Agenda and decisions

If a Councillor has a disclosable pecuniary interest in a particular item, whether or not it is entered in the Authority’s register of interests, or any other significant interest which they consider should be declared in the public interest, they should declare the existence and, unless it is a sensitive interest as defined in the Member Code of Conduct, the nature of the interest at the commencement of the consideration of that item or as soon as it becomes apparent.

At meetings where members of the public are allowed to be in attendance and speak, any Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest or other significant interest may also make representations, give evidence or answer questions about the matter.  The Councillor must then withdraw immediately from the meeting before the matter is discussed and any vote taken.

Where Members of the public are not allowed to be in attendance and speak, then the Councillor with a disclosable pecuniary interest should withdraw from the meeting whilst the matter is under consideration. Councillors who have declared other significant interests should also withdraw from the meeting if they consider their continued participation in the matter would not be reasonable in the circumstances and may give rise to a perception of a conflict of interest.

Councillors are not obliged to withdraw from the meeting where a dispensation to that effect has been obtained from the Standards Committee.

That Cabinet:

1.    Approve the adoption of H&F’s Affordable Workspace Strategy, 2026-2031, as set out in Appendix 1.

2.    Note that the indicative budget allocations set out in the Strategy are subject to change depending on delivery opportunities and more detailed work on the interventions.

3.    Note that any spending decisions will be the subject of future reports as required by the Council’s usual governance processes.

1.    To approve publication of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham’s Enhanced Biodiversity Duty Report (2024–2026) to meet statutory reporting requirements under the Environment Act 2021.

2.    To endorse the biodiversity priorities and monitoring approach for 2026–2030, including integration with the forthcoming London Local Nature Recovery Strategy.

3.    To note that delivery of future biodiversity actions will be met within existing budgets, supplemented by external funding such as the Green Investment Fund, S106, and GLA programmes.

This item includes appendices that contain exempt information. Discussion of the exempt appendices will require passing the resolution at the end of the agenda to exclude members of the public and press.

1.    To note that Appendix 1 is not for publication on the basis that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) as set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

2.    To approve the procurement strategy set out in this report. The contracts to be awarded through a closed framework for a maximum of four years. The financial implications are set out in exempt Appendix 1.

Proposed resolution

Under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, that the public and press be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of an item of business, on the grounds that it contains the likely disclosure of exempt information, as defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the said Act, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption currently outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.