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 the Methodist Church Hall, Upper Caldecote on Thursday 24th April 2025 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 17th day of April 2025
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 meeting of the parish council held on 13th March 2025.
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 March 2024
6.2 Speed Watch update.
6.3 Walk in Session report from 13th March 2025
7. To note minutes/reports from committees/working groups
7.1 Planning – draft minutes from meeting 1st April 2025
7.2 Update from AE558
7.3 Update / actions from Walk in Session 24.04.25
7.4 Minutes from P3 meeting 25th March 2025
7.5 Broom South Liaison Group Meeting minutes 11th March 2025.
8. Central Bedfordshire Council
8.1 To receive a report from CBC Councillor P Daniels.
9 Finance
9.1 Accounts to be approved.
9.2 Income & Expenditure to 31st March 2025 and draft accounts for 2024/25
9.3 Notification of receipt of first instalment of precept for 2025/26
9.4 Consider grant for AE558 Memorial Fund.
10. Parish Matters
10.1 A1 crossing:
a) To approve of the joint statement with Biggleswade Town Council in relation to an underpass.
b) To note response email to National Highways re signage request at FP7 & Tingey’s Corner
10.2 20 mph speed limit outside Northill CE Academy.
10.3 Hitchin Rd Speed Camera
10.4 To discuss traffic management of Manor Place – meeting 10th April 2025
10.5 Entrance gates to villages.
10.6 Review of the Neighbourhood Plan.
10.7 Lapwing Drive / Vinegar Hill ditch ownership
10.8 Caldecote Church Rooms.
10.9 Discuss and identify projects for future S106.
10.10 Exploratory work in field to South of Biggleswade Road
10.11 Ickwell Green
a) Update on annual maintenance of the accommodation track;
b) An update from CBC regarding the watercourse.
c) to discuss and agree on how to achieve action on the watercourse.
10.12 Upper Caldecote Green
a) To discuss a course of action for driving and parking on.
b) to consider a footpath on the small green at the wide area from Water Lane to Biggleswade Road.
c) To consider a flower box at the top of the Green.
10.13 Annual Play Area inspection: To agree course of action for remedial works.
10.14 Allotments. a) general update b) deed transfer c) supply of water
10.15 To discuss options for dealing with the muntjac issue.
10.16 To consider the offer of donation to Caldecote Cemetery.
10.17 The donation of a memorial bench at Caldecote Cemetery
10.18 Northill Cemetery a) path. b) emptying shed c) topping up of graves.
11 Information and communications
11.1 General correspondence for circulation: SLCC magazine
11.2 To discuss invite from Quintas Cleantech for a private meeting.
11.3 Invitation to System Insight Network meeting on Community & Mental Health Services.
11.4 CPRE Living Countryside Awards 2025. To discuss nominations.
11.5 Proposed temporary road closures:
a) Manor Place, Upper Caldecote.
b) Zuc152 From Uc151 To Uc153 Stanford Road, STANFORD
c) Hill Lane, Upper Caldecote / Caldecote Rd, Ickwell / B658 from Broom Crossroads to Hill Lane, Old Warden.
d) Bridleway & Footpath closures in relation to Shuttleworth Air Shows.
11.6 Correspondence from two residents regarding the grass cutting.
12 Staff and Councillor matters.
13. Items for the next agenda
14. 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 14 are discussed.
Item in closed session.
14.1 Easement G.
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15. Date of next meeting – Thursday 29th May 2025, 1930, hours at Ickwell Village Hall, Ickwell.
16. To note: – closure of meeting.