To members of the Council:

You are hereby summoned to attend the MEETING of WHILTON PARISH COUNCIL on WEDNESDAY 12th NOVEMBER 2025 at 7:30pm in WHILTON VILLAGE HALL for the purpose of transacting the following business.

 

Members of the public and press are invited to attend and may address the Council during Public Time.

 

AGENDA

 

1. OPENING PROCEDURES
   1.1  Acceptance of Apologies
   1.2   Declarations of Interest – Personal or Prejudicial
2. APPROVE MINUTES OF THE MEETING held on WEDNESDAY 10th SEPTEMBER 2025

 

3. PUBLIC TIME – A member of the public is entitled to speak for no longer than 3 minutes. The period of time for public participation, which is at the Chairman’s discretion, shall not exceed 10 minutes.

 

4. WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE UNITARY COUNCILLOR REPORT (Daniel Lister)

 

5. THE SPINNEY
   • Working Parties
   • Risk Assessments
   • Tree Maintenance Quotes
6. VILLAGE HALL 
7. HIGHWAYS
   • Brington Lane – Road Condition/Water Issue 

8. BUSINESS

8.1 Speeding/Volume of Traffic – Whilton Locks

8.2 WNC Annual Parish Conference – Thursday 23rd October 2025 – Update

8.3 Telephone Box – Maintenance

8.4 Church Clock Repairs

8.5 Churchyard Mowing

8.6 Trees & Hedges Maintenance – Quotes

8.7 External Audit Report 2024/25

 

 

 

8.8 WNC – Charging Points for Electric Vehicles

8.9 Immediate Justice programme from the Office of Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Danielle Stone

8.10 Infrastructure and Developer Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

8.11 Budget Preparation for 2026/27

8.12 Approve Figure for Precept 2026/27

 

9   FINANCE

9.1   Approve Income/Expenditure Update & Bank Reconciliation’s from September & October 2025

9.2   Approve Accounts paid (September to November 2025):
Online             S Porter                     Clerk’s Salary Sept 25                    £    340.10     LGA 1972 s112                                                     Clerk’s Expenses Sept 25              £      18.00     LGA 1972 s112

Online            S Porter                     Clerk’s Salary October 25              £    340.10     LGA 1972 s112

Clerk’s Expenses October 25        £      18.00     LGA 1972 s112

Online            Anglian Water          Allotments                                         £      43.71     LGA 1972 s111

Online            HMRC                       PAYE 2025/26 Q2                           £    273.11     LGA 1972 s112

Online            N Power                    Street Lights July-Sept 25              £    317.60     PCA1957 s3

Online            S Porter                     123 Reg – E-Mail x 1                       £      57.46     LGA 1972 s111

Online            R Smith                     Website E-Mail                                 £      86.26     LGA 1972 s111

Online            R Smith                     Website Domain                               £      86.33     LGA 1972 s111

Online            M Clements              Peppercorn Rent                             £        0.05     LGA 1972 s111

(Now Cancelled)

Online            P Boor                        Telephone Box Maint                      £    269.72     LGA 1972 s111

Online            Village Hall                Hall Hire June-Sept25                    £      30.00     LGA 1972 s111

Online            PKF Littlejohn           External Audit 2024-25                  £    252.00     LGA 1972 s111

 

9.3   Approve Accounts to be paid

                       

9.4    Payments Received (September to November 2025)

Nat West                    Interest (Sept 25)                             £     15.49

WNC                          ½ Year Precept                                £9,452.50

 

Current Bank Balances (as of 28/10/2025):
Current Account       £  8,027.58

Reserve Account     £16,142.01

 

10. PLANNING

2025/3963/LBC – Listed building consent to replace the existing roof with approved blue slate to match the original. Repair rafters where necessary. Reinstate ornamental ridges and replace rainwater goods with new matching UPVC – Stone House, The Green, Whilton

2025/4495/LBC – Internal alterations and repairs – Stone House, The Green, Whilton

 

PLANNING APPLICATION GRANTED

2025/3725/TPO – T1 Mature Oak tree located adjacent to the main drive in between Lodges 1 and 2, directly behind Lodge 2 overhanging their roofline. Requires a lateral crown reduction of 3m to clear lodge gate cottages roofline.

T2 mature Lime located in the rear garden of the property adjacent to their conservatory. Requires a target prune and 1-2m lateral crown reduction and major dead wood.

T3 mature Lime located adjacent to the garage. Requires target prune and 1-2m lateral crown reduction and major deadwood.

T4 Horse Chestnut requires a failed hanging branch removing and pruning to the union plus large deadwood removing as in decline. T5 Oak located adjacent to the roadside Hedge line. Requires a 5.2m crown lift and a 2-3m lateral crown reduction over the roadside edge of the crown to enable vision splay for drivers because it currently blocks the bridge signage

– Lodge Gate Cottage, Whilton Locks

 

11. CORRESPONDENCE

11.1 Autumn 2025 update from Buckby Library & Hub

 

 

Date of next Parish Council Meeting – Wednesday 14th January 2026 – 7:30pm

 

 

 

Sue Porter

 

Sue Porter

Clerk / Responsible Financial Officer                                                      Issued: 06/11/2025

Whilton Parish Council