September 2025

MEETING OF REEPHAM PARISH COUNCIL
Tuesday 30th September 2025 at 7.30pm in Reepham Methodist Chapel
AGENDA
The meeting will be preceded, if required, by a meeting of the Planning Panel
Matters raised by members of the public
Community Parking Forum
1. Apologies
 
2. Declarations of Interest
 
3. Minutes of Meeting held on 29 July 2025
 
4. Clerk’s Report:
National Rail ref brambles – work planned for 2nd Feb 2026
Fallen branches from railway side
National pay award from 1st April 2025 – 3.2%
New Audit requirements from 2026: IT Policy and Gov.uk or .Org addresses
LALC circulating items direct to councillors
 PC Mobile phone
 
5. Correspondence:
To note:
WLDC – Aug newsletter
Police Aug statistics and update report
 
Action required:
Land to rear of Stonefield farm: resident’s email
 
6. Financial matters
a) Presentation of Accounts for Payment (Sept):
M Vail – Sept salary                                                     £   296.42       
PAYE – Sept                                                                £   74.20
M Vail -  homeworking allowance, Jul - Sept               £   15.00
Sage payroll, Sept                                                        £  13.20 (inc. £2.20 VAT)
EKM, play area repairs                                                 £558.00 ( inc. £93.00 VAT)
Cllr A Brammer, paper                                                 £    4.90
Cllr A Brammer, base for litter bin  (Lottery Grant Funded) £    9.53 (inc £1.59 VAT)
 
                                                       TOTAL                    £971.25 (inc £96.79 VAT)            
 
7. Planning Matters 
Report from Planning Committee 
Goods Farm Development, Readvertising of Notice of Public Path Diversion Order
Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group: update, finances, residual funds, website 
 
8. Roads and footways
Mellows Close to Manor Rise footpath – holding item
Mellows Close yellow lines – holding item
Bus shelter for Lincoln bound travellers at the bus stop in Fiskerton – holding item 
Meadow Close potholes – Carriageway resurfacing scheduled for October
 
    
9. Field Footpaths and Bridleways
Reepham /Greetwell PF 131: Delayed works: holding item
                  
10. Conservation area
Village Green – project update, Press release, information board, cherry tree update 
 
11. Amenity areas
 Play Area inspections – internal, works arising from annual inspection, play area surfaces 
 
12. Trees/vegetation:
Vegetation behind Manor Rise: TPO mapping
Draft policy for tree management
Quotations for tree and hedge work within the Fiskerton Road amenity area (R1)
Trees for Streets scheme
 
13. Xmas: tree update, lights, Xmas tree risk assessments (erecting and dismantling), Xmas event on green Monday 15th Dec from 6-7pm, approve expenditure to purchase sweets, Santa
 
14. Consider increasing Standing Orders in relation to the limit on expenditure that can be authorised outside a Parish Council Meeting.
           
15. Business for next agenda: 
 
16. Date of next meeting: Tuesday 28th October 2025, 7.30pm, Methodist Chapel 
 
Mrs Michelle Vail, Parish Clerk/RFO    25th September 2025
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