Agenda

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.

To approve the minutes of the previous meeting and note any outstanding actions.

This report sets out the progress made on the implementation of the Cultural Strategy adopted by Cabinet in October 2023. 

This report outlines the strategic approach being developed for a Public Realm Maintenance & Project Works Contract for all Council Public Realm works from April 2026.

This report provides an update to the Committee on the results of the annual Parks Satisfaction Survey via the council’s ‘Have you Say’ platform. The report outlines the key results and the next steps towards bringing forward a Parks Improvement Plan to a future cycle of the Committee.

This report provides further detail on the process to be followed in preparing the new Local Plan and the likely key issues a new Local Plan for the borough will need to address.