Agenda

Council - Wednesday 14th October 2026 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Parkside Suite - Parkside. View directions

Contact: Jess Bayley-Hill

Items
No.	Item
	Welcome
1.	To receive apologies for absence
2.	Declarations of Interest 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.
3.	To confirm the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 15th July 2026 PDF 260 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 to the minutes, 15/07/2026 Council , item 3. PDF 145 KB Appendix 2 to Minutes - responses to Questions, 15/07/2026 Council , item 3. PDF 224 KB
4.	To receive any announcements from the Chairman and/or Head of Paid Service View the background to item 4.
5.	To receive any announcements from the Leader
6.	To receive comments, questions or petitions from members of the public PDF 178 KB A period of up to 15 minutes is allowed for members of the public to make a comment, ask questions or present petitions. Each member of the public has up to 3 minutes to do this. A councillor may also present a petition on behalf of a member of the public.
7.	Urgent Decisions
8.	To receive and consider a report from the Portfolio Holder for Finance PDF 324 KB Up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item; no longer than 10 minutes for presentation of the report and then up to 3 minutes for each question to be put and answered.
9.	Findings of the Future Local Governance in Bromsgrove Working Group - Recommendation from the Electoral Matters Committee PDF 256 KB
10.	Introduction of the National Scheme of Delegations of Planning Functions (to follow) This report will follow in a supplementary pack for the meeting.
11.	Bromsgrove District Local Plan - Gateway 1 Self-Assessment and Summary of Scoping Consultation PDF 520 KB Additional documents: Appendix A BDC Gateway 1 self-assessment , item 11. PDF 121 KB Appendix B Bromsgrove District Local Plan - Summary of scoping consultation_final , item 11. PDF 506 KB
12.	Designation of the Monitoring Officer Function PDF 128 KB
13.	Audit, Standards and Governance Committee Annual Report 2025/26 PDF 799 KB
14.	Overview and Scrutiny Board Annual Report 2025/26 PDF 1 MB
15.	Changes to Committee Membership Council is asked to note the following changes to Committee membership: Joint Appointments Committee: · Councillor S. Robinson has replaced Councillor R. Hunter. · Councillor H. Warren-Clarke has replaced Councillor P. McDonald. Planning Committee: · Councillor S. Robinson has been appointed as a new named substitute for members of the Liberal Democrat Group.
16.	Recommendations from the Cabinet PDF 198 KB View the background to item 16. To consider the recommendations from the meeting(s) of the Cabinet held on 22^nd July and 16^th September 2026.
17.	Background Information on the recommendations from the Cabinet
17a	Low Cost Housing Capital Receipts PDF 139 KB View the background to item 17a
17b	Treasury Management Outturn Report 2025/26 PDF 628 KB View the background to item 17b
17c	Quarter 4 Financial Monitoring and Outturn Report 2025/26 PDF 1 MB View the background to item 17c
17d	BDC Equality Strategy 2026-2030 PDF 234 KB View the background to item 17d At the Cabinet meeting held on 16^th September 2026 Members agreed to extend the timeframes for the Equalities Strategy and the Engagement Policy from 2026 – 2028 up to 2026 – 2030. Additional documents: Appendix 1 BDC Equality Strategy , item 17d PDF 854 KB Appendix 1 BDC Engagement Policy , item 17d PDF 598 KB
17e	Discretionary Council Tax Reduction Policy 2026/27 PDF 156 KB View the background to item 17e Additional documents: Appendix A - BDC Council Tax Reduction Policy 2026_27 , item 17e PDF 294 KB Appendix B - Equality Impact Assessment , item 17e PDF 323 KB
18.	To note the minutes of the meetings of the Cabinet held on 22nd July and 16th September 2026 PDF 205 KB View the background to item 18. Additional documents: Minutes - 16/09/2026 Cabinet , item 18. PDF 265 KB
19.	Questions on Notice (To follow) View the background to item 19. To deal with any questions on notice from Members of the Council, in the order in which they have been received. Each Member who is scheduled to ask a Question on Notice may ask up to one supplementary question which must be based on the original question or the answer provided to that question. A period of up to 15 minutes is allocated for the asking and answering of questions. This may be extended at the discretion of the Chairman with the agreement of the majority of those present.
20.	Motions on Notice (To Follow) View the background to item 20. A period of up to one hour is allocated to consider the motions on notice. This may only be extended with the agreement of the Council.
21.	To consider any urgent business, details of which have been notified to the Assistant Director of Legal, Democratic and Procurement Services prior to the commencement of the meeting and which the Chairman, by reason of special circumstances, considers to be of so urgent a nature that it cannot wait until the next meeting