Social Value Ideas for Stirling Council

Cancellation of Licensing Board Meeting - 11 June 2024

The District of Stirling Licensing Board has decided to cancel its scheduled meeting on 11 June 2024 due to resource constraints arising from election activities. The Board has established a protocol …

“The purpose of this report is to ask the licensing board to cancel its scheduled meeting on the 11th of June, 2024”

Deferred outdoor drinking variation

The board deferred a major variation application for an outdoor drinking area because members felt the submitted plans were insufficient to assess the relationship to neighbouring properties and poten…

“Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you. I want to put a proposal to the other board members. And my proposal is that we defer this application until the next meet…”

Festive Season Extended Opening Hours - General Extension Approval

Board approved temporary general extension to licensed premises operating hours for festive season period 13 December 2024 to 2 January 2025. Extended hours approved: on-sales premises remain open unt…

“The board is asked to agree that there will be a festive season general extension to on-sales licensing hours with effect from Friday the 13th of Dece…”

Fostering and Adoption Service Inspection Grade Drop

Care Inspectorate inspection (February/March 2025) resulted in overall grade of 'adequate' (3 out of 6) - a drop of 2 grades from 2019 inspection ('very good', 5 out of 6). Key areas for improvement i…

“The fostering and adoption service provided by the family care team is regulated through the Care Inspectorate... The key areas to raise from this rep…”

Fostering and adoption support

The fostering and adoption service has largely completed its improvement actions and is investing in ongoing support for carers, post-adoption work and regular engagement. Although no children were pl…

“This report today is to provide you assurance that the actions arising from that care inspectorate inspection have largely been completed with structu…”

General Fund Revenue Budget 2025-26 Approval

Stirling Council approved revenue budget of approximately £243.8 million for 2025-26, representing £8.34 million increase on previous year (3.6% increase). After removing ring-fenced funding, equates …

“This year our grant settlement will be £243.8 million, and this is an increase of £8.34 million on last year...The paper sets out the council tax assu…”

Financial sustainability remains high risk

The Council faces continuing financial pressure because Scottish Government funding is annual and does not match cost and demand pressures, especially pay. Officers said the medium-term financial plan…

“Speaker 6: Yes, to update, convener. The actions that have been closed, you'll see, are now reflected as part of the controls that are now in place: S…”