Email: clerk@stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk
Website: www.stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk
7th September 2022
To: Members of the Council
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of Stewartby & Kempston Hardwick Parish Council to be held at the Sports Pavilion, Park Crescent, Stewartby on THURSDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER 2022 at 6.30 pm.
Members of the Public/Press can join the meeting. Please refer to Agenda Item 4 for guidance on public/press participation.
AGENDA
| 1. | Apologies
To receive apologies for absence. |
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| 2. | Declarations of Interest in items on the Agenda
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| 3. | To consider any applications for a dispensation
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| 4. | Public Participation
Members of the public are invited to speak (5 minutes per person). Please raise your hand and state your name. |
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| 5. | Minutes (attached)
To confirm the accuracy of the minutes of the Council meetings held on Thursday 21st July 2022 and the 20th August 2022. |
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| 6. | Matters arising from previous minutes
For information only |
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| 7. | Chairman’s Report
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10 mins |
| 8. | Report from Bedford Borough Council
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5 mins |
| 9. | Clerk’s Financial Report
9.1 Authorise payments for BACS transfer 9.2 Balances of Accounts (Bank Reconciliation) 9.3 Budget Monitoring Reports 9.4 Outcome of External Audit (to be confirmed) |
10 mins
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| 10. | Quotations for authorisation
10.1 Maintenance of the Memorial Garden 10.2 Football Pitches – remedial works 10.3 Redecoration of the Village Hall 10.4 AV System for the Sports Pavilion 10.5 Fire Doors for Village Hall 10.6 The Peoples Pension 10.7 Anti-virus Software 10.8 Bus Shelter Repair 10.9 Village Hall Drains 10.10 Village Green Bollards |
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| 11. | Planning Applications and Decisions
11.1 Ref: 22/01954/MDC3 Major District Council Reg 3 Application for: Construction of two railway platforms, footbridge and pedestrian lifts associated with a new railway station. Construction of facilities ancillary to the station including lighting, drainage, utilities and other services, boundary treatment and other associated works. (PLEASE REFER to planning application 22/01933/MAR for details relating to the proposal for a new railway station building, car parking facilities associated with the station, EV charging units and other associated works and infrastructure pursuant to outline planning permission 11/01380/M73 (99/01645/OUT as amended)). Land For Railway Station Meadow Road Wixams Bedfordshire.
11.2 Ref: 22/01933/MAR Major Reserved Matters Application: Approval of reserved matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the construction of a new railway station building, car parking facilities associated with the station, EV charging units and other associated works and infrastructure pursuant to outline planning permission 11/01380/M73 (99/01645/OUT as amended). (PLEASE REFER to planning application 22/01954/MDC3 for details relating to the construction of two railway platforms, footbridge and pedestrian lifts associated with a new railway station; and construction of facilities ancillary to the station including lighting, drainage, utilities and other services, boundary treatment and other associated works). Land For Railway Station Meadow Road Wixams Bedfordshire.
11.3 Ref: 22/01969/FUL Full Planning Application for: Single storey rear extension at 176 Wavell Close Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LW. |
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| 12. | Amenities
12.1 Highways/Lighting 12.2 Recreation Area 12.3 Newsletter 12.4 Sports Field/Pavilion – Utilities / Saturday Youth Football 12.5 Village Hall 12.6 Policing 12.7 Covanta – Community Trust Fund |
5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins |
| 13. | Parish Council Surgeries including any matters for action
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| 14. | Community Events
14.1 Remembrance Service 14.2 Request for Car Show |
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| 15. | Report from Sports Pavilion Sub-Committee
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| 16. | Memorial Garden
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| 17. | Neighbourhood Plan
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| 18. | Parish Council Facebook Page
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| 19. | Training for Councillors
19.1 Finance Training Programme 19.2 Understanding Planning Workshop |
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| 20. | Option to opt out of SAAA Central External Auditor Appointment Arrangements
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| 21. | Items of an URGENT nature or for inclusion in the next agenda
Items raised will be restricted to essential information only – no motions will be accepted.
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| 22. | Close of Meeting and items for the next/future agendas
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| 23. | Date and Time of Next Meeting
Thursday 20th October 2022
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Signed:
T J Bartens
T J Bartens
Parish Clerk