Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

Committee:

Council

Date/Time:

23 Apr 2014 - 19:15

Status:

Rescheduled

Venue:

Causeway Room

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Agenda Contents (181Kb)
Agenda Document Pack (6555Kb)

Agenda

Public Session

1 Apologies for Absence

2 To receive any announcements/statements from the Chairman and/or Leader of the Council.

3 Declarations of Interest

To declare the existence and nature of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, other Pecuniary Interest or Non-Pecuniary Interest relating to items on the agenda having regard to the Code of Conduct for Members and having taken appropriate advice where necessary before the meeting.

4 Public Question Time

(See page 2)

5 Minutes of the Previous Meeting

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of Council held on 17th February 2014 (copy previously circulated).

Recommendations from Local Development Framework Sub-Committee, 8th April 2014 (3769Kb)

Pre-Submission Draft Site Allocations and Development Management Plan – Representations

Recommendations from Cabinet, 31st March 2014 - Linking the Basic Member Allowance to Training and D (168Kb)

Electoral Arrangements (93Kb)

Overview and Scrutiny Committee Annual Report 2013-14 (310Kb)

Governance Committee Annual Report 2013-14 (300Kb)

11 Reports from the Leader and Cabinet Members

To receive the following reports from each Portfolio Holder:

11a

Councillor Butland - Leader of the Council (224Kb)

11b

Councillor Beavis - People and Participation (251Kb)

11c

Councillor Bebb - Performance and Efficiency (156Kb)

11d

Councillor Lady Newton - Planning and Property (215Kb)

11e

Councillor Schmitt - Place (154Kb)

11f

Councillor Siddall - Prosperity and Growth (141Kb)

12 Oral questions

Oral questions without notice on matters related to a particular portfolio, the powers or duties of the Council or the district (Procedure rules 7.1 to 7.3 apply). Where a verbal response cannot be given, a written response will be issued to all members.

(A period of up to 30 minutes is allowed for this item).

List of Public Meetings Held Since Last Council Meeting (177Kb)

To raise any matters arising from the Minutes of meetings that have been held in Public Session since the Council meeting of 17th February 2014.

14 Chairmen’s Statements

To receive statements from those Chairmen who have given prior notification in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 7.9 and to respond to questions on such statements. None have been received.

15 Statements by Members

To receive any statements by Members of which the appropriate written notice has been given to the Chief Executive in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 7.6.

There are none

16 External Organisations

To receive reports about and receive questions and answers on the business of external organisations. There are none.

16a

Citizens Advice Bureau (91Kb)

16b

Braintree District Voluntary Support Agency (BDVSA) (40Kb)

16c

Ignite Business Enterprise (87Kb)

17 Exclusion of Public and Press: - To give consideration to adopting the following Resolution: -

That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12(A) of the Act.

Private Session

18 Leader's or Cabinet Member Statements - Private Session

Leader's Statments or statements by Cabinet Members containing exempt information on a key issue. There are none.

19 Policy Recommendations and References - Private Session

There are none.

20 Reports from the Leader or Cabinet Members - Private Session

To receive any reports from the Leader of the Council and each Portfolio Holder containing exempt information and to ask questions on matters contained in the reports. There are none.

21 Oral Questions from Councillors - Private Session

Oral questions without notice on matters related to a particular portfolio, the powers or duties of the Council or the district containing exempt information. (Procedure Rules 7.1 to 7.3 apply). Where a verbal response cannot be given, a written response will be issued to all members

22 Private Meetings Held Since the Last Council Meeting

To raise any matters arising from the Minutes of meetings that have been held in Private Session since the Council meeting of 17th February 2014. There are none.

23 Chairmen’s Statements - Private Session.

To receive statements containing exempt information from those Chairmen who have given prior notification in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 7.9 and to respond to questions on such statements - There are none.

24 Statements by Members - Private Session

To receive any statements by Members of which the appropriate written notice has been given to the Chief Executive in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 7.6. There are none.

Additional Meeting Documents

Council 23rd April 2014 (104Kb)

Attendance

Attended - Committee Members

Name
No attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.

Attended - Other Members

Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.

Apologies

Name	Reason for Sending Apology
No apology information has been recorded for the meeting.

Absent

Name	Reason for Absence
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member Name	Item Ref.	Details	Nature of Declaration	Action
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

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