Agenda item

The Council noted the Chairman’s engagements since the previous meeting of Full Council.

On 16 July 2025 the SK Charity Cup was hosted by Deeping Rangers FC, who went onto beat Harrowby United FC 2-1.

The Chairman wished to highlight the money raised for worthy causes, and also thanked Councillors Baxter, Byrd, Rahman and Rayside for their attendance at the game. Councillor Ashley Baxter kindly sponsored the match ball.

Leader of the Council

The Leader of the Council made the following announcements:

• The picture surrounding Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) changed frequently. The Leader of the Council had attended the Local Government Association (LGA) in Liverpool, where Angela Rayner MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government had been speaking.
• Lincolnshire Leaders would need to engage on this issue as a group, however it was disappointing to see the launch of ‘A Greater Lincolnshire for All’ - a proposal by South Holland and East Lindsey District Councils which championed the idea of a northern and southern council in Lincolnshire. This proposal was launched some distance away from those districts in Lincoln.
• At their meeting on 8 July 2025 Cabinet agreed a £75,000 budget to procure external support for business plans, in line with North Kesteven District Council.
• Virginia Moran, Chair of the Deepings Community Interest Company (CIC) along with Sir John Hayes MP (MP for South Holland and the Deepings) met a minister from the Department for Media, Culture and Sport to talk about the Deepings Leisure Centre. The Minister offered to put representatives in touch with Sport England. A positive conversation had taken place with the Leader of Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) and Cabinet Member for Growth at LCC.

Cabinet Member for Planning

The Cabinet Member made the following announcements:

• The second Regulation 18 consultation on the revised draft Local Plan was launched on Thursday 10 July 2025. A recent Government announcement increased South Kesteven’s annual housing requirement from 700 new homes per year to almost 900. As a result the Planning team have the challenge of finding the most suitable sites for these new homes.
• Public engagement events were planned for 17 July 2025 in Bourne Market, 30 July in Market Deeping Library, 1 August at Stamford Market, and 2 August in Grantham Market.
• Parish and town councils had been invited to sign up to one of two sessions where they can take part in question-and-answer sessions.

Cabinet Member for Environment and Waste

The Cabinet Member made the following announcements:

• The Waste team were in the process of restructuring the waste collection rounds within the district; many households were likely to see changes to the days and times when their bin would be collected. All addresses would be notified of changes via a leaflet through their letterbox. There would be a mixture on online and offline communications.
• Parish and town councils would also be advertising this topic, and that would be supplemented with information on social media and on the SKDC website. The Cabinet Member would write to members and ask that the information be shared with their communities.

Cabinet Member for Leisure and Culture

Green Flag awards had been received for Grantham’s Dysart, Queen Elizabeth, and Wyndham Parks – an achievement to be proud of.