Email: clerk@stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk
Website: www.stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk
12th November 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 20TH
NOVEMBER 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. | Update from Harworths about the Brickworks Site
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| 6. | Minutes (attached)
To confirm the accuracy of the minutes of the Council meeting held on Thursday 16th October 2025.
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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 Internal Auditor’s 2nd Quarter Bank Reconciliation Review (if available) 10.4 Annual Return 2023-24 External Audit Report (if available)
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10 mins
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| 11. | Quotations for authorisation
11.1 PAT Testing 11.2 Village Hall – Replacement Bottle Chiller for the Bar 11.3 Section 137 Request – Cllr Haley
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| 12. | Planning Applications & Planning Decisions
12.1 Planning Applications & Decisions received before the despatch of the Agenda
Ref: 24/02197/MOF Major Outline and Full application Application proposed: 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 Plot 3 (Class E(g)i office/E(g)ii research and development/E(g)iii light industrial), access, parking, drainage, landscaping and associated works @Plots 2 And 3 Bedford Commercial Park Swallow Way Wootton MK43 9ST
12.2 Planning Applications & Decisions received after the despatch of the Agenda 12.3 Update on Universal Studios 12.4 Consider Plans from Stewartby Bowling Club 12.5 Proposed New Footpath
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10 mins |
| 13. | Amenities
13.1 Highways/Lighting 13.2 Recreation Area 13.3 Social Engagement 13.4 Sports Field/Pavilion 13.5 Village Hall 13.6 Policing 13.7 Encyclis
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| 14. | Premises/ Fire Risk Assessments for Sports Pavilion & Village Hall
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| 15. | Community Events 2025 & Fountain
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| 16. | Grants
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| 17. | Council Surgery / Community Engagement
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| 18. | Exclusion of the Press & Public
· HR
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| 19. | 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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| 20. | Close of Meeting and items for the next / future agendas
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| 21. | Date and Time of Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held on the 18th December 2025 @ 6.30 pm.
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Signed:
T J Bartens
T J Bartens
Parish Clerk