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 Council, Wednesday, 16th July, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: Recommendations from Constitution Working Group

To APPROVE the recommendations of the Constitution Working Group:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED that Council:

1.        AGREED to the establishment of an Appeals Committee with responsibility for considering appeals by the Council’s statutory officers about disciplinary action taken against them, in accordance with the Local Government Association’s Model Procedure;

2.        AGREED that the Appeals Committee will be a politically balanced committee comprising 5 Members, including one Member of Cabinet, who are not members of the Performance and Appointments Committee, with a quorum of 3 Members;

3.        APPOINTED Councillors Dale ,Fowles, Mansilla, Slater and Wilkinson to the Appeals Committee;

4.        Authorise the Director of Governance, in consultation with the Chair of the Constitution Working Group, to include the Appeals Committee within the Constitution;

5.        NOTED that further proposals relating to Statutory Officer employment rules will be considered by the Constitution Working Group.

6.        AUTHORISED the Director of Governance and Development, in consultation with the Chair of the Constitution Working Group, to include within the Planning Protocol a deadline for representations to the Planning and Licensing Committee of 2.00pm two working days before a meeting.

 

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Report Back from British Farming Motion Task and Finish Group

To APPROVE the recommendation of the British Farming Motion Task and Finish Group:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED that Council REQUESTS that the Leader writes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer expressing concerns that the proposed changes to Inheritance Tax rules as they relate to farms will have unintended consequences that could have far-reaching implications for the viability of the farming sector of the Cotswolds.

 

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Local Plan Update Report

REQUEST Opposition Member on Oversight Board membership.:

Amendment status:Rejected

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Lisa Spivey Against

To AGREE to the merger of the two Local Plan projects:

Resolution status:Carried

Council is recommended to AGREE to merge the two ongoing Local Plan projects:

  1. the partial update of the adopted Cotswold District Local Plan (2011-2031);

and

  1. the Development Strategy and Site Allocations Plan,

into a single comprehensive Full Local Plan Update in conjunction with incorporating work of the Gloucestershire Strategic Plan, where appropriate, with a view to submission in 2026 and adoption in 2027.

 

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Lisa Spivey For

 Extraordinary meeting, Council, Thursday, 26th June, 2025 4.00 pm

Item: Appointment to vacant seat on the Planning and Licensing Committee

Appointment to a vacant seat on the Planning and Licensing Committee:

Resolution status:Carried

Appointment of Councillor Tristan Wilkinson to the Planning and Licensing Committee.

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Appointment of an Interim Chief Executive Officer

Appointment of an Interim Chief Executive Officer:

Resolution status:Carried

Council resolved to:

1.    APPROVE the recommendation of the Performance & Appointments Committee’s Selection Panel that Jane Portman be appointed as Chief Executive Officer/Returning Officer/Electoral Registration Officer for a period of up to 9 months from 1 July 2025 or the date of commencement in post of a permanent Chief Executive Officer, whichever is earlier, to ensure the Council’s statutory duties are fulfilled and provide sufficient time for a permanent appointment to be made;

2.    APPOINT the Interim Chief Executive Officer as the Council’s Head of Paid Service for the purposes of Section 4 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, from 1 July 2025 until a permanent Chief Executive Officer is appointed;

3.    APPROVE the recommendation of the Selection Panel that Jane Portman is appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer (Head of Paid Service), Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer with effect from 1 July 2025 or as soon as practically possible after that date;

4.    APPOINT, in the event that the Interim Chief Executive Officer is unable to take up the role with effect from 1 July 2025, David Stanley, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, to undertake the role of Head of Paid Service, Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer until such time as the Interim Chief Executive Officer is available to take up the role;

5.    AUTHORISE the Head of HR to commence the process of appointing a permanent Chief Executive Officer (Head of Paid Service) and Returning Officer / Electoral Registration Officer.

 

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Lisa Spivey For

 Annual Council, Council, Wednesday, 21st May, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: Election of a Chair

To APPOINT Councillor Mark Harris as Chair of Council:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Councillor Mark Harris be appointed as Chair of Council for the Civic Year 2025/26.

 

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Appointment of a Vice-Chair

To APPOINT Councillor Ray Brassington as Vice-Chair of Council for the Civic Year 2025/26.:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED that Councillor Ray Brassington be appointed as Vice-Chair of Council for the Civic Year 2025/26.

 

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Election of Leader

Resolution : to Elect Councillor Mike Evemy as Leader of the Council:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED that Councillor Mike Evemy be appointed as Leader of  Council for a term of office extending to the Annual Council meeting in May 2027.

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Appointment of Committees 2025/26

To AGREE appointments to Council committees and working groups for the Civic Year 2025/26 and to make appointments to the positions of Chair and Vice Chair of Committees for the Civic Year 2025/26.:

Resolution status:Carried

Full Council RESOLVED to:

  1. DETERMINE that, in accordance with Section 15 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (“the Act”), the Council shall continue to apply the political balance provisions under the Act to committees as shown in Annex A;
  2. APPOINT Councillors to serve on the Council’s Committees and working groups as set out in Annex B for a term of office expiring at the next Annual Meeting of the Council;
  3. APPOINT Chairs and Vice-Chairs for the Council’s Committees and working groups as shown in Annex B;
  4. NOTE the arrangements for substitutions set out in part 4 of the report;

 

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Appointments to Outside Bodies 2025/26

To AGREE nominations to Outside Bodies for the 2025/26 civic year.:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED to:

  1. NOTE the appointments to outside bodies by the Leader of the Council in respect of executive functions, as set out in Annex A

Table 1;

  1. CONFIRM the appointments to the Gloucestershire County Council Economic Strategy Scrutiny Committee and the Gloucestershire County Council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out in Annex A Table 2.
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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Rural England Prosperity Fund 2025-26

To APPROVE the approach for delivery of REPF projects in 2025/26 and AGREE the necessary delegations:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED to:

  1. Amend the capital programme for 2025/26 to include the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) scheme capital budget of £229,240, which is fully funded from the 2025/26 REPF grant allocation.
  2. Approve the provisional allocations as set out in para 3.1.
  3. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Economy and Council Transformation and the Council’s Section 151 Officer to allocate the funding, having regard to the recommendations of the REPF Assessment Panel.
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Lisa Spivey For

 Council, Wednesday, 19th March, 2025 2.00 pm

Item: Minutes

Approval of the minutes of Full Council held on 24 February 2025.:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED that the minutes are accepted as a true and accurate record of the meeting of 24 February 2025.

 

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Publica Transition Plan - Phase 2

To consider the Phase 2 Transition Plan , to note its content and to approve the recommendations therein.:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED to

  1. Approve the implementation of Phase 2 of the Publica Transition on the basis of the Phase 2 Transition Plan;
  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 Phase 2 Transition Plan;
  3. Delegate authority to the Director of Governance in liaison with the Leader to update the constitution by making any consequential changes required as a result of Phase 2 of the Publica Transition.
  4. Carry out a budget re-basing for the 2026/7 financial year so that the funding provided to Publica would be proportionate to the services received.

 

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Community Governance Review - Upper Rissington

To approve the final recommendations of the Community Governance Review for Upper Rissington.:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED to:

  1. Approve the final recommendations in relation to the Upper Rissington and Great Rissington parish boundaires
  2. Authorise the Head of Legal Services to make a Reorganisation of Community Governance Order to implement the changes agreed by Council.

 

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Pay Policy Statement 2025 (as 9)

To consider the Councils Pay Policy for 2025/26:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED to approve the Council’s Pay Policy for 2025/26.

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Amendments to the Constitution - Report of the Constitution Working Group (March 2025)

To consider proposals from the Constitution Working Group for amendments to the Constitution.:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED to

  1. Agree to remove the words “The Chief Executive will act as the Cost Centre Manager for that budget” from paragraph 4.18 of Part D6: Overview and Scrutiny Committee Procedure Rules.
  2. Approve the Protocol for Webcasting Meetings for inclusion in the Constitution.
  3. Delegate authority to the Director of Governance and Development to update the Protocol for Webcasting Meetings in the event that the government changes the law to enable remote attendance and/or proxy voting at local authority meetings.
  4. Approve the changes to Part D1 11.3 to clarify how questions on notice will be dealt with at Cabinet and Committee meetings.
  5. Approve the updated Probity in Licensing Protocol.
  6. Approve the updated Contract rules.
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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Motion A: Farmers Motion

Motion A Farmers motion - to be referred to Overview and Scrutiny:

Resolution status:Carried

That a revised and strong letter to be sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer,  be considered by Overview and Scrutiny.

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Lisa Spivey For

 Budget Council, Council, Monday, 24th February, 2025 6.00 pm

Item: Minutes

Approval of the minutes of the Full Council meeting held on 22 January 2025:

Resolution status:Carried

Resolved that the minutes of Full Council 22 January 2025 be approved as an accurate record.

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Lisa Spivey Abstain

Item: Budget 2025/26 and Medium Term Financial Strategy

Conservative Group Budget Amendment - Budget 2025/2026::

Amendment status:Rejected

It was proposed to Restructure the CDC communications team so that the staffing costs within the communications budget are reduced from £340,000 to £200,000 to give a £140,000 annual saving, reducing the overall Press & PR/Communications budget from £404,764 to £264,764.

£40,000 of this annual saving to be used towards a new permanent Level 1 Case and Field Work Officer post in the Environmental Protection Team.

 

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Lisa Spivey Against

To approve the Revenue Budget for 2025/26, Capital Programme and Medium-Term Financial Strategy for 2025/26 to 2028/29:

Resolution status:Carried

Council RESOLVED to approve:

  1. the Medium-Term Financial Strategy set out in Annex B
  2. the Budget Pressures and Savings for inclusion in the budget, set out in Annex C
  3. the Council Tax Requirement of £7,065,418 for this Council
  4. the Council Tax level for Cotswold District Council purposes of £158.93 for a Band D property in 2025/26 (an increase of £5)
  5. the Capital Programme, set out in Annex D
  6. the Annual Capital Strategy 2025/26, as set out in Annex E
  7. the Annual Treasury Management Strategy and Non-Treasury Management Investment Strategy 2025/26, as set out in Annex F
  8. the Strategy for the Flexible use of Capital Receipts, as set out in Annex H
  9. the balances and reserves forecast for 2025/26 to 2028/29 as set out in Section 7 of the report.
  10. formally note the renewal of the CIVICA OpenRevenues 3-year software contract from 01 June 2025 with an annual fee of £0.106m (an increase of £0.031m over the previous annual contract value)

 

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Council Tax 2025/26

To APPROVE the Council Tax and Precepts for 2025/26:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED that subject to confirmation of Gloucestershire County Council’s precept Council NOTES and APPROVES that:

 

1)           for the purposes of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 Section 35(2), there are no special expenses for the District Council in 2025/26;

 

2)           using their delegated authority, the Deputy Chief Executive calculated the Council Tax Base for 2025/26:

 

(a)       for the whole Council area as 44,456.16 [item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”)]; and

 

(b)       for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish Precept relates as in the attached Schedule 1.

 

3)           the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2025/26 (excluding Parish Precepts) is £158.93.

 

4)           the following amounts be calculated for the year 2025/26 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

(a)       50,782,191 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (2) of the Act, taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils and any additional special expenses.

 

(b)       £38,558,091 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) of the Act.

 

(c)       £12,224,100 being the amount by which the aggregate at 4(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 4(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act, as its Council Tax requirement for the year (Item R in the formula in Section 31B of the Act).

 

(d)       £274.97 being the amount at 4(c) above (Item R), all divided by Item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish Precepts and Special Expenses);

 

(e)       £5,158,845 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish Precepts and Special Expenses) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act as per the attached Schedule 2.

 

(f)        £158.93 being the amount at 4(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 4(e) above by Item T(2(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no Parish Precept or special item relates;

 

(g)       the amounts shown in Schedule 2 being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 4(f) above, the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area shown in Schedule 2 divided in each case by the amount at 2(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate;

 

(h)       the amounts shown in Schedule 3 being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 4(f) and 4(g) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation Band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands;

 

5)            for the year 2025/26 the Gloucestershire County Council and the Police & Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire have issued precepts to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for each category of dwellings in the Council’s area as indicated below:

 

 

Valuation

Band

Gloucestershire County Council

Police and

Crime Commissioner

 

               £

     £

A

1,119.77

214.72

B

C

1,306.39

1,493.02

250.51

286.29

D

E

F

G

H

1,679.65

2,052.91

2,426.16

2,799.42

3,539.30

322.08

393.65

465.23

536.80

644.16

 

6)            the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in Schedule 4 as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2025/26 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

 

7)            the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2025/26 is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.

 

8)        the following Council/Publica Officers:  Deputy Chief Executive, Interim Director – Resident Services, Director of Governance and Development, Legal Executive, Business Manager – Environmental, Welfare and Revenues, Revenues Manager, Revenues Lead and Senior Recovery Officer be authorised to:

(a)     collect and recover any National Non-Domestic Rates and Council Tax; and

(b)     prosecute or defend on the Council’s behalf or to appear on its behalf in proceedings before a magistrate’s court in respect of unpaid National Non-Domestic Rates and Council Tax.

 

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Lisa Spivey For

 Council, Wednesday, 27th November, 2024 2.00 pm

Item: Minutes

Minutes of previous meeting on 25 September 2024:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That the minutes of the previous meeting on 25 September 2024 be APPROVED as a correct record.

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Membership of Committees and Cabinet update

Membership of Committees and Cabinet update:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council

 

1.    NOTED the update from the Leader of the Council regarding the change to the membership and responsibilities of Cabinet Members.

 

2.    AGREED to appoint from the Liberal Democrat Group Councillor Lisa Spivey to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to replace Councillor Tristan Wilkinson.

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Council Tax Support Scheme for 2025/2026

Council Tax Support Scheme for 2025/2026:

Resolution status:Carried

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Gambling Act 2005 Statement of Principles (Policy) Review 2024

Gambling Act 2005 Statement of Principles (Policy) Review 2024:

Resolution status:Carried

RESOLVED: That Full Council

1. APPROVED the Statement of Principles; and,

2. APPROVED to continue to adopt a “no-casino resolution”

for inclusions in the published Gambling Act 2005 Licensing

Policy Statement.

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Lisa Spivey For

Item: Request for a dispensation pursuant to Section 85(1) Local Government Act 1972

Request for a dispensation pursuant to Section 85(1) of the Local Government Act 1972:

Resolution status:Carried

That Full Council resolves to:

1. Approve a dispensation for Councillor Tony Dale in accordance with Section 85(1) of the Local Government Act 1972, on the grounds of ill-health.

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Lisa Spivey For