Minutes

MINUTES OF MEETING OF GRITTLETON PARISH COUNCIL

TUESDAY 20th JANUARY 2026 – GRITTLETON VILLAGE HALL

Present: Cllr T Attiwell, Cllr J Brunt, Cllr A Day, Cllr B Mc Carron (Chair), Cllr L Palmer, Cllr S Parker, Cllr S Skinner, Cllr B West and Clerk.

Public Gallery – 0

1.     PUBLIC GALLERY

No attendees.

2.  REGISTER OF INTERESTS

None required.

3.    APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Cllr J Grandison & U Cllr J Atkey.

4.    MINUTES OF PARISH COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 18th NOVEMBER 2025

Approved, signed Cllr B Mc Carron.

5.    REGISTER OF ACTIONS

Water Elevator refurbishment  - no update, Cllr J Brunt to progress.

Bus Shelter – no update, Cllr B Mc Carron to progress.

Pavement – The Street Grittleton – Cllr L Palmer to contact Wiltshire Council Highways Engineer to progress repairs.

Emergency Plan – Meeting of volunteers to be arranged – Cllr T Attiwell.

Annual Parish Meeting – Councillors agreed to invite Bobby Van Trust & Sergent from Chippenham Neighbourhood Policing Team – Clerk to progress.

Planning system meeting  - Cllr J Grandison – U Cllr J Atkey to progress.

Parish Steward – Noted that current monthly visits are suspended due to pothole duties.

6. PLANNING

Applications to be minuted:

PL/2025/08305 – 4 Neeld C0urt  - Tree works conservation area – No Objection.

PL/2025/09235 – Manor Farm Leigh Delamere – Internal alterations – No Objection.

PL/2025/09429 – Land near Fossegate Littleton Drew Tree works undertaken by SSE – No Objection.

PL/2025/09854 – West Dunley Farm - Covered Silage Storage – Prior Notification No comment required.

Applications considered:

PL/2025/09629 – Tanglewood Grittleton – Property extension & remodelled - No Objection - Subject to Materials used externally are in keeping with a conservation area and nearby listed buildings.

Planning Updates:

Leigh Delamere Solar Park – No update.

Combe Barn Foscote – Enforcement action being progressed by Wiltshire Council.

Limedown Solar Park  – No update.

Appeals in Progress:

APP/Y3940/C/24/3346151 & APP/Y3940/C/24/3346148  - ENF/2022/00944 - Land north of M4 Littleton Drew – (PL/2023/00249) Appeal against Enforcement Notices – No update.

Planning Applications & Appeals recently determined by Wiltshire Council:

PL/2025/08448 - 4 Neeld Court - Tree works Conservation Area subject to TPO’s – No Objection

PL/2025/08294 - Grittleton House – Tree works Conservation Area subject to TPO’s – No Objection

PL/2025/05922 – Land at Foscote Cottage – Erection of American Barn - Approved

PL/2025/09429 – Land near Fossegate Littleton Drew Tree works undertaken by SSE – No Objection

PL/2025/09854 – West Dunley Farm - Covered Silage Storage – No Prior approval required

7.     PARISH PLAN

Parish Plan circulated and approved, final text modifications to Cllr B Mc Carron by 23 January. Plan will be published on website and communicated to residents.

Cllr B Mc Carron thanked councillors involved in preparation of the plan and recent residents survey.

Speeding Traffic – following recent traffic survey in The Gibb - B4039, Clerk to contact PCC to obtain details of Community Speed Watch, Cllr A Day to ask residents in The Gibb whether there is interest in a group being formed. Cost of a Speed Indicator Device (SID) to be determined.

8.    CLERK & FINANCE

Payments approved:

Duncan Joyce & Associates Ltd – Client Call - £233.60 – Due to HMRC Payroll Qtr3 2025-26

Grittleton Village Hall - £154.40 – Hire 2025

I J Plowman – £213.90 – Clerk Salary – December, January & expenses.

         Accounts & Bank reconciliation circulated.

           Precept, Councillors agreed to increase the Band D Charge per property by £3.00 to £18.00, which

on a Council Tax Base of 323.36 will give a precept of £5,820.48. Clerk to draft communication.

Budget circulated & approved  with addition of IC registration of £52. General Reserves, following amounts allocated specific reserves to Election (contested) £5,000 and Speeding (SID) £3,000

9.      HIGHWAYS, PAVEMENTS, RIGHTS OF WAY & OTHER ISSUES

Village Sign – Alderton Road, damage has been reported, Clerk to follow up when it will be repaired.

         Clerk to contact Wiltshire Council representative re improvements to My Wilts App.

           Grittleton Councillors to organise a village tidy suggested date 28th March.

10. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

Best Kept Village – decide whether to enter

Meeting Closed: 20:50

Dates of Next Meeting: Tuesday  17th March 2026 19:30 – Grittleton Village Hall