BRETBY PARISH COUNCIL

                                                                                                                                                                   Mrs J Storer (Clerk)

Email:  clerk@bretbyparishcouncil.org.uk

www.bretbyparishcouncil.org.uk

Date: 10^th March 2026

To: The Chairman and Members of Bretby Parish Council

 

ORDINARY PARISH MEETING

You are summoned to attend Council Meeting of Bretby Parish Council, which will be held at St Wystan’s Church, Bretby at 7.30pm on TUESDAY 17^th MARCH 2026.

Yours sincerely

J Storer

Jacqui Storer

Clerk

 

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING –  AGENDA

   1 To receive apologies for absence.      

2        Variation of Order of Business

3        Declaration of Members Interests.

          Please Note:-

• Members must ensure that they complete the Declarations of Interest sheet prior to the start of the meeting in respect of items other than Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and must indicate the action to be taken (i.e. to stay in the meeting, to leave the meeting or to stay in the meeting to make representations and then leave the meeting prior to any consideration or determination of the item)

• Where a Member indicates that they have a prejudicial interest, but wish to make representations regarding the item before leaving the meeting, those representations must be made under item (c) of Public Speaking.

    The Declarations of Interests for matters other than Disclosable Pecuniary Interests will be read out from the Declaration Sheet – Members will be asked to confirm that the record is correct.  

4        Public Speaking – (15 Minutes)

(a)      A period of not more than 15 minutes in total will be made available for members of the public and Members of the Council to comment on any matter.

(b)      If the Police Liaison Officer, a County Council or District Council Member is in attendance they will be given the opportunity to raise any relevant matter.

•    Members declaring an interest other than a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest who wish to make representations or give evidence under the National Association of Local Councils’ (NALC) Code of Conduct shall do so at this stage.

5          To approve the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the Parish Council held on 12^th January 2026 (Copy already circulated)

6.       To determine which items if any from Part 1 of the Agenda should be taken with the public excluded. If the Council decides to exclude the public it will be necessary to pass a resolution in the following terms: –

“In view of the confidential nature of item …. to consider a resolution to exclude the press and public from the meeting in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, s1, in order to discuss the item.”

7.        Chairman’s Announcements.

8.         Report of the Clerk, to include an update on items from the last meeting

9.      Governance

a)  Risk Register update – no changes are recommended

 b)  Update on General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)

      No changes are recommended and there are no reports of any breaches. 

 c)  Parish Council vacancies and co-options 

    There are 3 (three) vacancies to be filled by co-option

d)  Adoption of Policies

• Scheme of Delegation
• Retention
• Co-option
• Grant awards policy and application form

e) To receive an update on the website’s readiness to be 2.2AAA compliant

     Website is completed

10.      Drainage, flooding and highways issues

11.      Correspondence

          1.       DALC – Various circulars and information

2.         Resident – copied into emails about sweeping of pavement

3.         DALC – Webinar on Local Government Reorganisation (Wednesday 18 March 2026 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm) Online forum – free to attend.

All Cllrs have been circulated with the information prior to the meeting.

12.      Finance

    (a)      Accounts for Payment

    

BACS	Staffing – Feb	£169.34
BACS	HMRC – Staffing NI and PAYE (Feb)	£45.40
BACS	DCC – Pension contribution (Feb)	£59.77
Charges	Service charges (Jan)	£4.25
BACS	Staffing – March	£169.34
BACS	HMRC – Staffing NI and PAYE (March)	£45.40
BACS	DCC – Pension contribution (March)	£59.22
Charges	Service charges (Feb)	£4.25
SLCC	Membership fee	£86.02

  For approval

Mrs J Storer	Expenses	£TBA

  Money Received

Deposit interest	Jan 2026	£1.58
Deposit interest	Feb 2026	£1.40

Balance at bank @ 28.02.26

Deposit account                               £3,103.05– interest rate 0.50%

Current account                               £5,634.43

(b)      To consider any requests for funds made under S137 – none received      

To consider Planning Applications, Decisions and Appeals

14.       To consider any Consultations received       

15.      Items for information only

(a)       To receive reports from Meetings attended

24^th February 2026 – SDDC planning Forum

(b)       Notification of Forthcoming meeting – none known

18^th March 2026 – Online forum on reorganisation of Local Government (DALC)

          (c)     Training Sessions – All DALC circulars have been provided to all Cllrs

                 Cllrs are still to complete the training relating to Prevention of harassment and to provide certificates to the Clerk.

16.      EXEMPT – To move the following resolution – “That in view of the confidential nature of the business about to be transacted (in respect of the personal situation of an employee which could result in legal proceedings or commercially sensitive information) it is advisable in the public interest, that the press and public be temporarily excluded and they are instructed to withdraw.”

Clerk – use of home

17.       Date of next meetings for 2026 and items for inclusion for the next meeting – Proposed date for the next meeting is Tuesday 5^th May 2026