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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence. The quorum for Cabinet is 3 members.

 

2.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to items to be considered at the meeting.

3.

Public Questions

To deal with questions from the public within the open forum question and answer session of thirty minutes in total. Questions from each member of the public should be no longer than two minutes each and relate to issues under the Cabinet’s remit. At any one meeting no person may submit more than two questions and no more than two such questions may be asked on behalf of one organisation.

 

The Leader will ask whether any members of the public present at the meeting wish to ask a question and will decide on the order of questioners.

 

The response may take the form of:

a)    a direct oral answer;

b)    where the desired information is in a publication of the Council or other published work, a reference to that publication; or

c)    where the reply cannot conveniently be given orally, a written answer circulated later to the questioner.

4.

Member Questions

No Member Questions have been submitted prior to the publication of the agenda.

 

A Member of the Council may ask the Leader or a Cabinet Member a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties or which affects the Cotswold District. A maximum period of fifteen minutes shall be allowed at any such meeting for Member questions.

 

A Member may only ask a question if:

a)    the question has been delivered in writing or by electronic mail to the Chief Executive no later than 5.00 p.m. on the working day before the day of the meeting; or

b)    the question relates to an urgent matter, they have the consent of the Leader to whom the question is to be put and the content of the question is given to the Chief Executive by 9.30 a.m. on the day of the meeting.

 

An answer may take the form of:

a)    a direct oral answer;

b)    where the desired information is in a publication of the Council or other published work, a reference to that publication; or

c)    where the reply cannot conveniently be given orally, a written answer circulated later to the questioner.

5.

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Purpose

To make a series of recommendations, principally relating to the Publication of the Local Plan for six weeks consultation in August and September 2026 and submission to the Secretary of State in December 2026 for independent examination.

 

Cabinet will consider any recommendations and comments from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 3 August 2026.

 

Cabinet will make recommendations to Council on 12 August 2026.

 

Accountable Member

Councillor Juliet Layton – Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning.

 

Report Author

Andrew Maxted - Head of Planning Policy and Infrastructure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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