Agenda

Council - Tuesday, 22nd April, 2025 7.00 pm

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Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for Absence and Declarations of Interest To receive any apologies and declarations of interest.
2.	Minutes of the previous meeting(s) PDF 65 KB To receive the minutes of the previous meetings held on 25 February and 19 March 2025. Additional documents: Minutes of Previous Meeting 25 2 25 , item 2. PDF 183 KB
3.	Chair's Announcements To receive any announcements from the Chair.
4.	Reports from the Leader and Members of the Executive PDF 79 KB To receive matters of report from the Leader and members of the Executive. Reports have been received from: · Councillor Arthur Coote, Portfolio Holder for Housing · Councillor Neil Reeve, Portfolio Holder for Environment and Climate Change · Councillor John Evans, Portfolio Holder for Planning · Councillor Neil Hargreaves, Portfolio Holder for Finance and the Economy Additional documents: Environment Portfolio Holder Update , item 4. PDF 86 KB Planning Portfolio Holder Update , item 4. PDF 62 KB Finance Portfolio Holder Update , item 4. PDF 71 KB
5.	Questions to the Leader, Members of the Executive and Committee Chairs (up to 30 minutes) PDF 71 KB To receive questions from members for the Executive and committee chairmen. Additional documents: Full Council, 22 April - Responses to written questions , item 5. PDF 84 KB
6.	Matters received about joint arrangements and external organisations To consider matters concerning joint arrangements and external organisations. · No matters to consider.
7.	Matters referred from the Executive and the Council's committees To consider any reports referred from the Executive and the Council’s committees and receive questions and answers on any of those reports. · Item 8 – Member Development Strategy has been recommended for approval by the Audit and Standards Committee. · Item 9 – The Co-Chairing Protocol for Planning Committee has been recommended for approval by the Audit and Standards Committee.
8.	Member Development Strategy PDF 89 KB View the background to item 8. To consider the Member Development Strategy. Additional documents: Appendix A - Draft Member Development Strategy final , item 8. PDF 137 KB Appendix B - Draft Terms of reference member development WG final , item 8. PDF 81 KB
9.	Co-Chairing Protocol Planning Committee PDF 77 KB View the background to item 9. To consider the Co-Chairing Protocol for Planning Committee. Additional documents: Planning Committee Co-Chair Protocol v3 , item 9. PDF 66 KB
10.	Fees and Charges Update PDF 95 KB To consider the report regarding Fees and Charges Update.
11.	Political Balance Update PDF 80 KB To consider the report regarding the revised political balance calculation.
12.	Member Motion: The Gardens Trust PDF 67 KB To consider the member motion relating to the Gardens Trust status as a statutory consultee in the planning process.
13.	Member Motion: Farms Inheritance Tax PDF 56 KB To consider the member motion regarding Farm Inheritance Tax.
14.	Member Motion: Local Government Reorganisation PDF 52 KB To consider the member motion regarding Local Government Reorganisation.