Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors S. Colella and P. Whittaker.

To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests.

Councillors K. May, S. Baxter and K. Taylor declared an Other Disclosable Interest in respect of minute item 37/24.

There was no Urgent Business on this occasion.

The minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 11^th September 2024 were submitted for Members’ consideration.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 11^th September 2024 be approved and signed as a true and accurate record by the Leader.

(a)            To receive and note the minutes of from the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Board meeting held on 10^th September 2024.

(b)            Members are asked to note that the National Forest Bid is due to be pre-scrutinised at a meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Board scheduled to take place on 17th October 2024. Any recommendations arising from that meeting on this subject will be tabled for Members’consideration at the Cabinet meeting.

The minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny Board meeting held on 10^th September 2024 were submitted for Members’ consideration. It was noted that the Woodland Creation Application had been pre-scrutinised at the meeting held on 17^th October 2024. There had been no recommendations made by the Board in respect of this report at the meeting. It was confirmed that there were no further outstanding recommendations from the Board from the meeting held on 10^th September 2024.

RESOLVED that the minutes from the Overview and Scrutiny Board meeting held on 10^th September 2024 be noted.

"RESOLVED: that under Section 100 I of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it/they involve(s) the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act, as amended, the relevant paragraph of that part, in each case, being as set out below, and that it is in the public interest to do so:-

RESOLVED that under Section 100 I of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, the public be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of scheme 12A to the Act, as amended, the relevant paragraph of that part, in each case, being as set out below and that it is in the public interest to do so:

The Deputy Chief Executive presented the report Woodland Creation Application report for Members’ consideration.

RESOLVED that in principle the Woodland Creation Application initiative be approved and if the bid be successful included in the 2025/6 Tranche 1 MTFP.

(During consideration of this item, Members discussed matters that necessitated the disclosure of exempt information. It was therefore agreed to move to exclude the press and public prior to any debate on the grounds that information would be revealed Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)).