July 2025 Minutes
Action notes
SOUTH HYKEHAM PARISH COUNCIL
Minutes of the July meeting of South Hykeham Parish Council which took place on Wednesday 9th July 2025 7pm at South Hykeham Community Primary School, Wath Lane, S Hykeham.
There were no members of the public present so the meeting commenced promptly at 7.00pm. Present: Cllrs Mrs Whittaker, Mrs Graham, Rowson, Southam, Driffill, Roe, Cllrs Overton, Lofts, Woodruff.
1. To receive apologies for absence and to resolve to accept the reason for absence.
Apologies had been received from the Police Beat Team, Rev Collins, AK RAF Waddington.
Cllr Rowson gave his apologies for the September full council meeting.
The Clerk had given her apologies as she was at home recovering from recent surgery. In her absence Cllr Mrs Whittaker was taking the notes of the meeting.
2. To resolve to receive any declaration of Interests in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 and to consider member’s written dispensation requests. There were no declarations of interest at this point.
3. To consider expressions of interest for Parish Council vacancy and to fill the vacancy by co-option. There had been one expression of interest in the vacancy and Mr Bruce Wakeling was present this evening. Cllr Rowson proposed that Mr Wakeling should be co-opted to the Parish Council to fill the vacancy. Cllr Southam seconded the motion that was unanimously approved on a show of hands. Clerk to notify NKDC
a) To complete the acceptance of office so that the co-opted councillor may participate in the meeting. Cllr Wakeling completed the acceptance of office, witnessed by the Chair which will be sent to Democratic Services at NKDC. Clerk to send to NKDC
b) New Councillor to receive the Register of Interests for completion to be returned to the Clerk before the next meeting. Clerk to retain a copy for council records and return the original register of interests to the Monitoring Officer before the next council meeting.
c) New Councillor training to be approved. Councillor training will be arranged once a convenient date becomes available. Clerk to make enquiries
4. To receive County/District Councillors written reports. Cllr Lofts NKDC reported on the OneNK Health and Wellbeing initiative which helps people to stay supported in their own homes. There is an event at OneNK .
Further information is on the website.
Cllr Roe reported that LCC would not be resurfacing Newark Road due to the extreme weather conditions and it would be deferred to a cooler time of year. Funding for the new bypass has been agreed and it is hoped it will be starting towards the end of the year.
Discussions are ongoing over Devolution and North Lincs has now pulled out of the conversation.
Cllr Overton reported that planning for Springwell solar panels has been rejected by LCC.
Cllr Overton has delivered over 500 letters to Kerry McCarthy the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The Fosse Green application will be submitted this month.
Cllr Woodruff had no report. Cllr Overton left at this point.
5. To resolve to adopt the clerk’s notes of the meetings of 11th and 26th June 2025 as the minutes of those meetings. Proposed Cllr Southam, seconded by Cllr Mrs Graham and unanimously approved on a show of hands that the notes of the meetings held on those dates should be adopted as the minutes of those meetings. Clerk to add to the Parish Council website where all minutes and agendas are available
6. To resolve to approve the payment of accounts for July 2025. Proposed Cllr Southam, seconded by Cllr Mrs Graham and unanimously carried on a show of hands that the payment of accounts should be approved.
Payee Expenditure Amount
LALC Annual training subs £162.00
LALC Website maintenance £108.00
LCC Hall hire £33.50
R Popplewell Internal audit £120.00
C Wilkinson Salary £919.00
HMRC Tax & NICs £339.77
Three.co.uk iPad and Sim monthly plan £14.30
Giff Gaff Mobile monthly payment £10.00
Total Expenditure £1,706.57
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Action notes
Barclays Compensation for bank error £200.00
Barclays Interest £256.17
Total Income £456.17
7. Highways matters
a) Speed Indicator Device report from Cllr Roe. Cllr Roe will produce a report for September.
b) Outstanding/new highways faults requiring urgent attention. Nothing to report.
8. Planning matters
a) To consider NKDC/LCC planning applications received and respond by deadline. None
b) To receive LCC/NKDC Planning Decisions None
9. 10 Year Strategy Working Party events update.
a) Arrangements for the Parish Council stall at South Hykeham Dog Show on Sunday 10th August 2025.
The Parish Council will have the usual stall with craft activities and a tombola for the children. Members are asked to attend so that they can engage with parishioners and help encourage completion of the survey that the clerk has devised to get some feedback on what facilities parishioners might like to see in South Hykeham.
b) Update on suggestions for Parish Council Manchester Bomber memorial at Pump Hill. Discussion took place on the suggestions for a memorial to be installed Pump Hill in the vicinity of where the Manchester came down. Much discussion has taken place over the location and type of memorial that might be installed at Pump Hill with the favoured option being a granite headstone with silver lettering. AK is looking into supplying more information from the archives at RAF Waddington and will report back to a future 10 Year Strategy meeting on her findings. The history boards competition for the secondary schools has a closing date in September and it is hoped that there will be some entries. The proposal is that there will be a history board adjacent to the Memorial Bench which will make reference and signpost to the location of the Memorial at Pump Hill. The board will also have some more information on the crash and the crew of the aircraft.
The Clerk will contact LCC for permission to site a memorial on Pump Hill. Clerk to contact LCC
Cllr Roe proposed that the suggestions for the location at Pump Hill and the project for the memory boards should be moved forward with some urgency as under the terms of the grant funding from Lincoln Coop and the CIL funding each have to be spent within a certain period or be returned. Cllr Mrs Graham seconded the motion that was unanimously approved on a show of hands.
Standing agenda item until completion of the project
10. To approve Councillor’s Finance training nominations for Finance and General Purposes Committee members. Dates for Finance training are to be booked as a matter of urgency September/October
11. Correspondence. None
12. Chairman’s report. None 13. Clerk’s report. None 14. Parish Councillors’ reports –info. only/items requiring a decision will appear on a future agenda. None
15. To consider moving into closed session in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admission to meetings) Act 1960 as amended by section 100 of the Local Government Act 1972 for confidential items. No matters to discuss under this item.
The meeting closed at 8.14pm.
Date and Time of Next meetings: –
10 Year Strategy Working Party meeting Weds 10th September 2025 6.30pm
September Parish Council Meeting Weds 10th September 2025 7.00pm