Agenda

Southern Rural Community Forum - Thursday, 11th September, 2025 7.30 pm

Venue: Great Ashby Community Centre, Whitehorse Lane, Stevenage, SG1 6NH

Items
No. Item

1.

ELECTION OF A CHAIR FOR THE COMMUNITY FORUM MEETING

To elect a chair for the Southern Rural Community Forum meeting on 11th September 2025.

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.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - GRANT APPLICATIONS pdf icon PDF 286 KB

To consider community grant applications for recommendation to the Executive Member for Governance.

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5.

PRESENTATION - LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANISATION pdf icon PDF 280 KB

Presentation and Q&A on Local Government Reorganisation.

 

Information on the Local Government Reorganisation can be found in the links below.

·         Help shape Hertfordshire's future - have your say on changes to local government | North Herts Council

·         Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation | North Herts Council

6.

COMMUNITY UPDATE pdf icon PDF 264 KB

To provide the Forum with an update to ensure Members are kept informed of the work of the Community Partnerships Team.

7.

WARD MATTERS & OUTSIDE ORGANISATIONS

To receive any verbal reports from Members and questions from members of the public regarding Ward matters and Outside Organisations.

8.

FUTURE COMMUNITY FORUMS

To discuss topics for future meetings.

Notes from the Meeting pdf icon PDF 279 KB

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