Minutes for the EOM PC meeting 7th September 2026
Minutes of the Barrowby Parish Council Meeting held on Monday 7th September 2026 at the Reading Room, Church Street, Barrowby at 6:45pm
Public Forum (6:45pm – 7pm) There were 5 members of the public present.
Meeting started 7pm
Councillors in attendance:
Michael Brown, Paul Brown, Phil Cupit, JP Durand, Nigel Eaton (Chair), Jo Footitt, Tim Lees, Anna McConnell-Good and Hugh Staunton
Officers in attendance:
Claire Vink (Parish Clerk)
District and County Councillors:
District Cllr Robert Leadenham
1. WELCOME (26/051)
Cllr Eaton welcomed members and members of the public to the meeting.
2. APOLOGIES (26/052)
Cll Whittington and County Cllr Richard Litchfield apologies were NOTED
3. TO RECEIVE DECLARATIONS OF PECUNIARY INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCALISM ACT 2011 (26/053)
a. No declarations were made.
b. No dispensations were made.
4. LAND AT GRANGE PADDOCK – HM LAND REGISTRY APPLICATION (26/054)
a. The Clerk’s briefing note and information available to the Council concerning South Kesteven District Council’s application for first registration of the parcel of land at Grange Paddock, including its historic ownership, use and maintenance was NOTED
b. It was NOTED that the Parish Council has factual evidence contradicting the evidence given by SKDC. It was RESOLVED to approve to make a representation or objection in relation to the HM Land Registry application on the basis of this evidence ACTION: Clerk to submit evidence to HMLR
5. PUBLIC OPEN-SPACE STATUS AND PROTECTION OF THE LAND (26/055)
a. It was NOTED that SKDC determines the land as as public open space held for the benefit of the wider community
b. It was not considered appropriate to address this directly with SKDC at this time
6. PLANNING APPLICATION S25/2471 – GRANGE PADDOCK (26/056)
a. It was RESOLVED to approve further supplementary planning representation by Parish Council regarding this piece of land and its apparent public-open-space status and the deliverability of the proposed access to this planning application. To be prepared by the planning working group. ACTION: Planning Working Group to prepare representation
7. ACTION AND DELEGATED AUTHORITY (26/057)
It was RESOLVED to approve delegated authority to the clerk in consultation with the Chair to:
i. undertake any necessary further factual enquiries;
ii. respond to information subsequently received from South Kesteven District Council or HM Land Registry;
iii. implement the resolutions of the Council; and
iv. submit any representations authorised by the Council within the relevant timescales.
8. DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING (26/058)
Monday 14th September 2026 at 6.45pm in the Reading Room for the Parish Council Meeting