December 2025
Thorpe on the Hill Parish Council
Meeting Agenda
Dear Parish Councillor’s,
You are hereby summoned to a meeting of Thorpe on the Hill Parish Council to be held on Wednesday 3rd December 2025 at The Oliver Roper Village Hall at 7pm where the undermentioned business will be transacted.
There will be a 20-minute public forum at the start of the meeting followed by updates from our County and District Councilor’s. Your presence is required during this time.
Signed: K. Vickers, Parish Clerk.
1. Chair’s welcoming remarks and note to the public to remind them of the Standing Orders regarding public participation in meetings - Notably there can be no participation in meetings once public time has ended. Members of the public raising issues or questions should be aware that only items on the meeting agenda can be debated or decided at the meeting, unless the Parish Clerk has delegated powers to deal with it as urgent, e.g. highway repairs. The Chair may decide to answer a question asked by a member of the public or call on a fellow councillor to do so, or, direct that a written response be given.
2. Public time (20 mins) - members of the public may ask questions or make short statements to the Council.
3. To receive updates from District and County Councillors.
4. Formal Session
5. Apologies for absence and declarations of interest in accordance with the requirements of the Localism Act 2011 to include any declaration of gifts and hospitality over £25.
6. To consider if the minutes of the Parish Council meeting held 22nd October 2025 are a true reflection of events.
7. To consider whether the Parish Council will move any items on the agenda to the closed session in
accordance with the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 as per Standing Order 7h.
Should this resolution be passed the public and press will be required to leave the meeting at this stage.
8. Finance
i. Discuss and authorise payments & note income received.
ii. To consider the financial report for this financial year to date.
9. Discuss, review and received an update on the Parish Clerk report on ongoing/outstanding actions.
10. Planning – n/a
11. Grants.
a. To consider the grant requests received from the following;
i. View from the Hill
ii. St Michael’s and All Angels Church application 1
iii. St Michael’s and All Angels Church application 2
iv. Thorpe on the Hill Playgroup
v. St Michael’s Church of England Primary School
vi. 27th Lincoln Scout Group
b. To consider the request from the bowls club to submit a late grant application.
12. Table trolley for hall. To consider if the Parish Council should purchase a table trolley. Single trolley to fit 7 tables £300.95 +VAT; double trolley to fit 14 tables £429.95 + VAT.
13. Employer Pension Contribution. To note the reduction in the employer contribution for the financial years 2026, 2027 and 2028. Reduced from 20.6% to 19.2%
14. Playground Inspection. To consider if the Parish Council should proceed with the recommendations. Report previously circulated.
15. To receive and consider correspondence received that has not been circulated to the wider Parish or is not on the agenda.
16.To receive verbal updates from portfolio holders.
Portfolio holders
• Allotments – Cllr Lyons
• Finance – Cllr Bramford
• Lake Management Committee – Cllr’s Bramford, Lyons, Sheldon MBE
• Oliver Roper playpark & tennis courts– Cllr Owen
• Planning – Cllrs Koenen, Lyons and Williams
• Staffing Committee – Cllr’s Ives, Lyons and Sheldon MBE
• Whisby Quarry Liaison meeting – Cllrs Lyons
• Whisby Nature Park Steering Board – Cllr Sheldon MBE
• Wildlife – Cllr Lyons
• Village Hall – Cllrs Lyons, Ives and Owen
17. Future meeting dates
Parish Council Meetings
14 January 2026, 25 February 2026, 8 April 2026, 20 May 2026, 1 July 2026, 2 September 2026, 14 October 2026, 25 November 2026
Lake Committee Meeting
1 April 2026