Meeting Minutes 29/04/2026
Notes of Ludborough Parish Council Meeting
Wednesday 29th April 2026
Attendees: Nick Ingoldby (NI) (Chair)
Ian Dickson (ID)
Sarah Martin (SM)
Lauren Austin (LA)
Naomi Stewart (NS) Clerk
1.0 Attendees at public forum
None
2.0 Apologies
Bryan Seagroat
3.0 Declarations of interest
None
4.0 Chairman’s remarks
The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting.
5.0 Approval of notes from last meeting
Notes to be resent to council
6.0 Church Wall
Still on the case for the church wall, most recent quote was £10800, prev quoted £20K. Looking for grants to pay / help to pay.
7.0 Pub Flowers & Gates
Flowers are temporarily on hold.
8.0 Gates to be painted when weather picks up.
9.0 Church Tree / Wall
Tree coming down on 21st and 22nd May, planned after wedding that is taking place there on 16th. Cost £3120. The plan is to have the wood chopped into smaller pieces and available for local residents to take for a donations for the church.
10.0 CCTV
Following recent events, discussion had about installing CCTV. Not an easy thing to put in place as a whole but agreed everyone to look after their own property and that the Whatsapp group has been successful and been used for alerting the village when events occur.
11.0 Bus Stops
These have now been replaced by the council, completed and old ones taken away the same day. Benches now looking old, need painting, this to be done when weather picks up. Same with the phone box.
12.0 Solar Panel Action Group
Leaflets now been delivered in Utterby & North Thoresby.
Cllr Richard Fry met with NI to discuss the proposed plans. In the region of 45 emails been sent to local Councillors, VIPs etc. Plans to reach outside of the village to highlight the issues on local roads. Expecting 100 vehicles per day on site, they have been given instructions to use other entrance but worry it will come in to the village.
Objection letter is going in from the Parish Council. Local residents will have their opportunity soon. Each individual needs to do one.
Highlighted that Total are quoting that the land is only used to grow animal feed but this isn’t true.
13.0 Date and time of next meeting
The next meeting, is to take place on Thursday 28th May 2026 - venue TBC
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