Agenda

Baldock and Villages Community Forum - Monday, 23rd March, 2026 7.30 pm

Venue: Baldock Library, Simpson Drive, Baldock. Hertfordshire SG7 6DH

Items
No.	Item
1.	OPENING REMARKS
2.	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
3.	CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS Members are reminded that any declarations of interest in respect of any business set out in the agenda, should be declared as either a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or Declarable Interest and are required to notify the Chair of the nature of any interest declared at the commencement of the relevant item on the agenda. Members declaring a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest must withdraw from the meeting for the duration of the item. Members declaring a Declarable Interest, wishing to exercise a ‘Councillor Speaking Right’, must declare this at the same time as the interest, move to the public area before speaking to the item and then must leave the room before the debate and vote.
4.	POLICE CRIME DATA STATISTICS PRESENTATION PDF 87 KB Presentation by Sgt. Champion and Insp. Lant regarding the crime data for Baldock and the Villages.
5.	PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - GRANT APPLICATIONS PDF 148 KB To consider community grant applications for recommendation to the Executive Member for Governance. Community Partnership Officer to update members with the current budget information. St. Mary’s Ashwell grant application. NHCVS Grant application presented. Additional documents: Appendix 1. Baldock & Villages Community Grant Budget 25-26 , item 5. PDF 92 KB Appendix 2. St Marys Church Ashwell 154 v.1 , item 5. PDF 160 KB Appendix 3. NHCVS 257 v.1 , item 5. PDF 188 KB
6.	OSBOURNE COURT CARE HOME PRESENTATION Presentation by Esher Williams from Osbourne Court Care Home.
7.	REVIVEL PRESENTATION Presentation by Richard Meredith-Hardy about the work of RevIvel.
8.	RENTERS' RIGHTS ACT PRESENTATION Presentation by NHC Officer Frank Harrison about the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
9.	BALDOCK TOWN CENTRE DESIGN CODE: BOLLARDS Councillor A Willoughby to raise a possible change to the town centre design code for Baldock. To be followed by an in principle vote.
10.	GROWING BALDOCK Q&A The Urban and Civic Team will be available for questions.
11.	PERSONAL TRAVEL BUDGETS CONSULTATION Information regarding the Hertfordshire County Council consultation on Personal Travel Budgets.
12.	WARD MATTERS & OUTSIDE ORGANISATIONS To receive any verbal reports from Members and questions from members of the public regarding Ward matters and Outside Organisations.
13.	COMMUNITY UPDATE PDF 103 KB To provide the Forum with an update to ensure Members are kept informed of the work of the Community and Partnerships Team.
14.	FUTURE COMMUNITY FORUMS To discuss topics for future meetings.