NOTICE OF MEETING OF NORTHILL PARISH COUNCIL
This meeting may be recorded/filmed
Dear Sir/Madam
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of Northill Parish Council will be held at the Methodist Church Hall, on Thursday 23rd April 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 this 17th day of April 2026
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 12th March 2026 and Annual Parish Meeting 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
6. Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity – talk on affordable housing.
7. Reports
7.1 Police reports March 2026
7.2 Speed Watch report.
7.3 Planning – draft minutes 07.04.26 (see website)
7.4 Broom South Liaison Group minutes 17.03.26
8. Central Bedfordshire Council
8.1 To receive a report from CBC Councillor P Daniels.
8.2 CBC Fees & Charges consultation.
9 Finance
9.1 Accounts to be approved.
9.2 Income & Expenditure to 31st March 2026
9.3 In relation to AGAR – To approve:
(a) Internal Auditor’s report for the financial year 2025-2026
(b) Annual Governance Statement
(c) Accounting Statement
(d) To agree the date for the exercise of public rights.
9.4 Notification of receipt of first instalment of precept for 2026/27
9.5 Quotes for the accommodation track.
10 Parish Matters:
10.1 Highways:
(a) A1 Crossing
(b) Entrance gates to villages.
(c) Pedestrian Crossing – Hitchin Rd
(d) Parking issue, junction of Bedford Road, Ickwell Road and Thorncote Road
10.2 Planning:
(a) S106.
(b) CBC Planning Committee Reform
(c) The Huts (email from resident)
10.3 Ickwell:
(a) Home Farm Barns.
(b) Watercourse
(c) Sewage Spill.
(d) To consider food van (when Shuttleworth Air shows are on).
10.4 Upper & Lower Caldecote:
(a) Allotments
(b) Propose listing Upper Caldecote Church Room as an Asset of Community Value by NPC.
(c) To consider a flower box at the Pound, Upper Caldecote
10.5 Northill:
(a) To consider permission and contribution to WW11 plaque in St. Mary’s church
10.6 Other Parish Matters:
(a) Police watch Schemes
(b) Keep Britain Tidy – Dog Fouling
11 Information & Correspondence
11.1 Temporary Road Closures: –
(a) Shuttleworth Air Shows – Various
(b) Biggleswade Road, Upper Caldecote, Cabling and Jointing Works, from Marshalls Way to A1, 18 June between the hours of 0930-1530, Diversion: A1, Bedford Rd, Hitchin Rd, Brook End, Vinegar Hill, Biggleswade Rd and vice versa.
(c) Bedford Road Old Warden To B658 Bedford Road, OLD WARDEN, from 26 May to 5 June from 0800-1800hrs and 0800-1300hrs on Saturdays. The second phase is expected to take place between the dates 22 June to 10 July. Diversion:Zuc130, Ireland and vice versa.
(d) Bedford Road, Old Warden, Anglian Water, Meter Exchange Works, 14th July between the hours of 0900-1600. Diversion: Southill Rd, Cople Rd, Northill Rd, Bedford Rd, Ickwell Rd, Northill Rd, Warden Rd, The Village, Bedford Rd and vice versa.
11.2 Correspondence –
(a) SLCC magazine
(b) Clerks & Council Magazine
12 Staff and Councillor matters.
12.1 Items for the next agenda
12.2 Data Protection & GDPR training.
13. Date of next meeting – 28th May 2026 (annual parish council meeting)
14. To note: – closure of meeting.