Decisions

Under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Committee passed a resolution to exclude the public from the meeting for Part Two of the Agenda on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended) and that pursuant to paragraph 10 of Part 2 of the said Schedule 12A the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.

The Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Strategy and Resources Committee held on 16 March were agreed as a true record and the Committee authorised the Chairman to sign them.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved:

(1)      To approve the increase in budget of £712,000, as set out in section 2.23.2 of this report, for additional activities identified in the preparation and adoption of a new Local Plan.

(2)      To approve the reallocation of resources and additional funding of £29,583 to complete existing workstreams as set out in sections 2.23.1 and 2 of this report.

(3)      To approve the use of New Homes Bonus Grant totalling £741,583 currently held in the Corporate Projects Reserve to fund the increased cost of delivering the Local Plan. 

Following consideration, it was resolved that the Committee:

(1)      Reviewed the findings of the consultation undertaken on the draft Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Framework 2020-2024.

(2)      Approved the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Framework 2021-2024.

Following consideration, it was resolved that the Committee:

(1)      Agreed that £50,903 can be transferred from the VAT reserve to fund repayment to HMRC of over recovered VAT.

Following consideration, it was resolved that the Committee:

(1)      Received the Annual Audit Letter for 2019/20

(2)      Received the Housing Benefit Certification for 2019/20

(3)      Received the External Audit Plan for 2020/21