NOTICE OF MEETING OF NORTHILL PARISH COUNCIL
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Dear Sir/Madam
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of Northill Parish Council will be held at Ickwell Village Hall, Ickwell, on Thursday 10th September 2026 at 7.30pm. All members of this Council are hereby summoned to attend for the purpose of considering and resolving upon the business to be transacted at the Meeting as set out hereunder:
Dated 4th day of September 2026
Tracy Duffy
Clerk
AGENDA
1. To receive apologies for absence.
2 To receive declarations of interest from councillors on items on the agenda that have not previously been registered.
2.1 To receive any written requests for dispensations for disclosable pecuniary interests.
2.2 To grant any requests for dispensations as appropriate.
3. To approve the minutes of the parish council meeting held on the 23rd July 2026
4. To receive updates on resolutions from the last meeting (Clerk).
5. Open forum for 10 minutes to allow members of the press and public to speak on any open agenda item.
6. Reports
6.1 Police reports for July & August
6.2 Speed Watch report.
6.3 Planning – draft minutes from 04.08.26 & 01.09.26 (on website)
6.4 P3 Minutes – 21.07.26
7. Central Bedfordshire Council
7.1 To receive a report from CBC Councillor P Daniels.
8. Finance
8.1 Accounts to be approved.
8.2 To consider renewing CPRE membership at a donation of £60
8.3 Notification from Mazars of the completion of the External Audit for the year ended 31st March 2025-2026
8.4 Ideas for Strategic Plan & Projects for 2027-2028 (for the budget)
9. Parish Matters:
9.1 Highways:
(a) CBC Local Transport Plan 2026 consultation
(b) A1 Crossing update
(c) CBC road safety partnership offer / Speed Indicator Devices
(d) Entrance gates to villages.
(e) Pedestrian Crossing – Hitchin Rd
(f) Traffic calming on Biggleswade Road, Upper Caldecote.
(g) To consider supporting a HGV ban on Warden Rd, Ickwell.
9.2 Planning:
(a) S106 -report from NB
(b) CB/24/02537/REG3, Northill CE Academy
9.3 Ickwell:
(a) Watercourse
(b) Use / hire of The Green
(c) Local community event featuring food vendors and artisan stall holders on the Green request
(d) Watering of the new Oak Tree
9.4 Upper & Lower Caldecote:
(a) Allotments – formal opening day
(b) GH to present Flower bed / box at The Pound, including design and cost.
(c) Caldecote Church Rooms
(d) Dog bins
9.5 Northill:
(a) St. Mary’s church, wall, stile / gate
(b) Northill Pond repairs.
10 Other Parish Matters:
(a) scope for variety and location of any new trees within the parish.
(b) Grass cutting responsibilities.
(c) CPRE Hedgerow planting.
11 Information & Correspondence
11.1 Temporary Road Closures: –
(a) Thorncote Rd, Hatch/ Thorncote Rd, Northill/ Thorncote Green, Hatch
Anglian Water – 0800145145, Vac Pot Maintenance Works, From Bedford Rd to Brook End, from 0900-1500HRS from 23 to 24 November
(b) U162 From C156 Bedford Road To U163 Budna Lane, NORTHILL/ St Johns Road, MOGGERHANGER/ Budna Road, NORTHILL – Safe access to joint box for cabling work- Length affected: U162 – Wood Lane to Budna Rd, St Johns Road – Park Rd to Budna Rd, Budna Rd – junction with St Johns Road, 30 November between the hours 0930 – 1530- Diversion Route A603, Hitchin Rd, Thorncote Rd, Thorncote Green, Thorncote Rd, Bedford Rd UC162 and vice versa.
11.2 Correspondence –
(a) Clerks & Councils Direct magazine
12 Staff and Councillor matters.
12.1 Items for the next agenda
12.2 Items for the newsletter (November edition)
12.3 To consider a thank-you voucher for the person who completed the cemetery mapping on Parish Online
To resolve that under Section 1 of the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act and in view of the confidential nature of business about to be transacted, it is advisable in the public interest that the press and public be temporarily excluded, and they are instructed to withdraw whilst matters pertaining to item 13 are discussed.
Item in closed session.
13 To note annual pay award for clerk.
13 Date of next meeting – 22nd October 2026
14. To note: – closure of meeting.