Agenda

Council - Wednesday 3rd December 2025 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Parkside Suite - Parkside

Contact: Jess Bayley-Hill

Media

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 receive any announcements from the Chairman and/or Head of Paid Service View the background to item 3.
4.	To receive any announcements from the Leader
5.	To receive comments, questions or petitions from members of the public 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.
6.	Urgent Decisions
7.	To receive and consider a report from the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services PDF 259 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.
8.	Recommendations from the Cabinet PDF 188 KB View the background to item 8. To consider the recommendations from the meeting of the Cabinet held on 19^th November 2025.
9.	Background Information on the recommendations from the Cabinet
9a	Medium Term Financial Plan Budget Update and Consultation Report 2026/2027 to 2028/29 PDF 1 MB View the background to item 9a Additional documents: Appendix C Budget Consultation for 2026-27 , item 9a PDF 389 KB
9b	Homelessness Prevention Grant and Domestic Abuse Grant PDF 277 KB Additional documents: GRANT MONITORING OUTCOMES , item 9b PDF 510 KB
9c	Quarter Two 2025/26 Finance and Performance Monitoring Report (including Financial Savings and Half Yearly Treasury Management Report) PDF 1 MB Additional documents: Appendix F Quarter 2 Performance Summary 2025-26 , item 9c PDF 309 KB
10.	To note the minutes of the meetings of the Cabinet held on 19th November 2025 PDF 476 KB View the background to item 10.
11.	Questions on Notice PDF 192 KB View the background to item 11. To deal with any questions on notice from Members of the Council, in the order in which they have been received. Each Councillor scheduled to ask a question 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.
12.	Motions on Notice PDF 274 KB View the background to item 12. 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.
13.	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