Parish Council Meeting Agenda – 19th December 2024

Stewartby And Kempston Hardwick Logo

 

Email: clerk@stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk

Website: www.stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk

 

11th December 2024

 

To: Members of the Council

 

You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of Stewartby & Kempston Hardwick Parish Council to be held at the Committee Room, Stewartby Village Hall, Stewartby Way, Stewartby on THURSDAY 19TH  DECEMBER 2024 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.

 

2. Declarations of Interest in items on the Agenda

 

3. To consider any applications for a dispensation

 

4. Public Participation

Members of the public are invited to speak (5 minutes per person). Please raise your hand and state your name.

 

5. Minutes (attached)

To confirm the accuracy of the minutes of the Council meeting held on Thursday 21st November 2024.

 

6. Matters arising from previous minutes

For information only

 

7. Chairman’s Report

 

10 mins
8. Report from Bedford Borough Council

 

5 mins
9. Clerk’s Financial Report

9.1 Authorise BACS Payments

9.2 Balances of Accounts

9.3 Budget Monitoring

9.4 Bank Reconciliation

 

10 mins

 

10. Quotations for authorisation

10.1 Works at Village Hall

10.2 Legionalla Risk Assessment & Sample Testing

 

11. Planning Applications & Planning Decisions

 

11.1 Ref: 24/02197/MOF Major Outline and Full application Application: proposal for Hybrid planning application comprising full planning application for Plot 2 (Class E(g)iii light industrial/B2 general industrial/B8 storage and distribution), access, parking, drainage, landscaping and associated works; and outline planning application with all matters reserved for Plots 1A-C (Class E(b) food and drink/sui generis public house/C1 hotel/E(g)i office/E(g)ii research and development) and Plot 3 (Class E(g)i office/E(g)ii research and development/E(g)iii light industrial and ancillary B8 storage and distribution), access, parking, drainage, landscaping and associated works @ Plots 1A-C, 2 And 3 Bedford Commercial Park Swallow Way Wootton MK43 9ST11.2 Ref:

 

11.2 Planning Applications & Planning Decisions received after the despatch of the Agenda

 

11.3 Update on Universal Studios

 

10 mins
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 Encyclis

 

 

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

5 mins

13. Community Events 2025

 

14. Grants – update to be provided by Cllrs Law, Burnage & Haley

 

15. Council Surgery / Community Engagement

 

16. Data Protection Register/Information Commissioner

 

17. Safeguarding Policy

 

18. Street Trading Consent Application – Old A421 Lay by, Bedford

 

19. Public Spaces Protection Order – Dog Control new locations 

 

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.

 

21. Close of Meeting and items for the next/future agendas

 

22. Date and Time of Next Meeting

 

Thursday 16th January 2025 @ 6.30 pm

 

 

 

Signed:

T J Bartens

 

T J Bartens

Parish Clerk