27th July 2026

Dear Councillors,

You are hereby summoned to attend an extraordinary meeting of Mareham le Fen Parish Council which will be held on MONDAY 27TH July 2026 commencing at 7.00pm at Mareham le Fen Community Centre with a public participation period starting at 7pm for up to 15minutes, if there are insufficient members of the public the parish council meeting will commence immediately after it.   Parish Council business must be conducted in public (except for items deemed to be confidential and not in the public interest) but it is not a public meeting.  Items to be discussed are shown in the agenda.

If you cannot attend the meeting, please send your apologies to the Clerk with reasons.

PRESS AND PUBLIC WELCOME.  There will be a public participation period at this meeting starting at 7.00pm.  Parishioners may ask questions or raise issues of local interest with the parish council for up to 15 minutes.  The chair of the meeting may limit the amount of time that each person may speak.  The formal Council business will commence at the end of the public forum. Members of the public may not speak during the Parish Council meeting unless the Chair of the meeting allows this.           

Signature:  A. Everard    Clerk to the Council                Date: 22nd July 2026

AGENDA 

1. Apologies for absence with reason given. 

2.  Declaration of Members’ interests in accordance with the Localism Act 2011 and requests for dispensations (Disclosure by all members present of disclosable pecuniary interests in matters on the agenda that have not already been declared on their Declarations of Interests form. Councillors may not take part or vote on items they have a pecuniary interest in unless granted a dispensation. Requests for a dispensation should be sent to The Clerk by email or at the start of the meeting).

3. Former Football Club field

 a) To consider a request to cut the grass of the former football field for use by children and adults during the summer holidays.  If thought appropriate to consider cost of the cut and approve the grass-cutting contractor to complete the work. 

3b) To consider delegation to the Clerk to seek further information from the landowner and managing agent of the former football club field for consideration of further options for its long term use.