works carried out.
106.4 To discuss and approve new Christmas lights on Upper Green.
106.5 To discuss and approve Christmas tree for Upper Green.
106.6 To discuss and approve sponsorship policy for the Parish Council.
106.7 To discuss drug offences within our Parish.
106.8 To discuss siting of a dog bin on footpath 13.
106.9 To discuss and approve Clerks training courses with HAPTC.
- Planning Applications
107.1 New Planning Applications Received since the last Meeting
107.1.1 Section 73 Application : Change to wording of conditions 2, 12 and 15 of planning permission reference 24/02563/S73 granted 10.01.2025 for Variation of condition 2 (revised plans) of planning permission 24/01031/S73 granted for erection of eight dwellings comprising of 3 pairs of semi-detached dwellings (6 x 3-bed) and two detached 4-bed dwellings including integral garages (plots 1 and 8) with a new access spur from the Lodge Court, on-site parking, landscaping. Land At Turnpike Lane And Adjacent To 4 Manor Close, Turnpike Lane, Ickleford, Hertfordshire.
108.1 Planning Decisions received since the last Meeting
108.1.1 Application 25/01872/FPH
Two storey side extension, front porch and alterations to fenestration 1 Chambers Lane, Ickleford, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 3YA. – Permission Granted
- Finance
109.1 To note receipts between meetings.
None
109.2 To approve payments made between meetings and any payments made at the meeting.
109.3 Invoice for £156.00 from CPM Playgrounds Ltd for playground inspection.
109.4 Invoice for £378.00 from PKF for Parish annual audit.
109.5 Invoice for £119.98 from Cloud Next. Website hosting annual renewal
109.6 Invoice for £412.09 from Mark Walker Grounds Maintenance for burial ground.
109.7 Invoice for £632.40 from RJ & WR Crosse for IPC Maintenance Contract.
- Reports
(For information only from Organisations represented by Councillors on their Committee – no decisions or actions can be agreed at this time.)
110.1 Rands Educational Foundation Governors (RANDS)
110.2 Ickleford Sports and Recreational Club Committee
110.3 Ickleford Village Hall Committee
110.4 Ickleford Burial Ground Trustees
- Chairman’s Report
111.1 To receive urgent matter from the Chairman – for information only.
- Next Meeting
112.1 To suggest agenda items for the next Parish Council meeting.
112.2 To confirm the next meeting date as the 12th November, 2025.
112.3 Meeting Closure.