Issue - meetings
Financial Performance Report - Q2 2024/25 (Update)
Meeting: 09/01/2025 - Cabinet (Item 51)
51 Financial Performance Report - Q2 2024/25 (Update) 
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Purpose
This report sets of the budget monitoring position for “Planning Services” for the 2024/25 financial year.
Recommendation
That Cabinet resolves to:
1. Review and note the financial position set out in the report.
Additional documents:
Decision:
The purpose of the item was to set the budget monitoring position for “Planning Services” for the 2024/25 financial year.
The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Transformation introduced the item.
The recommendations were introduced by the Deputy Leader and Member for Finance and Transformation.
RESOLVED that Cabinet:
REVIEW and NOTE the financial position set out in this report
No vote required.
Minutes:
The purpose of the item was to set the budget monitoring position for “Planning Services” for the 2024/25 financial year.
Councillor Evemy, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance, and Transformation introduced the item.
Councillor Evemy reported that at the December meeting, the Q2 update lacked planning information due to staff transferring on November 1st, which did not allow enough time to compile the data. Further work by the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and the finance team was included in the current report, which detailed roles and recruitment efforts for vacant positions.
Positive progress in recruiting permanent planning staff under Cotswold District Council was noted, including successfully filling two full-time planning roles, instead of relying on interim staff as in previous years under Publica. However, the report also revealed that the planning service was exceeding its budget, with an overspend forecast of £128,000, primarily within the development management area.
The revised figures showed that the projected contribution to reserves for the year, initially set at £516,000, had been reduced to £219,000 due to these financial pressures.
There were no questions or comments on this item for noting.
The recommendations were proposed by the Deputy Leader and Member for Finance and Transformation.
RESOLVED that Cabinet:
REVIEW and NOTE the financial position set out in this report