GRINDLEFORD PARISH COUNCIL – MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 12 March 2026 AT 7.15 PM IN THE PAVILION
Present: Andrew Battarbee (chair), Anwen Fryer Burrows, Hilary Hart, Esther Stewart, Ray Whiteley, Alex Erskine, Simon Hutchinson.
There was no meeting in January due to bad weather. It was agreed that forecast extreme wintry conditions would make it unsafe for Cllrs to get to the meeting.
| COUNTY COUNCILLOR’S REPORT | There was none. | |
| DISTRICT COUNCILLOR’S REPORT | There was none. | |
| POLICE REPORT | There was none. |
| Agenda Item | Decision | ||
| 1 | Apologies | Cllr Coe, Cllr O’Brien | |
| 2 | MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. | These were agreed as a true record. | Pro RW sec AE |
| Finance Committee | Council resolved to appoint a Finance Committee, Ray, Whiteley, Hilary Hart, Andrew Battarbee, Sarah Battarbee Clerk. All in favour. Matters to escalate to the vice Chair Elizabeth Coe. The clerk will arrange a meeting to consider the accounts in late April. | Action Clerk | |
| Assertion 10 GDPR AGAR | New gov.uk email addresses would shortly be set up for Councillors. The website had been given an accessibility statement and parishcouncilswebsites has confirmed it is compliant. | Action Clerk | |
| 3 | OTHER MATTERS | ||
| Lloyds bank additional signatories | An approach to providing further signatories to improve robustness was agreed. | ||
| Parish Meeting | Agreed that this should be held on 14 May before the AGM and parish council meeting. Clerk to advertise. | Action Clerk | |
| The Sir William – pre-planning advice | Cllrs agreed all in favour that should it be necessary for an individual to pay for pre-planning advice, as it was a matter of interest to all residents the parish council would meet the cost under Section 137. Cllr O’Brien had however advised that this was unlikely to be necessary. | ||
| 4 | PLANNING MATTERS | ||
| Applications | There were none. | ||
| Decisions | See planning.peakdistrict.gov.uk |
| 5 | ACCOUNTS | ||||
| Date approved | Amount | Payee | Date paid | Purpose | |
| 33 | 12 March 2026 | 422.78 | DALC | 15 April 2026 | Subs |
| 34 | 12 March 2026 | 16.10 | GPFA 236 | 15 April 2026 | Room hire |
These accounts were approved for payment via Bank Transfer from the Lloyds account. It was pro SH sec AE that these accounts be paid.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING – the date of the next meeting is 9 April 2026.
There being no further business the Chair closed the meeting at 8.20 pm.
Sarah Battarbee
Clerk to the Council