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Establishing a Voluntary Joint Committee - Local Government Reorganisation

 

 

Meeting: 10/09/2026 - Cabinet (Item 11.)

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Purpose

To seek approval for Cotswold District Council to establish and participate in a Joint Committee with the other Gloucestershire councils to oversee and co-ordinate the transition to the new single unitary Gloucestershire Council, due to become operational on 1 April 2028.

 

Recommendations

That Cabinet resolves to:

1.            Approve the establishment of a Joint Committee for the area identified to form Gloucestershire Council in MHCLG's letter dated 16 July 2026 (attached at Annex A).

2.            Approve delegated authority to the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with Leader of the Council, to agree the terms of reference for the Joint Committee, in accordance with the draft terms of reference as set out in Annex B, to include that:

(i) the Joint Committee takes the form and is authorised to undertake such functions as are expected to be required of a joint committee established under a Gloucestershire (Structural Changes) Order (SCO), as made under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, together with such other functions as may be agreed with the other existing Gloucestershire Councils by the Chief Executive in consultation with the Leader of the Council and

(ii) the Joint Committee is in place until such time as the SCO comes into force, from which point onwards the Joint Committee shall continue and undertake responsibility for those functions as may be specified in the SCO, until the day following that on which the Gloucestershire Council holds its first meeting in shadow authority form.

3.            Approve the nomination of one representative and one substitute as the Council’s representatives to the Gloucestershire Council Joint Committee.

4.            Approve delegated authority to the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with the Leader of Council, to agree any other matters to support the establishment, operation and decision making in support of the Gloucestershire Council Joint Committee.

That Cabinet recommends to Council the:

5.            The establishment of a Joint Committee with the other seven Gloucestershire Councils noting Cabinet’s approval to delegate functions in accordance with Part 4 of the Local Authorities (Arrangements for the Discharge of Functions) (England) Regulations 2012”; and

6.            Appointment of Councillor Mike Evemy as the Council’s representative and Councillor Tristan Wilkinson as substitute representative to the Gloucestershire Council Joint Committee.

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