Email: clerk@stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk
Website: www.stewartbykhparishcouncil.gov.uk
13th January 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 22 January 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 18th December 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 2nd Quarter Bank Reconciliation Review 9.4 Annual Return 2023-24 External Audit Report 9.5 Precept 2026-27
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10 mins
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| 10. | Quotations for authorisation
10.1 Village Hall Stoneworks 10.2 Village Hall Tree Works
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| 11. | Planning Applications & Planning Decisions
11.1 Planning Applications & Decisions received before the despatch of the Agenda
Ref: 26/00042/FUL Full Planning Application for proposed single storey rear extension @ 205 Stewartby Way, Stewartby, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 9LN
11.2 Planning Applications & Decisions received after the despatch of the Agenda 11.3 Update on Universal Studios 11.4 Planning Appeal
Inspector Ref: 6002675 Extension of dropped kerb and parking area to provide additional parking space, and resurfacing of existing parking space with surface dressed concrete with aggregate finish 25/01496/FUL Full Planning @ 206 Stewartby Way, Stewartby, Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9LN
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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. | Premises/ Fire Risk Assessments for Sports Pavilion & Village Hall
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| 14. | Community Events 2026 & Fountain
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| 15. | Grants
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| 16. | Council Surgery / Community Engagement
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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
The next meeting will be held on the 19th February 2026 @ 6.30 pm.
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Signed:
T J Bartens
T J Bartens
Parish Clerk