Email: clerk@stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk
Website: www.stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk
9th July 2025
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 17TH JULY 2025 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 meeting held on Thursday 19th June 2025.
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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 BACS Payments 9.2 Balances of Accounts 9.3 Internal Auditor’s 1st Quarter Bank Reconciliation Review (if available)
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10 mins
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| 10. | Quotations for authorisation
10.1 Replacement laptop for Village Hall Clerk 10.2 Upgrade of Village Hall Sound System 10.3 Goal Sockets 10.4 Hedge Cutting
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| 11. | Planning Applications & Planning Decisions
11.1 Planning Applications & Decisions received before the despatch of the Agenda 11.2 Planning Applications & Decisions received after the despatch of the Agenda 11.3 Update on Universal Studios 11.4 Brickworks Masterplan/Design Brief
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10 mins |
| 12. | Amenities
12.1 Highways/Lighting 12.2 Recreation Area 12.3 Social Engagement 12.4 Sports Field/Pavilion 12.5 Village Hall 12.6 Policing 12.7 Encyclis
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5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins 5 mins |
| 13. | Community Events 2025 & Fountain
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| 14. | Grants
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| 15. | Council Surgery / Community Engagement
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| 16. | Policies:
· Uniform Issue Form · Integrated Management System Manual & Policy Statement · Lone Worker Policy & Risk Assessment · Safeguarding Adults Policy & Risk Assessment · Modern Slavery & Ethical Business Practices Policy · Ethical Labour Principles
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| 17. | 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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| 18. | Close of Meeting and items for the next/future agendas
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| 19. | Date and Time of Next Meeting
There will be an Extraordinary Meeting of the Parish Council held on the 24th July 2025 at the Village Hall commencing at 6.30 pm to discuss the planning application in respect of Universal Studios.
The next meeting will be held on the 18th September 2025 @ 6.30 pm.
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