Agenda
Ordinary
7th October 2026

Seascale Parish Council

Chair Person; Lizzie Mawson

Clerk; Currently vacant (please contact the chairperson)

theclerk@seascaleparishcouncil.co.uk

http://www.seascaleparish.com/.

Dated; 1/10/26

Dear Councillor,

You are summoned to attend the monthly meeting of Seascale Parish Council, which will be held in Methodist School Rooms Seascale on Wednesday 7th October 2026 at 7pm. If you are unable to attend, please pass your apologies to the Chair in advance of the meeting.

The agenda is printed below.

Yours sincerely

Lizzie Mawson – Chair

Agenda

177/26

• Apologises for absence

178/26 Requests for dispensations and declarations of interests

• Register of Interests. Councillors are reminded of the need to update their register of interest if any changes have occurred
• Requests for Dispensations
• Declarations of interests of any prejudicial interests in items on the agenda and their nature. (Councillors with prejudicial interests must leave the meeting for relevant items)
• To declare any personal interests in items on the agenda and their nature

179/26 Exclusion of Press and public

To decide if there are any items of business listed on the agenda which require exclusion of the press and public (Public Bodies Admission to Meetings Act 1960)

180/26 Minutes of meetings

• Minutes of the meeting held on 2nd September 2026 – (attached)

181/26 Chair’s Announcements

Verbal report

182/26 Public participation (Max 4 mins per person – Max session length – 15 mins)

This is at the chairperson’s discretion, and no decision can be made on items brought to the attention of the parish council under this item.

183/26 Reports from visiting Councillors & Police – for information

Cumberland Cllr Moore – verbal

184/26 Reports from SPC representatives

SPC Cllr Moore – verbal

185/26 Clerks report/correspondence

• CALC information circulated
• Thank you email regarding 5th Sept, Scafell event, and request for next year
• To note, ongoing correspondence with Zurich (Insurance)
• Correspondence from Mary Grimshaw, Monitoring Officer (paper attached)

186/26 Community Resilience

• Progress on web site amendments – BHC/MB
• Contractual details between Whamos and SPC – MB to update
• Quality Cleaning contract – MB to update
• Report on proposed bus shelter and telescope projects – ZO
• Christmas ‘Everyone’ project – BHC

187/26 Play Grounds

• Fore shore play park: delivery of swing and gravel bucket progress- LM
• Play equipment Inspection and maintenance report changes- MB
• Update on the work relating to Coniston play park– ZO

188/26 Parish Council Assets

• Proposal to repair/upgrade the foreshore lighting and jetty  DM

Confirmation of powers under which this work can be undertaken

• Parks and pleasure grounds; Power to acquire land or to provide recreation grounds, public walks, pleasure grounds and open spaces and to manage and control them

Public Health Act 1875, section 164; LGA 1972 Schedule 14 paragraph 27;

• CCTV connection – BHC
• Pavilion works progress report – KM
• To note bids for under £10k and under £200k have been submitted to the GDF for Library project phases 1 (enabling contracting) ,2 (external works and internal works) of 5 phases.

189/26 Parish Maintenance and Highways

• Mowing contract – monitoring report JC

190/26 Planning and Licencing applications

4/26/2278/OF1  The garage opposite Lingmell Cottage, Lingmell, Seascale.

Conversion of 2 storey garage to form self- contained dwelling.

191/26 Planning and Licencing decisions

No new ones

192/26 Governance, Support Structures and Staffing

• Training proposal – to agree to support individual councillors training
• Progress on updating policies and procedures – JC
• Agree date for Asset and Development working group
• Proposal to establish a working group to prepare a village survey to develop a village plan – MB

193/26 Finance and accounts

• RFO Report 31st 2026

For Seascale Parish Council Meeting 7th October 2026

Bank Balances as of 30th September 2026:

Payments made in September 2026:

• Payments for authorisation at October Parish Meeting:

Michael Warmoth RFO

• To confirm the appointment of the locum RFO, Amy Jeffrey. To note; bank details relating to the RFO are in the process of being changed.

194/26 External audit confirmation

• To note:- The AGAR form has been displayed on the notice board and placed on the web site for 30 days. A copy is in the library for anyone wishing to view a hard copy during opening hours.
• Consideration of section 3 and resulting actions (attached)

195/26 An opportunity for Councillors to raise new issues – No decisions can be made on these matters, but the Clerk may make investigations and/or they may be placed on future agendas for the Council.

196/26 Date of Next meetings

All at 7pm in the Methodist School Rooms, Seascale

4th Nov 2026, 2nd Dec 2026, 7th January 2027