Agenda for March 3, 2025, Maulden Parish Council meeting

The next meeting of Maulden Parish Council is to be held on Monday, March 3, 2025, at the Church Hall, Church Road, Maulden, Beds, MK45 2AU, following on from the Annual Parish Meeting which starts at 7pm, and the public and press are invited to attend the council meeting.

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.

132		Apologies for absence (NB: Apologies may be recorded without being formally accepted)		Clerk
133		Declarations of Interest regarding personal or pecuniary interest in any agenda item		All
134		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. ONE REGISTERED MAULDEN AGAINST DEVELOPMENT.		Public
135		Approval Of Minutes – Parish Council Meeting held on January 20, 2025 – circulated		All
136		Actions Arising – actions from the above minutes not covered under an agenda item (see Appendix A).		All
137		Planning	To consider applications (see Appendix B) inc any received after this agenda was issued, re planning group recommendations, & resolve where applicable.	Cllr Jackson
			The Brache land and boundary	Chair
			Autumn Cottage (Highways)	Ward Cllr
			Maulden Garden Centre – planning enforcement	Ward Cllr
			CityFibre works & retrospective Wayleave	Chair
138		Finance: To consider info & repots and resolve where applicable	a: Finance report	Clerk
			b: Confirm monthly bank reconciliation approval	Cllr Aston
			c: Payments to be approved: Millennium Garden maintenance £1,137no vat Play Insp training £860+£120vat	Clerk
			d: Payments since the last meeting	Clerk
			e: Grant applications – Rookery South Wildflowers	Cllr Jackson
			f: Grant funding – Maulden Playgroup, Maulden Society Of Gardeners, Maulden Community 5k	Chair
			g: S106 funding – S106 parish register	Cllr Jackson
139		Recreation Ground, Play Areas, Green Spaces: To consider info & reports & resolve where applicable.	a: Recreation Ground & Play Area report – inc CCTV, questionnaire, S31 deposits, play insp training	Cllr Phillips Cllr Aston
			b: Pavilion Group – inc storage of MPC equipment, refurbishment	“
			c: Trilley Fields Play Area – inc tree works	“
			d: Community Orchard – inc access to track	“
			e: Tree Warden	Cllr Woodward
			f: Allotments – inc ditch clearance	“
			g. Environment – biodiversity objectives, litter clearance/GB Spring Clean	Cllr Illingworth
140		Other reports to be considered & resolved where applicable.	a: Highways – inc footpaths, SIDs	Cllr Browning
			b: Flooding – inc riparian responsibilities	Chair
			c: Events – inc Easter Egg hunt, VE Day 80^th, Summer play sessions,	Cllr Browning
			d: Village Hall	Cllr Woodward
			e: Defibrillators – inc training	Cllr Rudkin
			f: Streetlights	Cllr Rudkin
			g: Neighbourhood Plan	Cllr Aston
			h: Safety – Crime Stats, First Aid Training	Cllr Browning
			i: Ward Cllrs’ report	Ward Cllrs
			j: Chairperson’s report	Chairperson
			k: Clerk’s report	Clerk
	141	To be considered.	a: Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)		Cllr Penniston
			b: Correspondence to meeting date – circulated to all cllrs (see appendix C)		All
	142	Items for next agenda: April 7, 2025;
	143	Dates of next meetings: April 7, 2025; May 12, 2025 (& Annual Parish Council Meeting); June 23, 2025, July 28, 2025 (at Maulden Village Hall), September 1, 2025; October 6, 2025; November 10, 2025; December 15, 2025; January 19, 2026; March 2, 2026 (& Annual Parish Meeting 7pm); April 13, 2026; May 18, 2026 (& Annual Parish Council Meeting).