Agenda
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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence. The quorum for Council is 9 members.
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to items to be considered at the meeting. |
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To confirm the minutes of the meetings of Council held on 20 March 2024 and 15 May 2024. Additional documents: |
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Announcements from the Chair, Leader or Chief Executive (if any) To receive any announcements from the Chair of the Council, the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive. |
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Public Questions To deal with questions from the public within the open forum question and answer session of fifteen minutes in total. Questions from each member of the public should be no longer than one minute each and relate to issues under the Council’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 Chair 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. |
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Member Questions A Member of the Council may ask the Chair, the Leader, a Cabinet Member or the Chair of any Committee 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 Chair 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.
The following questions were submitted before the publication of the agenda:
Question 1 from Councillor Jon Wareing to Councillor Tony Dale, Cabinet Member for Economy and Council Transformation The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) defines over-tourism as “the impact of tourism on a destination, or parts thereof, that excessively influences perceived quality of life of citizens and/or quality of visitor experiences in a negative way”. Does the Cabinet Member responsible for the Economy and Council Transformation agree with me that Bourton-on-the-Water suffers from over-tourism on this basis, and will he commit to ensuring that Bourton can develop an approach to sustainable tourism whilst building a more resilient economy with retail services for the residents of Bourton and the wider North Cotswolds? This should include prioritising parking for residents and looking to support parking for visitor traffic on the periphery of the village.
Question 2 from Councillor Dilys Neill to Councillor Juliet Layton, Cabinet Member for Planning and Regulatory Services Here is a quote from the submitted Neighbourhood development plan for Stow & The Swells MAIN PLANNING ISSUES • During the mid Twentieth Century a substantial amount of social housing was built in two major developments – King Georges Field and the Park estate. A substantial number of these properties have passed into private hands under the Right to Buy and have not been replaced. There is only limited turnover in the remaining social housing. • Stow, a compact hilltop community within the AONB, has a tight development boundary. Most developments in recent years have been minor infill developments within the development boundary. Stow’s attractiveness has resulted in high prices well beyond the reach of almost all local residents. There has been an increase in the number of second homes. The private rented sector has seen a significant shift towards holiday lettings pricing local people out of that market also. This ... view the full agenda text for item 6. |
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Publica Review - Detailed report Purpose To consider the Detailed Transition Plan, to note its content and to approve the recommendations therein.
Recommendations That, subject to the resolutions of Cabinet on 25 July 2024, Full Council resolves to: 1. Approve the implementation of Phase 1 of the Publica Transition based on the Detailed Transition Plan and the phasing for the transition. 2. Delegate to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, the decision to deal with any final detail matters arising from the Detailed Transition Plan. 3. Delegate authority to the Director of Governance and Development (Monitoring Officer), in liaison with the Leader, to update the constitution by making any consequential changes required as a result of Phase 1 of the Publica Transition. 4. Carry out a budget re-basing for the 2026/7 financial year so that the funding provided to Publica is proportionate to the services received. 5. Note that following the decision on Phase 1, preparatory work for Phase 2 will commence and will be the subject of a separate report 6. Note the following as included in the Detailed Transition Plan; Section 2: Transition Planning: · Note the Design-Led principles · Note the Key Goals for Transition Section 7: Modelling Assumptions and Outputs: · Note the cost modelling for Phase 1. Section 9: Post-Transition Support: · Note the need for post-transition support.
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Business And Planning Act 2020 - Update To Pavement Licensing Regime Purpose For Full Council to consider the draft Pavement License Policy document for approval following the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act making permanent the pavement licensing regime.
Recommendation That Full Council resolves to: 1. Approve the draft Pavement Licensing Policy and Fees, attached at Annex A. Additional documents: |
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Overview and Scrutiny Annual Report 2023/24 Purpose To receive the annual report of the work of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
Recommendation That Full Council resolves to: 1. Note the Annual Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee 2023/24. Additional documents: |
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Decision taken under Urgency Powers Purpose To report to Full Council on a decision taken by the Chief Executive Officer under urgency powers.
Recommendation That Full Council resolves to: 1. Note the decision taken as set out in Annex A. Additional documents: |
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Appointment and Remuneration of Independent Persons Purpose To appoint Independent Persons for standards matters, commence a subsequent recruitment campaign, and approve allowances payable.
Recommendations That Full Council resolves to:
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Appointment of a Temporary Parish Council Member to Upper Rissington Parish Council Purpose To agree the appointment of a temporary member of Upper Rissington Parish Council, enabling the Parish Council to become quorate and to update the appointment arrangements, allowing delegation of this function to the Director of Governance and Development (Monitoring Officer).
Recommendations That Full Council resolves to: 1. Agree to make an order under Section 91 of the Local Government Act 1972 (‘the Act’) appointing Councillor Andrew Maclean as a temporary member of Upper Rissington Parish Council enabling Upper Rissington Parish Council to become quorate; 2. Note that the appointment shall be effective until Upper Rissington Parish Council is quorate (i.e. it has four members of the Council in place, excepting the temporary appointee); 3. Approve the draft procedure at Annex A, delegating authority to the Monitoring Officer to make orders and make temporary appointments to Town/Parish Councils as required, under the powers in Section 91of the Act. Additional documents: |
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Notice of Motions In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 12, the following Motions have been received:-
Motion A: Cotswold Lakes
Proposer: Councillor Juliet Layton Seconder: Councillor Mike Evemy
This Council notes the aspiration from local businesses, Town and Parish Councils, Cotswold Lakes Trust and Cotswold Tourism to change the name of the Cotswold Water Park to the Cotswold Lakes. The area has been formed from around 50 years of gravel extraction over three counties of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, and Oxfordshire. In 1967 the counties formed a Joint Committee which includes the three counties representation along with Cirencester Rural District Council and Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Rural District Council. The Joint Committee named the lakes area the Cotswold Water Park, wrote a Master Plan and created in 1996 The Cotswold Water Park Society to help deliver four main aims – Access, Conservation, Leisure and Education. The Cotswold Water Park Society became a fully registered charity in 2011 and recently changed its name to Cotswold Lakes Trust. This Council also notes that the name Cotswold Water Park causes confusion for the many visitors who come each year and ask where the Park is, how much it costs etc. The idea of a Water Park is a single venue providing swimming, water slides, pools, play areas and provision of food outlets. It is estimated that approximately 1,000,000 come to spend leisure time in the CWP every year and most do not know that that it is a vast area of over 180 lakes with multiple land owners and businesses. This Council believes in this unique area and the value of its lakes and landscapes for wildlife and nature and home for 35,000 wintering birds, the value of its properties for health and wellbeing for residents and visitors and the benefits of the businesses which run leisure facilities, activities on the lakes in various forms of water sports, fishing and walking, and the value of the Cotswold Lakes Trust which owns two country parks, 5 car parks, and 5 nature reserves. Natural England values the lakes highly and extended the original SSSI on 10 lakes in 1984 to 170 lakes in 2021. This Council resolves to:
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Next meeting The next meeting of Council will be held on Wednesday 25 September 2024 at 14:00. |
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Matters exempt from publication If Council wishes to exclude the press and the public from the meeting during consideration of any of the items on the exempt from publication part of the agenda, it will be necessary for Council to pass a resolution in accordance with the provisions of section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that their presence could involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in specific paragraphs of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.
Council may maintain the exemption if and so long as, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
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Decision on future regeneration of The Old Station and Memorial Cottages, Cirencester Purpose To consider the Asset Plans for these buildings produced as part of the Council's Asset Management Strategy and consider disposal of these buildings in line with those Asset Plans.
Recommendations That, subject to the resolutions of Cabinet on 25 July 2024, Full Council resolves to: 1. Agree that the Old Station and Old Memorial cottages are disposed of, as two separate assets, in line with the Asset Management Strategy adopted at Cabinet in May 2024 and the Asset Plans appended to this report. 2. Delegate authority to the Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Finance Officer, in consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance to approve the final terms of the sale including sale price. |