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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, Caldecote on Thursday 30th October 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 this 24th day of October 2025
Tracy Duffy
Clerk
AGENDA
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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 held on the 11th September 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 September 2025
6.2 Speed Watch report.
6.3 AE558 report.
6.4 Planning – minutes 09.09.25 & 07.10.25 (see website)
6.5 F&GP draft minutes 09.10.25
6.6 Update from Police Priority setting meeting 08.10.25
7. Central Bedfordshire Council
7.1 To receive a report from CBC Councillor P Daniels.
7.2 CBC Tidy Tip.
7.3 Local Green Spaces – to agree areas and response.
8 Finance
8.1 Accounts to be approved.
8.2 Income & Expenditure to 30th September 2025
8.3 To approve budget for 2026-27 and precept increase as recommended by F&GP committee.
8.4 To approve cemetery fees as recommended by F&GP committee.
8.5 To approve the scope for internal audit as recommended by F&GP committee.
8.6 To approve the effectiveness of audit as recommended by F&GP committee.
8.7 To approve NPC risk assessment as recommended by F&GP committee.
8.8 Notification from Mazars of the completion of the External Audit for the year ended 31st March 2025.
8.9 To note CBC Grass cutting contribution of £2218.94
8.10 To consider quotes for Oak tree work on Ickwell Green.
8.11 To consider quote for potholes on the accommodation track.
8.12 To note grant feedback.
9 Parish Matters:
9.1 Highways:
(a) A1 Crossing
(b) Entrance gates to villages.
(c) Pedestrian Crossing Hitchin Rd – to agree NPC approach.
(d) Salt bins and roads – to agree action for winter.
9.2 Planning:
(a) S106.
(b) To give update regarding Anglian Water sewage capacity. Test case update.
9.3 Ickwell:
(a) Watercourse.
9.4 Upper & Lower Caldecote:
(a) To consider ‘Least We Forget’ Bench for RBL on Caldecote Green.
(b) Allotments: i) Fencing ii) Water iii) Concrete base
(c) Caldecote Church Rooms
9.5 Northill:
(a) Consider ‘dogs on lead’ sign for the churchyard.
(b) St Mary’s Church wall.
9.6 Other Parish Matters:
(a) East Anglian Air Ambulance letter re Defib training.
(b) Remembrance Day – to agree for the service to be delegated to RBL committee on behalf of NPC.
10 Information & Correspondence
10.1 Temporary Road Closures: –
(a) Northill Rd, Ickwell – 1st – 3rd Dec 2025 Anglian Water
(b) Bedford Rd, Northill – 17th-19th Nov 2025 (amended dates)
10.2 Newsletter – To consider new style, including logo & publication dates.
10.3 Proposed removal of St Mary’s Pews.
10.4 For Circulation: –
(a) SLCC Clerk Mag September 2025.
(b) P3 Ripple Newsletter
11 Staff and Councillor matters.
11.1 Councilor resignation
11.2 Items for the next agenda
12. Date of next meeting – 11th December 2025
13. To note: – closure of meeting.