Agenda

Cabinet - Tuesday, 17th March, 2026 6.00 pm

Venue: Council Chamber - Municipal Offices. View directions

Contact: Democratic Services

Items
No.	Item
	SECTION 1 : PROCEDURAL MATTERS
1.	Apologies
2.	Declarations of interest
3.	Minutes of the last meeting The minutes of the meeting held on 24 February 2026 will be considered at the next meeting.
4.	Public and Member Questions and Petitions Questions must be received no later than 12 noon on the seventh working day before the date of the meeting
	SECTION 2 :THE COUNCIL There are no matters referred to the Cabinet by the Council on this occasion
	SECTION 3 : OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE There are no matters referred to the Cabinet by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee on this occasion
	SECTION 4 : OTHER COMMITTEES There are no matters referred to the Cabinet by other Committees on this occasion
	SECTION 5 : REPORTS FROM CABINET MEMBERS AND/OR OFFICERS
5.	Homeseeker Policy Review PDF 715 KB View the background to item 5. Report of Cabinet Member for Housing and Customer Services, Councillor Flo Clucas Additional documents: Appendix 2 - EQIA Homeseeker Plus Partnership March 2026 , item 5. PDF 789 KB
6.	Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy PDF 590 KB View the background to item 6. Report of the Leader, Councillor Rowena Hay Additional documents: Appendix 3 - EDI Policy 2026 , item 6. PDF 908 KB
7.	Housing Payments - Crisis and Resilience Fund Policy PDF 440 KB View the background to item 7. Report of Cabinet Member for Finance and Assets, Councillor Peter Jeffries Additional documents: Appendix 2 - Equality Impact Assessment , item 7. PDF 589 KB Appendix 3 - Climate change assessment tool - Housing Payments - Crisis and Resilience Fund Policy , item 7. PDF 115 KB Appendix 4 - Housing Payments - Crisis and Resilience Fund Policy 2026 , item 7. PDF 375 KB
8.	Discretionary Business Rate Relief PDF 462 KB View the background to item 8. Report of Cabinet Member for Finance and Assets, Councillor Peter Jeffries Additional documents: Appendix 3 - Discretionary Business Rate Relief Policy , item 8. PDF 505 KB Appendix 4 - Climate Change Assessment Tool , item 8. PDF 112 KB
9.	Biodiversity Report PDF 452 KB View the background to item 9. Report of Cabinet Member for Planning and Building Control, Councillor Mike Collins Additional documents: Appendix 3 - Biodiversity Report 2026 , item 9. PDF 1 MB
10.	Notification of decisions made by the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Joint Committee PDF 649 KB View the background to item 10. Report of the Leader, Councillor Rowena Hay Additional documents: Appendix 3 - CIL Joint Committee Decisions, February 2026 , item 10. PDF 95 KB
	SECTION 6 : BRIEFING SESSION Leader and Cabinet Members
11.	Briefing from Cabinet Members
	SECTION 7 : DECISIONS OF CABINET MEMBERS Member decisions taken since the last Cabinet meeting
	SECTION 8 : ANY OTHER ITEM(S) THAT THE LEADER DETERMINES TO BE URGENT AND REQUIRES A DECISION
	Section 10: BRIEFING NOTES Briefing notes are circulated for information with the Cabinet papers but are not on the agenda