Minutes of Meeting June 2025

Minutes of Fen Ditton Parish Council Meeting held on Tuesday, 03rd June 2025 at 7.00pm in the Marleigh Office, Marleigh.

Present: Cllrs. G Bloomfield; V.Farrar; N.Moir, C Wills(left at 8:15pm) ; C Farrar, M.Marson & K. Butler(left at 9pm);.

County Cllr: Anna Bradman, Cllr Edmond Jeannot (appointed in the meeting) and the clerk.

2025/113

Apologies received from Dist Cllr Graham Cone.

2025/114

Open forum members of public

High Street bins are overflowing.

Update on Church Street 20mph application? Nothing to report. Put the date in

Why is the Parish not getting any communication on further actions on CWWTPR?

2025/115

Minutes of the meeting held on 06thMay 2025 is approved.

2025/116

None declarations received from Councillors as to the disclosable pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests in relation to any items on the agenda

2025/117

To receive reports from and questions to:

County Cllr Anna Bradman’s Report

Ditton Lane works will happen during summer school holidays

Dist Cllr Carla Hoffman’s report:-

Resurfacing of the Road A14 to reduce the noise this FY.

Bins are filling fast in High Street and Meadow, coordinating with the team to get it sorted.

Ditton Lane chopped down tree is growing again.

2025/118

Clerk’s report and matters arising from the Minutes.

New Play Equipments will be installed in the month of July 25, Cllr Chloe W-Eve is coordinating with the provider, confirmation taken on waste soil can be refilled back to the Rec.

Internal Audit Report shared with all the councillors on 28th May 2025, will be discussed and approved at the next parish council meeting.

The new filter and faucet are installed in the Drinking water Fountain, services provided by Small Worx.

Defibrillator Pad in the Rec is changed on 30th May 2025, also regular check up is done in both the pads. services provided by Cllr Kim Butler.

Parking sign for the high street is ready to be installed, Small Worx is assigned to do this task.

Cllr Carla Farrar tided up the storage rooms in the Pavilion, the Parish extends its gratitude for this.

Bumps car parking in the Rec updated volunteer list is ready

Cllr Nick Moir update as a signatory in Unity and NationWide is still in process.

Parish is happy to support the idea of community engagement Fun Fair in Marleigh.

Insurance is renewed for FY 25-26.

Next Parish council meeting date is changed from 1-July to 24-June, to accommodate audit report.

Parish is keen to contribute for the maintenance of Book Box in Marleigh, needs clarification on few aspects to make the proposal/grant.

Solar Farm application Response is already submitted after the last meeting.

Notification of enforcement appeal – Ref: EN/00037/25

Fen Ditton supports the enforcement action being taken by South Cambridgeshire District Council. The Parish Council are aware that the unauthorised works here have raised significant concern to local residents.

2025/119

Below payments are approved:-

NEST

Pension-DD

£101.63

Clerk Salary

£1187.67

HMRC-Payee

£179.57

Clerk Reimbursement paid for Defib pads

£170.40

SCRIBE

DD

£67.20 & £18.00

R H landscapes

£2130.00

Hayden Woodruff

TBA

Gallagher

Insurance

£2217.79

Maurizio Ledda

Plumber

£160.00

Miracle Design & Play Ltd

Play Equipment advance

£6346.67

Transfer to Equal’s Money Card

£500.00

SSE

Electricity in Pavilion

£107.35

Heelis & Lodge

Internal Audit

£260

Sarah Smart

Norton

£99.99

Cambs Lock & Safe Ltd

£246.00

RH Landscapes

May 2025

£1944.00

Below payment on hold pending further investigation:-

SCDC

Waste bin collection 25-26

£859.04

2025/99

Below payments made during the month from Equal’s money pre-loaded card are approved.

SP The Sign Shed

Car Park Sign

£42.13

SumUp

Card Reader

£94.80

ASDA – office phone

Direct Debit

£4.00

Co-Op Group Food

Toilet Rolls

£8.70

IONOS Cloud Ltd

Direct Debit

£4.80

GentWorks

Faucet-Water fountain filters

£28.80

Amazon

Legionella water test kit

£30.48

Co-op Group Food

Milk

£0.95

Co-op Group Food

Biscuit

£1.85

Amazon

Award

£12.50

2025/100

Refund Received from Viking for a return £71.39 on 17th May 2025

2025/101

To consider following planning applications and tree works applications –

S/2682/13/COND53D

Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA

No objection subject to officer’s being happy with the proposals.

21/02450/COND24A

Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA

Fen Ditton Parish Council has no objection in principle but officers should ensure this will see parking distributed in an equitable manner to the residents

of these blocks. The Parish Council is aware of concerns that have been

raised on previous phases/blocks of challenges in securing parking for some residents and that this does not appear to have been undertaken in a fair

manner.

S/2682/13/COND43I

Phases 1B And 2 Land North Of Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8AA

No objection

24/03579/CONDA

21 Green End Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8SX

No objection

20/02569/COND14C

Land North Of Newmarket Road Fen Ditton Cambridge South Cambridgeshire CB5 8AA

No objection

20/02569/COND21C

Land North Of Newmarket Road Fen Ditton Cambridge South Cambridgeshire CB5 8AA

No objection

20/02569/COND23

Land North Of Newmarket Road Fen Ditton Cambridge South Cambridgeshire CB5 8AA

No objection

25/0440/TTCA

39 High Street Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8ST

No objection

25/01708/HFUL

3 Hazel Court Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8YN

No objection

2025/102

Edmond Jeannot Co-opted as a Parish Councillor.

2025/103

All future pavilion utility bill payments will be made from Recreation Ground trust funds instead of Parish council account to make operating costs more transparent.

2025/104

Cllr Kim Butler is asked to provide a quote on RoSPA inspection jobs, Cllr Chloe Wills-Eve also proposed to get a quote from Miracle Play for the same work.

2025/105

Fireworks action plan submitted by volunteers approved. Budget for fireworks £750. Cllr Graham Bloomfield appointed to represent the council on the volunteer team.

2025/106

Cllr Kim Butler appointed to perform A Legionella water test with the test kit provided, if the tests are positive the clerk will appoint a professional advisor. Drinking water fountain will be reinstated if the tests are negative. Cllr Kim Butler will perform the test in capacity of a councillor.

2025/107

The Parish Councils preferred locations for Voi scooters;
1.On the periphery of Marleigh and Fen Ditton West, ie Howards Road end of Wadloes bridleway (not church end) Tiptree end of Gregory Park North.

2. Near the BiG Bicycle feature end of Gregory Park North (Not within the Park and Ride)

3. Newmarket Road, near marketing suite. (not Jubilee square as pedestrian zone)

The council would like to see accountability from the scooter company if it does not meet its own standards regarding removing abandoned scooters.

The council would suggests a review of the scheme and locations after six months.

2025/108

Proposal to undertake deep cleaning inside the Pavilion, quote provided.

This item wasn’t covered due to time constraint.

2025/109

Farewell expenses of C Jones is approved under s137 total amount spent £167.99

2025/111

To accept notices and matters for the next agenda

It should be noted that no decisions can lawfully be made under this item. LGA 1972 s12 10(2)(b) states

that business must be specified, therefore the Council cannot lawfully agree any matter that is not on the agenda.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes June 2025 PDF

The next meeting of the Council will be held on 24th June 2025 (notice is published for change of meeting date)

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