Parish Council meeting minutes, 14 July 26

Nunnington Parish Council met on Tuesday, 14 July 2026 at 7 pm for the quarterly meeting. The Clerk to the Council has now published the minutes of the meeting, which are reproduced here and provided in full as a downloadable pdf below.

Minutes of the Parish Council AGM held on 14 July 2026 at 7 pm in Nunnington Village Hall

Present: Chairman, Mr Steven Rooke, Mr John Elphinstone, Mr James Clive, Mrs Mary Thew

1. A reminder was given of expectations of no audio or visual recording of the meeting
2. Apologies: Mr David Stamp
3. Minutes of the previous meeting, 28^th April 26, were read and signed by the Chairman as a true and correct record
4. Matters Arising

• • Ongoing assessment of the river habitat by the Environment Agency will take place on Friday 16^th A team of FBG; Fisheries, Biodiversity and Geomorphology will do an assessment including camera work. A report will be written and following this the report will be brought to the Parish Council and information shared and questions answered. Mr Rooke will seek some advice from the NFU
  • A response from Yorkshire Water Services regarding compensation for the communities with regard to their work, is focused on funding community needs (document presented) As a result of this some initial thinking took place, we must also engage Ness and Muscoates.

• • • • • Repair work to village hall, windows, floor, acoustics
        • Outside benches
        • Plants and flowers and trees sited in the villages
        • Funding for defibrillator for Ness
        • Cricket Pavilion?
        • Nunnington Party
        • Christmas Dinner for older members of the community
        • Lots of other ideas to come: Mary to inform through Facebook and the Newsletter, thanks Jeremy.

5. Mr Elphinstone was able to share details of defibrillator from, ‘Start the Heart Charity’, linked with Yorkshire Ambulance; cost £1500, battery required which can be solar powered. Will need to liaise with Mr Richardson for detail of siting as we proceed
6. Summer activities have been extremely successful and will take place again. Yorkshire Day Picnic at Nunnington Hall is planned and flyers will be distributed.
7. Next meeting: 27^th October 26th at 7pm.

Parish Council Meeting Minutes

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