Council considered the referrals report of
recommendations from Cabinet, as contained within report number:
COU/WS/20/008.
A.
Referrals from Cabinet: 21 July 2020
Members noted that there were no referrals
emanating from the Cabinet meeting held on 21 July 2020.
B.
Referrals from Cabinet: 22 September 2020
Following the publication of the agenda and
papers for the Cabinet meeting held on 22 September 2020, which
took place before the meeting was held, the Chair confirmed that no
changes had been made to the recommendations contained in the
referral report.
1. Annual Financial
Resilience Report (2019-2020)
Approval was sought for the Annual Financial
Resilience Report (2019-2020).
Councillor Sarah Broughton, Portfolio Holder
for Resources and Performance, drew relevant issues to the
attention of Council.
In response to a question regarding the recent
cancellation of a Performance and Audit Scrutiny Committee (PASC)
meeting, which was largely due to Ernst and Young, the external
auditors being unable to produce its ‘2019-2020 Annual Results Report to those Charged with
Governance’ report within the necessary timescale,
Members were informed that it was disappointing. However, regular
contact was being made with Ernst and Young regarding the current
position and a report would be presented to the next PASC meeting
on 19 November 2020 alongside its ‘Annual
Audit Letter 2019-2020’.
On the motion of Councillor Broughton,
seconded by Councillor Ian Houlder, it was put to the vote and with
the vote being unanimous, it was
Resolved:
That the Annual
Financial Resilience Report (2019-2020), as contained in Report
number: FRS/WS/20/001, be approved.
2. Financial Resilience
Report (June 2020)
Approval was sought for the Financial
Resilience Report for the first quarter of the 2020 financial
year.
Councillor Sarah
Broughton, Portfolio Holder for Resources and Performance, drew
relevant issues to the attention of Council.
On the motion of Councillor Broughton,
seconded by Councillor Sara Mildmay-White, it was put to the vote
and with the vote being unanimous, it was
Resolved:
That
the Financial Resilience Report (June 2020), as contained in Report
number: FRS/WS/20/002, be approved.
3. West Suffolk Local Plan
Draft Issues and Options documents – approval for public
consultation
Approval was sought for the
West Suffolk Local Plan Issues and Options documents for public
consultation.
The Local Plan was important in
supporting delivery of the Council’s strategic priorities and
essential for the continuation of an effective planning
service. In addition, the Planning and
Compulsory Purchase Act, (2004), required local planning
authorities to prepare and keep an up-to-date Local
Plan.
The new West Suffolk Local Plan
would plan for the period to 2040 which aligned with local plans
being produced by neighbouring authorities. The Issues and Options
Local Plan consultation was the first of several rounds of public
consultation in the local plan preparation process.
The Issues
and Options document had three main parts, namely:
Part one:
spatial vision
Part two:
local
issues
Part
three: settlement profile
Each part was summarised in
paragraph 2.3 of Report number: CAB/WS/20/057 (attached as Appendix
1 to the referrals report), with the full ...
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