Agenda item

The Committee is recommended to AGREE its work programme for forthcoming meetings, having heard any changes from previous iterations, and taking account of the Cabinet Forward Plan and of the Budget Management Monitoring Report.

Cllr Liz Leffman, Leader of the Council, was present for the discussion of the Committee Forward Work Plan to provide insight into the Dark Skies policy, which had been scheduled for Cabinet Member Delegated Decisions the following day, and other items which affected the committee.

The Leader made assurances to the Committee that there would follow a full report into the Dark Skies item, which would come to the Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee, to be suitably scrutinised before any decision would be made on the policy. It was expected that the Dark Skies item would come to the Committee for its February meeting.

The Leader suggested that the Rail strategy would come to Cabinet in April, thus the Committee determined that the strategy would be best suited to come to the February meeting.

The verge a vegetation strategy was moved to the April meeting to make room for the Management of Utility Works/Lane Rental on the February agenda, avoiding the pre-election period allowing for a focused discussion on the item.

Subject to these amendments the Committee AGREED to the Committee Forward Work Plan.