Agenda and minutes

No declarations of interest were received.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Coy and Dyke.

RESOLVED –

The Minutes of the meeting of the Enterprise and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee held on 15 July, 2021 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Committee considered the Scrutiny recommendations monitoring schedule.

RESOLVED -

That the Scrutiny monitoring schedule be noted.

The latest version of the Forward Plan of Key Decisions 1 November, 2021 to 28 February, 2022 is available via the link below:

Forward Plan

The Forward Plan for the four month period 1 November, 2021 to 28 February, 2022 was presented for information.

RESOLVED –

That the Forward Plan be noted.

The 2021/22 Work Programme for the Enterprise and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee was reported for information.

RESOLVED –

That the work programme be noted and updated to include the decisions of the current meeting.

To move “That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the 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 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act".

Part 2 (Non Public Information)

That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

The committee considered each of the objectives of both the Parks and Open Strategy and the Play Strategy. Feedback was agreed on given the context of the council’s aims and the members’ desire to ensure access to good quality green spaces for all residents of the Borough.

The members commented on the length of the strategy documents and discussed the benefit of an executive summary to make the information accessible to all. The strategies were considered to be aspirational with a broad scope and members were keen to understand what the next stage of the process would look like.

It was suggested that in the next phase the strategies be linked together and the objectives and outcomes be listed to illustrate a clear direction.

RESOLVED –

1.   That the feedback provided by the committee be submitted as part of the public consultation process

2.   That a further update be brought to the committee to demonstrate how the consultation feedback has influenced the final versions of the strategies.

3.   That the committee undertake a monitoring role, particularly at the implementation stage of the process.