Agenda

Council - Wednesday, 8th July, 2026 7.30 pm

Venue: Queen Elizabeth II & Astley Rooms - Castle House, Barracks Road, Newcastle, Staffs. ST5 1BL

Contact: Geoff Durham  01782 742222

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES

2.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

To receive declarations of interest from Members on items contained within this agenda.

3.

MINUTES OF A PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 172 KB

To consider the Minutes of the previous meeting(s)

4.

MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS

5.

AMENDMENTS TO THE COUNCIL'S CONSTITUTION pdf icon PDF 212 KB

6.

BOROUGH LOCAL PLAN pdf icon PDF 255 KB

Additional documents:

7.

STATEMENT OF THE LEADER OF THE COUNCIL pdf icon PDF 129 KB

To receive a statement by the Leader of the Council on the activities and decisions of Cabinet and items included on the Forward Plan.

8.

REPORTS OF THE CHAIRS OF THE SCRUTINY COMMITTEES

Chairs are requested to submit written reports to the Democratic Services Manager by (TWO DAYS BEFORE MEETING)

 

a)         Finance, Assets and Performance Scrutiny Committee

b)         Economy and Place Scrutiny Committee

c)         Health, Wellbeing and Environment Scrutiny Committee

 

9.

REPORTS OF THE CHAIRS OF THE REGULATORY COMMITTEES

Chairs are requested to submit written reports to the Democratic Services Manager by (two days before meeting).

 

a)         Audit and Standards Committee

b)         Planning Committee

c)         Licensing and Public Protection Committee

 

10.

MOTIONS OF MEMBERS pdf icon PDF 48 KB

Four Motions have been received:

 

·       Climate Emergency Declaration

 

·       Save Our Borough Campaign

 

·       Protection of Council-Owned Green Spaces

 

·       Withdrawal from Local Government Association membership

Additional documents:

11.

QUESTIONS TO THE MAYOR, CABINET MEMBERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS

12.

RECEIPT OF PETITIONS

To receive from Members any petitions which they wish to present to the Council.

13.

URGENT BUSINESS

To consider any communications which pursuant to Section B4, Rule 9 of the constitution are, in the opinion of the Mayor, of an urgent nature and to pass thereon such resolutions as may be  deemed necessary.

14.

DISCLOSURE OF EXEMPT INFORMATION

To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following report(s) as it is likely that there will be disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs contained within Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) of the Local Government Act 1972.