Agenda

Council - Wednesday 15th July 2026 6.00 p.m.

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Contact: Jess Bayley-Hill

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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 meetings of the Council held on 25th February, 6th March and 20th May 2026 PDF 383 KB Additional documents: Minutes - 6th March 2026 - Council , item 3. PDF 238 KB Minutes - 20th May 2026 - Annual Council , item 3. PDF 790 KB Appendix 1 - political balance - 20th May 2026 - Council , item 3. PDF 783 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 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.	Request for the Appointment of Charter Trustees in the Structural Order for the new Unitary Authority PDF 238 KB
9.	Bromsgrove District Local Plan - Scoping Consultation PDF 503 KB Additional documents: Appendix A Bromsgrove District Local Plan - Scoping Report , item 9. PDF 1 MB
10.	Audit, Standards and Governance Committee Annual Report 2025-2026 PDF 799 KB View the background to item 10.
11.	Overview and Scrutiny Annual Report 2025 - 2026 PDF 1 MB View the background to item 11.
12.	To receive and consider a report from the Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, Leisure and Culture PDF 1 MB Members are asked to note that, following consideration of a Portfolio Holder Annual Report focused on Health and Wellbeing in the last municipal year, this annual report focuses on the Cabinet Member’s remit of Leisure and Culture Services only. 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.
13.	Constitution Review Working Group - Recommendations Relating to the Content of the Council's Constitution PDF 228 KB Members are asked to note that a meeting of the Constitution Review Working Group is due to take place on 10^th July 2026, after the publication of the agenda for this Council meeting. Any recommendations arising from this meeting will therefore be published in a supplementary pack for the Council meeting. Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Council Procedure Rules Track changes , item 13. PDF 652 KB
14.	Recommendations from the Cabinet PDF 183 KB View the background to item 14. To consider the recommendations from the meeting of the Cabinet held on 17^th June 2026.
15.	Background Information on the recommendations from the Cabinet
15a	Shared Homelessness Strategy 2026-2031 PDF 154 KB View the background to item 15a Additional documents: Appendix A - Draft Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Strategy 2026-31 old action plan removed , item 15a PDF 1 MB Appendix 1 - ACTION PLAN v4 , item 15a PDF 484 KB
15b	Enforcement and Civil Penalty Policy PDF 279 KB Additional documents: Appendix A for Enforcement and Civil Penalty Policy , item 15b PDF 1 MB Appendix B for Enforcement and Civil Penalty Policy PDF , item 15b PDF 145 KB
16.	To note the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 17th June 2026 PDF 318 KB View the background to item 16. Additional documents: Appendix1 - Cabinet Appointments to Outside Bodies 2026 - Tabled at the meeting, 17/06/2026 Cabinet , item 16. PDF 117 KB Appendix 2 for Enforcement and Civil Penalty Policy PDF, 17/06/2026 Cabinet , item 16. PDF 159 KB
17.	Questions on Notice PDF 190 KB View the background to item 17. To deal with any questions on notice from Members of the Council, in the order in which they have been received. 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.
18.	Motions on Notice View the background to item 18. 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.
19.	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