Agenda

Overview and Scrutiny Board - Tuesday 17th November 2026 6.00 p.m.

Venue: Parkside Suite - Parkside. View directions

Contact: Sarah Woodfield 

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence and Named Substitutes

2.

Declarations of Interest and Whipping Arrangements

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 Overview and Scrutiny Board held on 15th September 2026 pdf icon PDF 305 KB

4.

Heatwaves (Cooling Hubs) Update

(To follow). Presentation/papers for this item will be published in a supplementary papers pack.

 

5.

Capacity of the Minor Works Team pdf icon PDF 147 KB

6.

Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) Update pdf icon PDF 252 KB

7.

Bromsgrove Car Parks (Pre-Scrutiny) pdf icon PDF 231 KB

Additional documents:

8.

Planning Advisory Service (PAS) - Update on Recommendations (Pre-Scrutiny) pdf icon PDF 275 KB

Appendices are to follow in a supplementary pack following Cabinet publication.

 

9.

Medium Term Financial Plan Stage 1 2027/28 (Including Fees and Charges) - Prior to Consultation (Pre-Scrutiny)

This report will be published in a supplementary pack following Cabinet agenda publication.

 

10.

Car Parking Task Group - Membership and Terms of Reference (ToR) pdf icon PDF 126 KB

Additional documents:

11.

Worcestershire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HOSC) - Update pdf icon PDF 200 KB

Additional documents:

12.

Finance and Budget Working Group - Update

13.

Cabinet Work Programme pdf icon PDF 252 KB

14.

Overview and Scrutiny Board Work Programme pdf icon PDF 117 KB

15.

Overview and Scrutiny Action Sheet pdf icon PDF 354 KB

16.

To consider any urgent business, details of which have been notified to the Assistant Director 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.

17.

To consider, and if considered appropriate, to pass the following resolution to exclude the public from the meeting during the consideration of item(s) of business containing exempt information:-

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 items of business on the grounds that they involve 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:-

 

Item No

Paragraph

18

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18.

Levelling Up Fund Programme (Quarterly Update) pdf icon PDF 266 KB

Additional documents: