The next meeting of Maulden Parish Council is to be held on Monday, October 12, 2026, 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
| 58 | Apologies for absence (NB: Cllrs’ apologies may be recorded without being formally accepted) | Clerk | |||
| 59 | Declarations of interest regarding personal or pecuniary interest in any agenda item | All | |||
| 60 | Public Forum – Standing Orders will be suspended for members of the public to address MPC in relation to an agenda item or to request matters to be discussed at a subsequent meeting. Members of the public may each have 3 minutes to speak.
MAULDEN LOWER SCHOOL NEW HEAD |
Public | |||
| 61 | Approval Of Minutes – Parish Council Meetings held on September 14, 2026 – circulated. | All | |||
| 62 | Actions Arising – actions from above minutes not covered under agenda item (see Appendix A). | All | |||
| 63 | Clerk’s Report & Correspondence – circulated to all cllrs (see appendix C) | Clerk | |||
| 64 | Chair’s report – including co-option for MPC Cllr vacancy. | Chair | |||
| 65 | Policies – online storage systems, and Social Media Policy. Volunteer Community Pack | Chair | |||
| 66 | Planning: To consider info & reports & resolve where applicable. | Applications received to meeting date (see Appendix B), consider planning group recommendations, & to resolve where applicable. | Cllr Phillips | ||
| Autumn Cottage (Highways) | Clerk | ||||
| Maulden Garden Centre – planning enforcement | Ward Cllr | ||||
| 67 | Finance: To consider info & reports and resolve where applicable
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a: Finance report – inc receipt of completion of AGAR 2025-2026, budget 2027-2028 & election costings | Clerk | ||
| b: Confirm monthly bank reconciliation approval for June, July, August, Sept. | Cllr Aston | ||||
| c: Payments to be approved – None | Clerk | ||||
| d: Payments since the last meeting to be approved | Clerk | ||||
| e: Grant funding | Cllr Jackson | ||||
| f: Grant applications | Chair | ||||
| g: S106 funding – S106 parish register | Cllr Jackson | ||||
| h: Resilience Planning | Cllr Phillips | ||||
| 68 | Recreation Ground, Play Areas, Green Spaces: To consider info & reports & resolve where applicable. | a: Recreation Ground & Play Area report – inc RoSPA report repairs, Gardeners Close Play Area, bin collection, Maulden Bowls Club lease | Cllr Phillips
Cllr Aston |
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| b: Pavilion – inc Pavilion Group update | “ | ||||
| c: Trilley Fields Play Area | Chair | ||||
| d: Community Orchard – inc access to track | Chair | ||||
| e: Millenium Garden maintenance costs | Cllr Phillips | ||||
| f: Tree Warden | Cllr Woodward | ||||
| g: Allotments | Clerk | ||||
| h. Environment – inc CPRE dinner report | Cllr Illingworth | ||||
| 69 | Other reports to be considered & resolved where applicable. | a: Highways | Cllr Browning | ||
| b: Flooding | Chair | ||||
| c: Events – inc Remembrance Sunday, Poppies, Senior Citizens’ Xmas Tea; Christmas Lights, Lantern Parade & Tractor Run, Community Café, Cheese & Wine evening. | Chair | ||||
| d: Village Hall | Cllr Penniston | ||||
| 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: Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) – Resilience Training | Cllr Penniston | ||||
| 70 | Items for next agenda: November 16, 2026 | ||||
| 71 | Dates of next meetings: 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. | ||||