Agenda

To receive the Chairman’s communications, if any.

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 receive apologies for absence, if any.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 24^th June 2020

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.

To consider any questions or statements received from members of the public.

To consider any appointments to committees, sub committees and working parties of the Council.

To receive reports from Cabinet Members on their portfolios.

Members are reminded that they may ask questions of the Cabinet Member on their reports and portfolio areas but should note that it is not a debate.

1.    Cllr A Brown – Planning & Housing

2.    Cllr S Butikofer – Strategy & Corporate Services

3.    Cllr A Fitch-Tillett – Coastal

4.    Cllr V Gay – Culture & Wellbeing

5.    Cllr G Hayman – Commercialisation & Assets

6.    Cllr R Kershaw – Economic & Career Development

7.    Cllr N Lloyd – Environment

8.    Cllr E Seward - Finance

CABINET 03 AUGUST 2020:

Treasury Management Annual Report 2019/20

Decision:

RESOLVED:

To recommend to Council that The Treasury Management Annual Report and Prudential Indicators for 2019/20 are approved.

Debt Recovery 2019/2020

Decision:

RESOLVED to recommend to Council:

CABINET 07 SEPTEMBER 2020:

2019/20 Outturn Report (Period 12 Budget Monitoring Report)

Decision

Resolved:

To recommend the following to Full Council:

a)  The provisional outturn position for the General Fund revenue account for 2019/20; b)  The transfers to and from reserves as detailed within the report (and appendix C) along with the corresponding updates to the 2020/21 budget;

c) Allocate the surplus of £97,114 to the General Reserve;

d)  The financing of the 2019/20 capital programme as detailed within the report and at Appendix D;

e) The balance on the General Reserve of £2.404 million (after allocation of the underspend per recommendation c);

f)  The updated capital programme for 2020/21 to 2023/24 and scheme financing as outlined within the report and detailed at Appendix E;

g)  The outturn position in respect of the Prudential Indicators for 2019/20 as detailed in Appendix F and;

h) Agree the award of the new cleaning contract to Eco Cleen Services Ltd.

North Walsham Town Centre Public Realm Improvements

Decision

Resolved:

Tourism Sector Support package

DECISION

Resolved

Tot recommend to Full Council that the £330,000 received from Norfolk Strategic Fund is allocated to a new ‘Economic Recovery’ reserve and that £150,000 of this is set aside for the tourism Sector Support Package, along £25,000 from the Reopening High Streets Safely’ fund, for the establishment of a £175,000 grant scheme to support the local visitor economy;

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE – 17 SEPTEMBER 2020

The Overview & Scrutiny Committee meeting took place after the Council agenda was published. The Chairman will provide an oral update at the meeting.

To consider any further recommendations from the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Cabinet Member: Cllr S Butikofer, Leader

Steve Blatch, Chief Executive, steve.blatch@north-norfolk.gov.uk

None Received.

None Received.

The following Notice(s) of Motion have been received:

Support for Community Volunteer Groups

Proposed by Cllr N Dixon and seconded by Cllr C Cushing

This Council recognises and applauds the outstanding efforts of community volunteers in North Norfolk to support the vulnerable and less well off within their communities and it seeks to retain and build up that new found capacity to help communities become more resilient and self sustaining. This Council calls on its leadership, officers and partners to develop opportunities to engage and support the existing range of community volunteer groups, and to promote such schemes in areas not currently covered, to help meet the wider needs of the mental health, home care, wellbeing, independence and contingencies agendas which are so important to the quality of life in North Norfolk.

To work with Community Action Norfolk (CAN) and other Councils to develop community volunteer groups across the District. This would map areas currently covered and identify areas where there are none and how best they might be covered. CAN developments officers are well placed to promote and facilitate the formation of new groups and enhance the capabilities of those already operating. This would require some modest funding to resource CAN and pump prime new groups which CAN normally administers; it is proposed that a nominal sum of £10k be set aside to fund the work and this can be adjusted up or down depending on arrangements agreed with CAN and the degree of success in setting up new groups.

Planning White Paper Motion

Proposed by Cllr A Brown and seconded by Cllr E Withington

This Council notes:

1.    The publication by Government of the White Paper, ‘Planning for the Future’ on 6 August 2020, which set out proposals on reforms to the planning process for the future.

2.    That currently the vast majority of planning applications are given the go ahead by local authority planning officers and committees, with permission granted to around 9 out of 10 applications across the UK.

3.    While some of the analysis of the problems existing within the planning service are accepted, too many of the solutions put forward will not help the situation but may worsen it.

4.    That research by the Local Government Association has said that there are existing planning permissions for more than one million homes that have not yet been started. (We should be clear that the proportion of unbuilt homes with extant permission in North Norfolk is below the national average).

5.    While the current planning system is not perfect this is at least in part due to reductions in central government funding to local planning authorities which have, in turn, led to local authorities reducing expenditure on planning services. Such reductions have affected both the processing of planning applications and enforcement activities.

This Council also notes:

1.    The Royal Institute for British Architects called the proposals ‘shameful and which will do almost nothing to guarantee delivery of affordable, well-designed and sustainable homes’. RIBA also said  ...  view the full agenda text for item 17.

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 item(s) of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s) _ of Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended) to the Act.”