NOTICE OF A 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 Methodist Church Hall, Upper Caldecote on Thursday 24th October 2019 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 this 18th day of October 2019.
Mrs Lesley Rowe
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 Presentation regarding St Mary’s Churchyard.
4 To approve the minutes of the meetings held on 19th September and 10th October 2019.
5 To receive any updates on resolutions from the last meeting.
6 Open forum for 10 minutes to allow members of the press and public to speak on any open agenda item.
7 To consider the following planning applications.
7.1 CB/19/02571/FULL – land rear of The Meadows 25 Sand Lane, Northill SG18 9AD – erection of two detached houses with integral garages.
7.2 CB/19/03295/VOC – The Meadows, 25 Sand Lane, Northill SG18 9AD – Variation of condition
2 of planning permission CB/17/03223/FULL – erection of four bungalows and garages.
7.3 CB/19/03119/LB & CB/19/03118/FULL – 5 Warden Road, Ickwell SG18 9EL – resubmission of applications CB/19/01454/LB & CB/19/01453/FULL – new glazed single storey link to connect existing lounge to conservatory. Seeking to make alterations, including changes to fenestration to front and side elevation.
8 Police – Crime statistics for September 2019.
9 To note minutes/reports from committees/working groups.
9. 1Planning – 1st October 2019.
9. 2Finance & General Purposes – 10th October 2019.
9. 3Public Meeting notes – 19th September 2019.
9. 4BATPC AGM – 17th October 2019.
9.5 Planning training at CBC.
10 Neighbourhood Plan (a) Update. (b) Community Led Projects.
11 Central Bedfordshire Council.
11.1 To receive a report from CBC Councillor F Firth.
11.2. Clarification from CBC on the Public Space Protection Order consultation.
11.3 Update from CBC on the new Grant Schemes and New Homes Bonus.
11.4 Kerbside Garden Waste Suspension.
11.5 Update on CBC’s Draft Local Plan.
12 Financial matters.
12.1 Accounts paid and to be approved.
12.2 Income and Expenditure to 30th September 2019.
12.3 Feedback on grants.
12.4 To approve the Scope of Internal Audit as recommended by the Finance & General Purposes Committee.
12.5 To approve the Effectiveness of Internal Audit as recommended by the Finance & General Purposes Committee.
12.6 To approve the cemetery fees from April 2020 as recommended by the Finance & General Purposes Committee.
12.7 To consider an alternative website provider.
13 To accept the annual Risk Assessment as recommended by the Finance & General Purposes Committee.
14 Parish Matters
(a) Update.
(b) To consider the guidelines for the future use of Ickwell Green.
14.2 Emergency Planning.
14.3 Correspondence regarding parking on Biggleswade Road, Upper Caldecote.
14.4 Correspondence regarding a 20mph limit in Northill.
14.5 To consider the grass cutting specifications as recommended by the Finance & General Purposes Committee.
15 Information and communications.
15.1 General correspondence for circulation:
15.2 Correspondence regarding Bedfordshire Day 2019.
15.3 NALC consultation – NAO Audit Code of Practice Part Two.
15.4 NALC consultation – E-Briefing 12-19 Independent Review Into Local Government Audit Call for Evidence.
15.5 Correspondence regarding VE Day 75th Anniversary.
15.6 Notification of London Luton Airport’s consultation on the expansion of the airport.
16 Staff and councilor matters.
17 Highways.
18 Items for the next agenda
19 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 20 are discussed.
20 Items in closed session
(a) Allotments.
(b) Update on easements.
21 Date of next meeting.
22 To note: – closure of meeting.