Email: clerk@stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk
Website: www.stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk
9th May 2023
To: Members of the Council
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of Stewartby & Kempston Hardwick Parish Council to be held at the Dave Law Sports Pavilion, Park Crescent, Stewartby on THURSDAY 18TH MAY 2023 at 7.00 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 meeting held on Thursday 20th April 2023.
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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 9.3 Internal Auditor’s Report (if received) 9.4 Review of Risk Assessment 9.5 Review of Asset Register
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10 mins
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| 10. | Quotations for authorisation
10.1 Accounting Package 10.2 Village Hall Redecoration 10.3 Village Hall Floor & Buffing Machine 10.4 Village Hall Flat Lease Renewal 10.5 Remedial Works to the banks around the slide on The Green
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| 11. | Planning Applications & Decisions
11.1 Ref: 23/00845/FUL Full Planning Application PROPOSAL: Erection of a single-storey garden room for use as a workout space, home office/study and recreation area at the rear boundary of the property. Permission is sought as permitted development allows for a 2.5m external height, which creates a ceiling height too low for most fitness equipment therefore height needs to be 3m externally to allow a regular 2.4m internal ceiling height. The proposed will have no plumbing and will not be used as a separate dwelling @ 9 Magpie Avenue Stewartby Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9NP
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| 12. | Amenities
12.1 Highways/Lighting 12.2 Recreation Area 12.3 Newsletter 12.4 Sports Field/Pavilion 12.5 Village Hall 12.6 Policing 12.7 Covanta – Community Trust Fund
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5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins |
| 13. | Sports Pavilion Committee – including Bowls Day
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| 14. | Community Events 2023
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| 15. | Replacement Bridge
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| 16. | Fountain
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| 17. | Kempston Hardwick
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Holiday & Sickness Tracker | |
| 19. | Local Plan Hearing
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| 20. | 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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| 21. | Close of Meeting and items for the next/future agendas
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| 22. | Date and Time of Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Parish Council will be held on the 15th June 2023 @ 6.30 pm.
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Signed:
T J Bartens
T J Bartens
Parish Clerk