27 Jul 20262025-26 surplus allocatedFinance · full council— Council considered how to allocate a one-off £2.6 million surplus from the draft 2025-26 outturn. The recommended split was mainly to support community regeneration capital delivery, with additional sums to leisure reserves, future borrowing reduction, local government reorganisation costs, budget stabilisation, and planned maintenance.£2.6mSpending
“Thank you. Good evening everyone. So here's the report on the draft financial outturn for 2526. So the QBR quarterly business reporting for went to internal overview and scrutiny last week. Uh and in that we uh have up please sorry it's not hard to hear you >> no four uh went to…”
27 Jul 2026Regeneration funding reallocatedRegeneration · full council— Members approved reallocating £600,000 of remaining community regeneration partnership funding across several projects, including housing energy efficiency, market refurbishment, health and wellbeing infrastructure, and maritime innovation fit-out. The place board reduced or removed some requests and recommended partial awards based on feasibility and deliverability.£600kSpending
13 Jul 2026Kenwith Valley route consultantTransport and Active Travel— The committee approved allocating £2,500 from the climate budget to engage a consultant to review the future of the Kenwith Valley cycle/pedestrian route. The work is intended to identify constraints, phasing options, and possible landowner negotiations, with the aim of advancing a long-standing active travel project. This is a clear service spending decision tied to consultancy support and possible subsequent route design or delivery work.£3kSpending
22 Jun 2026Northern Neighbourhood Plan to referendumPlanning · full council— The council agreed the planning-policy route for the Northern Neighbourhood Plan: accept the examiner’s recommendations and modifications, publish a decision statement, and take the amended plan to referendum. The report also confirms the referendum costs are covered through council reserves and grant funding, with adoption contingent on a majority yes vote.£25kPolicy
1 Jun 2026Holsworthy funding and worksEstates— The council is spending Community Regeneration Partnership funding on Holsworthy Manor offices to refurbish the listed building, improve environmental performance, reconfigure office space and upgrade fire safety and welfare facilities. The officer described the scheme as already through governance and now moving to consent and delivery.£723kSpending
30 Jul 2026Solar farm amendment approvedEnergy and Environment · planning— The committee approved amendments to an already consented ground-mounted solar farm at Cold Harbor Farm, including changes to panel layout, substation design, drainage swales, cabling around a gas pipe, CCTV height reductions and updated landscape conditions. The discussion confirmed the scheme remains acceptable in principle and that the amendments are minor, with biodiversity net gain and landscape mitigation still forming part of the consent.Policy
Over the last 12 months, the most frequently discussed commercial topics in this council's meetings have been Construction & Building Works (50 mentions, easing), IT & Digital (34 mentions, easing), Professional Services (31 mentions, easing) and Economic Development & Business Support (13 mentions, easing).
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