Agenda

To receive questions / statements from the public, if any.

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 15^th October 2025.

To determine any other items of business which the Chairman decides should be considered as a matter of urgency pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

Members are asked at this stage to declare any interests that they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. The Code of Conduct for Members requires that declarations include the nature of the interest and whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.

To consider any petitions received from members of the public.

The following request has been submitted by Cllr P Bailey for inclusion on the agenda:

Following the recent submission of a petition regarding access within Pretty Corner woods, the local member, Cllr Bailey, suggests that it would enhance relations between the Council and local communities, if arrangements for future engagement were formally agreed. He therefore proposes the following:

‘For the Countryside Team to proactively communicate with the public, in a timely fashion, regarding the way in which NNDC sites are managed, why they are managed in certain ways and what plans are in place when upcoming works on those sites are likely to cause disruption or a significant change going forward.’

Local members for both Sheringham North and South have indicated their support for the above.

To consider any responses of the Council or the Cabinet to the Committee’s reports or recommendations:

To note the upcoming Cabinet Work Programme.

To receive an update from the Scrutiny Officer on progress made with topics on its agreed work programme, training updates and to receive any further information which Members may have requested at a previous meeting.

Please note that this item will be followed by a short session for Committee members only to agree the scope of the session on mobile connectivity (scheduled for 28^th January)

To pass the following resolution, if necessary:

“That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph _ of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to the Act.”