We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Cotswold District Council in South West across 37 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
Launch Reg 16 Consultation
CDC must run the statutory Reg 16 consultation on the submitted neighbourhood plan, including notifying consultees and collecting representations. The consultation window was set to start on 13 July 2…
“I would recommend that we accept a submission and then the next stage would be for us to run a reg 16 consultation. So that's the six week public cons…”
Siddington Neighbourhood Plan Accepted
The cabinet member agreed that Siddington Parish Council’s neighbourhood plan submission met the Reg 15 submission requirements and could proceed to the next statutory stage. This is a policy decision…
“Today we're meeting to consider the submission of the Sydney and Parrish Council Neighbourhood Plan and to confirm whether a consultation led by Cotsw…”
Procure independent examiners
The Council agreed to procure independent examiners through a bid process for the Moreton-in-Marsh and Cirencester neighbourhood plans. These examiners will undertake the Reg 17 examination after the …
“What we need to do today is agree CDC's response. So although we run the consultation, we should also put comments in as well. So they are in Annex A.…”
Planning fee income to reserves
The council recorded unusually strong planning fee income and decided to place all of that additional income into a reserve because of appeal risk. Officers said the funds would support planning servi…
“So the recommendation initially in the quarterly performance report was to allocate 50 % of that additional income to a reserve. That was increased to…”
Assessment Against Current Local Plan
The meeting confirmed that the neighbourhood plan must be assessed against the currently adopted local plan, not the emerging replacement plan. Members noted that neighbourhood plans should typically …
“Yeah you're correct. So that's tied into the current plan because this sitting to neighbourhood plan that is coming forward can only be assessed again…”
Local Plan Regulation 18 Consultation Launch
Cabinet decision on 16 October 2025 to approve Local Plan Regulation 18 consultation commencing 5 November 2025. Plan addresses government-imposed housing target of 18,000 dwellings over plan period (…
“we will be going out on the timescale that we said back when we were in front of you in July... it would be preferable within the Regulation 18 consul…”
Single Unitary Council Option Approved for Gloucestershire
Cotswold District Council Cabinet unanimously approved (by vote) support for the single unitary council option for Gloucestershire in response to the Minister's invitation dated 5th February 2025. Thi…
“What the council asked us to do was to request that the cabinet proposes the single unitary option for Gloucestershire in response to the minister's i…”
Local Government Reorganisation Structural Change by May 2028
Cotswold District Council scheduled to cease operation by May 2028 due to local government reorganisation in Gloucestershire. This creates strategic constraint on council priorities and planning horiz…
“we know that if the government sticks to its timetable we in this council will sadly not be existing after May 2028 what we're doing is we're looking …”
Constitution Contract Rules Update - Completed
Action 1 of the procurement governance remediation plan: updating contract rules within the Constitution following implementation of new procurement legislation effective February 2025. This action ha…
“The Constitution was action one, making sure the contract rules are updated. That has been completed following the new procurement app that became eff…”
New planning enforcement lead
Cabinet is considering a new enforcement team lead role to drive service improvement. The role is expected to be filled by a contractor with enforcement and process-improvement experience, and officer…
“Finally, it mentions that towards the end, a proposal was for a new enforcement team lead role, which is subject to additional funds that were discuss…”
Capacity reserve for enforcement lead
A £251,000 revenue surplus is proposed to be transferred into the capacity building reserve, and that reserve may fund the new planning enforcement team lead role. Officers linked this to improving en…
“And that's exactly what you're considering, I suppose, on this agenda and cabinet will consider that the surplus from 2526, that 251 ,000 is going to …”
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