Inspired by real events. Populated by fictional idiots. Any resemblance to actual councillors is purely coincidental and entirely intentional.
After a seven-year repair-request odyssey, a Millbrook Road pothole is preserved as a Grade II* heritage site, complete with plaque and QR code.
The Local Plan 2050 consultation invited nuanced strategic thinking. The responses were mainly about car parks, a second Aldi, and a junction near Ampthill that "council knows about."
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A court has ordered a Dunstable shop to close. Legal experts say the closure itself may require retrospective planning permission, provided there are no neighbouring objections about the font on the notice.
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A £33.9m leisure centre. Eight-lane pool. Olympic opening. 150-station gym. One laminated A4 sign reading “Out of Order.” Tradition, upheld.
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The ISATRAC-SM initiative will cost £140,000 and report in February 2027. A scrutiny hearing into the review is planned, but terms of reference have not yet been drafted.
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Geoffrey Trimble, 71, has written 247 letters, 89 emails and made 34 phone calls about a privet hedge “at least four inches” over his boundary. The council has now created an award for him.
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The 312-page BESTS-2087 strategy contains 47 action points, a 2040 checkpoint that will require another four-year working group, and was printed in 847 copies on recycled paper.
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A blueprint so far-reaching the council needs a separate plan to keep track of it — complete with a Plan Planning Sub-Committee and a feasibility study into feasibility studies.
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As weekly food waste collections arrive, residents report naming their caddies, knitting them scarves and battling a quiet epidemic of “compost envy.”
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Kitchen-table drills, backup laptops and tales of heartbreak: the resident ticket discount has become, residents insist, a sport demanding focus, stamina and a stable connection.
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A council unveils a £250,000 scheme to save £3 on paper clips, complete with a five-tier requisition system and a community bus tour.
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Two years of committee meetings, a subcommittee on scone etiquette, and an unresolved parking question stand between St Bartholomew's and an actual fete.
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Bedford Borough Council voted 19–8 to replace all existing road signage with laminated A4 prints featuring motivational phrases sourced from a 2009 desk calendar.
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Kevin, 52, of Sandy, says he remains "cautiously optimistic" after submitting his application in 2022. He has since been required to submit environmental impact assessments for each of the five surrounding wheelie bins.
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Central Bedfordshire Council has unveiled what it describes as a "next-generation mobility solution" for villages south of Ampthill — an app that shows where buses would be, if they existed.
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The 47-page online form, which asks residents to respond to the proposed Luton expansion, has been quietly updated with a new question 34(b): "Please describe your feelings using only Boolean logic."
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Bedford Borough Council has committed £200,000 to a new Resilience Strategy, the deliverables of which are a spreadsheet and a laminated poster for the foyer.
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