Agenda for December 15, 2025, Maulden Parish Council meeting

The next meeting of Maulden Parish Council is to be held on Monday, December 15, 2025, at the Church Hall, Church Road, Maulden, Beds, MK45 2AU, starting at 7.30pm, and the public and press are invited to attend.

This is a link to a downloadable printable PDF copy of the agenda, please do not print this post, reports being presented to the meeting can be found on this link.

A G E N D A

75		Apologies for absence (NB: Cllrs’ apologies may be recorded without being formally accepted)		Clerk
76		Declarations of Interest regarding personal or pecuniary interest in any agenda item		All
77		Public Forum – Standing Orders will be suspended for members of the public to address the Council in relation to an agenda item or to request matters to be discussed at a subsequent meeting. Members of the public may have 3 minutes to speak. NONE REGISTERED		Public
78		Approval Of Minutes – Parish Council Meeting held on November 10, 2025 – circulated		All
79		Actions Arising – actions from above minutes not covered under agenda item (see Appendix A).		All
80		Councillor Vacancy & Co-Option		Chair
81		Community Governance Review – to consider CBC’s recommendation that MPC’s membership be cut from 12 cllrs to 9 and resolve response.		Chair
82		Planning: To consider info & reports & resolve where applicable.	Applications received to meeting date (see Appendix B), re planning group recommendations, & resolve where applicable.	Cllr Jackson
			Autumn Cottage (Highways)	Ward Cllr
			Maulden Garden Centre – planning enforcement	Ward Cllr
			Dog & Badger – planning enforcement appeal	Ward Cllr

83		Finance: To consider info & reports and resolve where applicable	a: Finance report – inc Excel issues & Clerk’s annual appraisal	Clerk
			b: Confirm monthly bank reconciliation approval	Cllr Aston
			c: Payments to be approved	Clerk
			d: Payments since the last meeting	Clerk
			e: Grant funding – Rookery South Wildflowers, UKSPF	Cllr Jackson
			f: Grant applications – BHECCS charity	Chair
			g: S106 funding – S106 parish register	Cllr Jackson
			h: Draft Budget 2026-2027	Chair
84		Recreation Ground, Play Areas, Green Spaces: To consider info & reports & resolve where applicable.	a: Recreation Ground & Play Area report – inc pitch rolling request, gate replacement, bin relocation, main gate maintenance.	Cllrs Phillips Cllr Aston
			b: Pavilion – inc refurbishment	“
			c: Trilley Fields Play Area – inc bench, fencing works, hedge, bulbs	Chair
			d: Community Orchard – inc access to track	Chair
			e: Tree Warden	Cllr Woodward
			f: Allotments	Chair
			g. Environment	Cllr Illingworth
85		Other reports to be considered & resolved where applicable.	a: Highways – inc SIDs	Cllr Browning
			b: Flooding	Chair
			c: Events – inc Christmas Lights Switch-On (Nov 29), Senior Citizen’s Xmas Tea (Dec 11), Summer Play Events	Cllr Wasser
			d: Village Hall	Cllr Woodward
			e: Defibrillators – inc training	Cllr Rudkin
			f: Streetlights	Cllr Rudkin
			g: Neighbourhood Plan	Cllr Aston
			h: Safety – inc Crime Stats	Cllr Browning
			i: Ward Cllrs’ report	Ward Cllrs
			j: Chairperson’s report	Chairperson
			k: Clerk’s report – GDPR training.	Clerk
	86	To be considered.	a: Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)		Cllr Penniston
			b: Correspondence to meeting date – circulated to all cllrs (see appendix C)
	87	Items for next agenda: December 15, 2025
	88	Dates of next meetings: December 15, 2025; January 19, 2026; March 2, 2026 (& Annual Parish Meeting 7pm); April 13, 2026; May 18, 2026 (& Annual Parish Council Meeting); June 22, 2026; July 27, 2026; September 7, 2026; October 12, 2026; November 16, 2026; December 21, 2026; January 25, 2027; March 1, 2027 (& Annual Parish Meeting 7pm); April 5, 2027; May 10, 2027 (& Annual Parish Council Meeting.