Email: clerk@stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk
Website: www.stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk
10th June 2026
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 JUNE
2026 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. | To consider co-opting a member of the public to become a Parish Councillor
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| 6. | Minutes (attached)
To confirm the accuracy of the minutes of the Council meeting held on Thursday 21st May 2026.
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| 7. | Matters arising from previous minutes
For information only
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| 8. | Chairman’s Report
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10 mins |
| 9. | Report from Bedford Borough Council
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5 mins |
| 10. | Clerk’s Financial Report
10.1 Authorise BACS Payments 10.2 Balances of Accounts 10.3 Review of Pitch & Sports Pavilion Hire Rates 10.4 Bank Reconciliation Review Quarter 3 & 4 10.5 Annual Return 2025-26
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10 mins
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| 11. | Quotations for authorisation
11.1 Noise Monitoring for 100 Year Event 11.2 Bowls Club Fencing 11.3 Replacement Bollards 11.4 Premises Licence Costs 11.5 Fire Extinguisher Replacements 11.6 Signs for 100 Year Event
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| 12. | Planning Applications & Planning Decisions
12.1 Planning Applications & Decisions received before the despatch of the Agenda
Applications: Ref: 26/00807/MAR Major Reserved Matters Application proposed Reserved matters application relating to access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for earthworks and drainage pursuant to outline planning permission 18/03022/EIA Former Stewartby Brickworks, Broadmead Road, Stewartby, Bedfordshire
Ref: 26/00374/FUL Full Planning Application proposed Demolition of existing annexe building to the rear of church hall @ Stewartby Church Hall, Park Crescent, Stewartby, Bedford, Bedfordshire MK43 9NL
Decisions:
Ref: 26/00127/FUL Full Planning Application Construction of temporary highway crossover for construction vehicle access and site compound @ Marston Vale Middle School, The Crescent, Stewartby, Bedford, Bedfordshire MK43 9NH – REFUSED
12.2 Planning Applications & Decisions received after the despatch of the Agenda 12.3 Update on Universal Studios 12.4 Planning Appeal
Ref: 6003946 Land adjacent to Sheffield House, South-West of Ampthill Road (B530), Houghton Conquest
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| 13. | Amenities
13.1 Highways/Lighting 13.2 Recreation Area – ROSPA Report 13.3 Social Engagement 13.4 Sports Field/Pavilion 13.5 Village Hall – update on insurance claim 13.6 Policing
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| 14. | Proposal for a Foodbank
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| 15. | Community Events 2026
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| 16. | Grants
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| 17. | Council Surgery / Community Engagement
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| 18. | 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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| 19. | Close of Meeting and items for the next / future agendas
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| 20. | Date and Time of Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held on the 16th July 2026 @ 6.30 pm.
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Signed:
T J Bartens
T J Bartens
Parish Clerk