Issue - meetings

To receive the latest version of the Committee’s work programme and the Council’s Forward Plan.

6.1      Councillor Haigh requested that the Green Travel Plan Report 2019 and Update be considered before the Committee at the 6^th of January 2020 meeting. It was noted that the Committee had a long-held interest in this area.

6.2      The Chair stated that he would like to look at the Annual Report on the Grant Funding provided to the Voluntary Community Sector at the Committee ‘s 2^nd of March 2020 meeting.

6.3      Councillor Hilton drew Members’ attention to the Demolition of Wessex House and Intended Land Use Report and the Wessex House, Provision of Homeless Support Service reports. He submitted that as the Ward Councillors for Kingsholm and Wotton, him and Councillor Brazil should have been briefed by Cabinet and the relevant Officers, given that both reports affect their ward. The Leader of the Council explained that Cabinet is happy to consult with Members where appropriate, and therefore Cabinet would brief them both. Councillor Organ asked Councillor Hilton whether Wessex House had not been considered at the Planning Policy Working Group (PPWG), of which he was a Member. Councillor Hilton responded to say that whilst it had been considered by the PPWG, there had been no direct contact from officers to him and Councillor Brazil.

6.4      RESOLVED: - (1) That the Green Travel Plan Report 2019 and Update would be included on the Committee ‘s 6^th of January 2020 meeting agenda. (2) The Annual Report on the Grant Funding provided to the Voluntary Community Sector would be included on the Committee ‘s 2^nd of March 2020 meeting. Councillor Hilton would be briefed on the Wessex House reports, and then it will be re-assessed whether the two reports still need to come to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.