Minutes of Langham Parish Council Meeting
held on 27th January 2026
7.30pm Langham Village Hall
2026/01 Attendance
Cllr. S Catlin (Chairman)
Cllr. M Appleby
Cllr. A Marshall
Cllr. J Taylor
Cllr. A Tilbrook
Cllr. P Viner
1 member of the public.
2026/02 Parishioners’ representations
Carolyn Davies reported observations she has made of blockages along the brook and drainage issues which potentially contribute to the flood risk. All information has been reported to Rutland County Council. She expressed her frustration at the content of the RCC Section 19 flood report and lack of action to date. Ms Davies has arranged a meeting with the RCC Flood Officer. The Chairman confirmed that the proposal to place hay bales in the brook will be abandoned.
2026/03 Apologies and approval of absences
Apologies received from C. Cllr. Hemsley.
The absences of Cllr. Besant and Cllr. Long were approved.
2026/04 Declaration of member’s interests and consideration of dispensations.
None.
2026/05 To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 25th November 2025
The minutes were approved and signed by the Chairman.
2026/06 Matters arising from the minutes of the meeting held on 25th November 2025
The funding application made to Community Action Fund for Auto Speed Watch cameras was declined, due to the scheme not being supported by Rutland County Council Highways.
All other items carried forward or dealt with separately on the agenda.
2026/07 To co-opt a Parish Councillor
It was proposed that Stuart Pickering be co-opted as a Parish Councillor
All in favour
2026/08 To review and assert the Code of Conduct
It was proposed that the adoption of the Code of Conduct be confirmed.
All in favour
2026/09 Civility and Respect Pledge
It was proposed that the Civility and Respect Pledge be signed by all councillors.
All in favour.
Langham Parish Council’s Assurance Statement will be registered via NALC.
2026/10 Clerk’s report – for information only
1. Bollards, New Lane – the bollards installed on New Lane were reported to Rutland County Council (RCC) Highways as dangerous due to low visibility. The installation was not authorised by RCC, and they do not meet safety standards. RCC will arrange for the bollards to be removed.
2026/11 Correspondence
1. CiCLE Classic 26th April 2026 – route map and times circulated.
2. Repairs to allotment gate – the gate on to Burley Road requires some adjustment and will be inspected by Cllrs. Appleby and Catlin.
2026/12 Flooding
The Flood wardens were deployed on 16th December 2025. Run off from Ranksborough was causing flooding on Melton Road. Permission to close the road was obtained and signs were used to redirect traffic. Additional signs and cones were provided by RCC, and an officer attended and extended the road closure area.
Flood plan to be approved and published imminently.
New SIM card to be fitted to water monitor, to improve connectivity, when safe to do so.
2026/13 CIL projects
1. Village sign – to be installed in next 2 months, currently with sign writers.
2. Rewilding – ongoing.
2026/14 Finance
To approve the financial summary and bank reconciliations
These were approved. See 2026/18 below.
2026/15 Planning
To receive planning applications and decisions since the last meeting – see 2026/19 below.
2026/16 Community Park inspections
February – Cllr. Catlin
March – Cllr. Tilbrook
2026/17 AOB – items for the next meeting
Fence/hedge at park – Cllr. Taylor reported that the hedge on the Burley Road side of the Community Park has, again, been broken. Cllr. Catlin agreed to inspect.
The meeting closed at 8.05pm
Action log:
1.Response to Highways Concern and request for action to lower speed limits awaited from RCC. Matter to be raised with portfolio holder for a response.
Request to RCC to consider roundabout and traffic calming measures A606. OH
2. Flood plan – to be completed and published. RB
SIM card replaced in monitor. SC
3. Monthly review of website content PV
4. Paint repairs to be completed at Community Park. RB
5. Owners of property adjacent to Well Street verge to be contacted to discuss maintenance of planting. RB
6. Contact with RCC forestry & planning enforcement re replacement tree Squires Close Clerk
7. Contractor to instal Village sign to be instructed once complete. Clerk
8. 50 poppies to be purchased. Clerk
9. Civility & Respect Pledge to be registered with NALC. Clerk
10. Repairs to allotment gate, Burley Road. MA & SC
11. Damage to hedge/fence, Community Park, to be inspected. SC
2026/18
| Langham Parish Council | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finances April 2025- March 2026 | ||||
| The financial year is divided into six two-month periods. | ||||
| CURRENT PERIOD: | 5 | |||
| INCOME | ||||
| Precept: | 33,650.00 | £33,650.00 | ||
| Grass Cutting: | £2,125.44 | |||
| Burial Ground: | £2,330.00 | |||
| Sundries: | ||||
| Allotments: | £1.00 | |||
| VAT: | £2,352.23 | |||
| CIL payment: | £11,522.64 | |||
| TOTAL: | 33,650.00 | £51,981.31 | ||
| EXPENSES: | ||||
| Clerk's Salary: | 12,700.00 | £11,308.40 | ||
| Clerk's Expenses: | 720.00 | £600.00 | ||
| N.I. Contributions: | 500.00 | £941.25 | ||
| Street Lights - electricity: | 2,000.00 | £1,677.08 | ||
| Grounds & Open Space: | 12,000.00 | £9,961.74 | ||
| Insurance: | 2,000.00 | £2,015.08 | ||
| Cllr training: | 200.00 | £105.00 | ||
| Contingency: | £21.65 | |||
| Audit: | 300.00 | £300.00 | ||
| Subscriptions: | 700.00 | £730.25 | ||
| Hall rental: | 250.00 | |||
| Chairmans Fund: | 100.00 | £24.49 | ||
| Donations: | 100.00 | |||
| MCWG: | ||||
| Burial ground: | 1,000.00 | £1,700.00 | ||
| VAT: | £2,280.76 | |||
| bank charges: | 130.00 | £25.00 | ||
| Defibrillators: | 250.00 | |||
| Website & IT: | 200.00 | £155.51 | ||
| Community Park: | 500.00 | £136.48 | ||
| CIL: | £9,790.26 | |||
| TOTAL: | 33,650.00 | £43,332.95 | ||
| OVERALL SURPLUS/DEFICIT: | ||||
| Current a/c: at 1 Apr 2025: | 34427.47 | |||
| Adjustments: | ||||
| 2025/26 opening balance: | 34,427.47 | £34,427.47 | ||
| Income to date: | 51,981.31 | |||
| Expenditure to date: | -43,332.95 | |||
| Surplus/deficit to date: | 8,648.36 | £8,648.36 | ||
| Bank balance at period end: | £43,075.83 | |||
| Balance as per Bank Statement 15th November 2025 | £56,575.68 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payment No. | Presented | Unpresented | |||
| Expenditure | |||||
| 10/16/25 | LRALC - training | £40.00 | |||
| 10/17/25 | Community Heartbeat Trust - Ranksborough defib | £1,494.00 | |||
| 10/27/25 | Langham Landscapes | £865.36 | |||
| 10/27/25 | LRALC - AGM | £15.00 | |||
| 10/27/25 | Riverside Printers - park signs | £106.20 | |||
| 11/1/25 | H Duckering - salary | £1,065.10 | |||
| 11/1/25 | Wildflower Turf | £1,002.90 | |||
| £4,588.56 | |||||
| Receipts | |||||
| 10/20/25 | RCC - CIL | £4,157.63 | |||
| £4,157.63 | |||||
| Balance as per account | £56,575.68 | ||||
| plus unpresented credits | |||||
| Less unpresented cheques | |||||
| Balance as per calc | £56,575.68 |
| Balance as per Bank Statement 15th December 2025 | £44,856.78 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payment No. | Presented | Unpresented | |||
| Expenditure | |||||
| 11/17/25 | Langham Landscapes | £865.36 | |||
| 11/18/25 | Lewis Baines Ltd - climbing frame | £7,464.00 | |||
| 11/26/25 | RCC - streetlighting | £1,677.08 | |||
| 12/1/25 | H Duckering - salary | £1,265.90 | |||
| 12/1/25 | HMRC PAYE - Nov | £151.18 | |||
| 12/15/25 | HMRC PAYE - Dec | £151.38 | |||
| 12/15/25 | Abacus Hire - rewilding | £144.00 | |||
| £2,815.37 | |||||
| Receipts | |||||
| £11,718.90 | |||||
| Balance as per account | £44,856.78 | ||||
| plus unpresented credits | |||||
| Less unpresented cheques | |||||
| Balance as per calc | £44,856.78 |
| Balance as per Bank Statement 15th January 2026 | £43,075.83 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payment No. | Presented | Unpresented | |||
| Expenditure | |||||
| 12/16/25 | 123 Connect Ltd | £139.20 | |||
| 1/1/26 | H Duckering - salary | £1,165.10 | |||
| 1/4/26 | Langham Landscapes | £865.36 | |||
| 1/14/26 | S Catlin - SIM | £20.11 | |||
| 1/15/26 | HMRC PAYE | £151.18 | |||
| £2,340.95 | |||||
| Receipts | |||||
| 12/16/25 | Co-op funerals | £560.00 | |||
| £560.00 | |||||
| Balance as per account | £43,075.83 | ||||
| plus unpresented credits | |||||
| Less unpresented cheques | |||||
| Balance as per calc | £43,075.83 |
| CIL | Spent 21/22 | Spent 22/23 | Spent 23/24 | Spent 24/25 | Spent 25/26 | Remaining | Expiry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/15/19 | 2189.12 | 2189.12 | NIL | |||||
| 10/18/19 | 19702.06 | 7810.88 | 3376.82 | 8514.36 | NIL | |||
| 4/24/20 | 2249.27 | 2249.27 | NIL | |||||
| 10/21/22 | 1042.36 | 114.18 | 928.18 | NIL | 10/21/26 | |||
| 4/18/24 | 1618.38 | 1618.38 | NIL | 4/18/29 | ||||
| 10/28/24 | 7760.82 | 7243.79 | 517.03 | 10/28/29 | ||||
| 4/24/25 | 7365.03 | 7365.03 | 4/24/30 | |||||
| 10/13/25 | 4157.61 | 4157.61 | 10/13/30 | |||||
| 46084.65 | 10000 | 0 | 3376.82 | 10877.81 | 9790.35 | 12039.67 |
2026/19
Planning Applications:
2025/1515/CAT Brook Cottage 51 Church Street
T1, T2 and T3 Beech trees to be removed to ground level. The roots for these trees are damaging the dairy building as you will see in the report supplied.
We note that this application appears to replace a similar application from Grooms Cottage at the Old Hall for the removal of the same trees. It did not have the benefit of a Report, we recommended refusal, and that application has since been withdrawn. The report now submitted with this application gives the trees, which we understand do not belong to the applicant, as a possible, but not the only cause of the damage to the dairy building – maintenance issues being equally probable. We also note that the trees – and their roots – are situated at quite some distance from the dairy building, and large automated double gates and a wide tarmac/gravelled driveway have been installed between the trees and the building, subsequent to the planting of the trees. Therefore, based on the evidence given, we cannot recommend the removal of three mature trees.
Recommend refusal.
2025/1679/CAT. Appleview, 59 Manor Lane
T1 - Walnut -Reduce crown by 3-4 metres. T2- Apple - reduce by 2-metres away from wires.
Recommend Approval
2026/0001/CAT 17 Well Street
Cut down two apple trees as both in very poor condition.
Recommend approval
Decisions:
2025/1235/FUL 32A Well Street
Sanding and repainting of the front door and porch for good maintenance in a heritage colour in keeping with other properties in the area. Replacement of the rotten front porch posts to maintain the structure of the porch. It is not intended to alter the porch other than as described to maintain it in good condition.
Granted 27/11/25
2025/1275/FUL 15 Manor Lane
Removal of 2.9 m high leylandii hedge and replacement with 1.8m close board feather edge fencing and 0.3m high gravel board (overall height 2.1m).
Refused 02/12/25
2025/1293/LBA & 2025/1292/FUL 22 Church Street
Single storey rear extension. Replacement windows. Internal and external refurbishment works. Installation of air source heat pump.
Granted 02/12/25
2025/1418/CAT 7 Sharrads Way
Reduce crown of variegated Acer to up to 1/3 of total tree height as shown on sketch plan and photo.
Granted 05/12/25
2025/1417/CAT Brook Cottage, 51 Church Street
T1 Silver birch tree to be removed to ground level.
Granted 10/12/25
2025/1396/CAT Elm House, 10 Sharrads Way
Crown raise 1 no. Maple (T1) to 6m over the road only, with cuts to limbs no thicker than 10cm. Rest of the crown raised by no more than 4m, with cuts to limbs no thicker than 10cm.
Granted 12/12/25
2025/1462/CAT Langham House, 11 Church Street
G1 row of Yew reduced garden side to match bottom trimmed edge, reduce top to previous points and reduce neighbours’ side to approx. boundary line
Granted 22/11/25
2025/1462/CAT Mayes Cottage, 43A Manor Lane
Pollard mature ash tree to suitable growth points, reducing the crown by up to 4 metres to create a balanced crown.
Granted 22/12/25
2025/1528/CAT Munday’s Close Pocket Wildlife Park and Woodland, Mickley Lane
T1 Goat Willow. Prune one branch. T2 Lime. Coppice to ground level. T3 Ash. Coppice to ground level. T4 Sycamore. Coppice to ground level. T5 Apple. Raise canopy to 2 metres above ground level.
Granted 24/11/25
2025/1411/FUL & 2025/1442/LBA The Granary, The Old Hall Stables, 53A Church Street
Replace upstairs full-length bathroom and bedroom windows to be of same wood material and colour.
Granted 29/11/25
2025/1389/FUL 9 Well Street
First floor extension to form granny annexe.
Granted 29/12/25
2025/0610/MAR Land on the North side of Cold Overton Road
Reserved Matter Application in relation to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale pursuant to planning permission ref. 2023/0577/FUL for the erection of 50 no. residential dwellings (Use Class C3) associated access and other infrastructure.
Granted 30/12/25
2025/1491/CLP 23 Cold Overton Road
Proposed single storey rear extension to include internal alterations and extension to the existing rear patio to serve the new extension. Replacement garage roof with like-for-like materials.
Approved 02/01/26
2025/1430/FUL. Bidwell House, 56 Burley Road
Section 73 Application to vary Condition 2 (Approved Plans) and Condition 5 (Hard and Soft Landscaping Works) on planning permission ref: 2022/1084/FUL (Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of 2 no. new dwellings with integral garaging, along with an improved widened access).
Granted 13/01/26
2025/1545/FUL 21 Ruddle Way
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (approved plans) and 5 (parking) of application 2024/1057/FUL - Proposed garage conversion into self-contained ancillary annexe.
Refused 21/01/26
2025/1524/FUL. Fell Dyke Cottage, 54 Well Street
60cm high demoundable flood defences to front door, patio doors, utility door (external fittings) and an internal barrier inside the garage.
Granted 21/01/26
2025/1583/FUL 15A Manor Lane
Removal of internal non load bearing wall and replacement of French doors to bi-fold doors.
Granted 27/01/26