Bedford

Committees

Full Council

Meetings of all elected councillors

Full Council ›

Overview & Scrutiny

Holds the cabinet and council to account

Adult Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee › Budget and Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee › Budget Scrutiny Committee › Children's Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee › Environment and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee › Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee › Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee › Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Sustainability and Transformation Partnership › Joint Meeting of the Children's Services and Health Overview and Scrutiny Committees › Joint Meeting of the Children's Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee and the Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee › South East Midlands Acute Services Review Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee › Universal Project Overview and Scrutiny Committee ›

Planning

Decides planning applications and development policy

Planning Committee ›

Licensing

Considers licensing applications and policy

(Gambling Act 2005) Licensing Sub-Committee › General Licensing Committee › General Licensing Sub-Committee › (Licensing Act 2003) Licensing Committee › (Licensing Act 2003) Licensing Sub-Committee ›

Housing

Oversees housing policy and management

Housing Committee ›

Audit

Financial oversight and governance

Audit Committee ›

Standards

Upholds standards of conduct for councillors

Standards Committee ›

Pensions

Manages the council's pension fund

Bedfordshire Local Pension Board › Pension Fund Committee › Pension Fund Responsible investment Sub Group ›

Health & Wellbeing

Oversees health strategy and wellbeing

Health and Wellbeing Board ›
▸ Show 31 other committees (working groups, internal bodies)
Appointments Committee › Bedford Bus Forum › Bedford High Street Heritage Action Zone › Bedford Schools' Forum › Bedford Town Deal Board › Bedfordshire Police and Crime Panel › Bedfordshire Police and Crime Panel Complaints Sub-Committee › Climate Change Committee › Climate Change Workshop › Community Infrastructure Levy Committee › Cotton End Parish Council › East West Rail Briefing › Employee Partnership Committee › Environment Committee Task and Finish Group - Planning Review 2021/2022 › Executive › Finance and Improvement Committee › General Purposes Committee › Grants Committee › Joint Consultative and Negotiating Committee for Primary and Secondary Education › Little Barford Parish Meeting › Safer Communities Thematic Partnership › Shareholder Board for Benedict Bedford Limited › Shortstown Parish Council › Standards Complaints Sub-Committee › Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education › Treasury Management Advisory Panel › Trustees of the Bedford Park Charity › Trustees of the House of Industry Estate Management Committee › Trustees of the Mayor of Bedford's Charity › Wixams Joint Development Control Committee › Yarl's Wood Sub-Committee ›