Agenda

Members are requested to declare the existence and nature of any disclosable pecuniary interests and/or other interests, not already on their register of interests, in any item on the agenda and withdraw from the meeting at the appropriate time.

To approve as a correct record and the Chair to sign the Minutes of the Environment Scrutiny Committee held on 1 September 2025 and the Informal Environment Scrutiny Committee held on 27 October 2025.

Council Plan Targets Performance Update.

Kath Drury, Information & Improvement Manager/Amar Bashir, Improvement Officer

To receive an overview on fly-tipping and to hear about the issues faced by the Authority and what is being done to combat the issue.

Gill Halliwell, Service Manager (Commercial & Environment)/Thomas Rush, Team Manager (Environment Enforcement)

For Committee to confirm their position on the Motion from Council on 22 September 2025.

Cllr Caroline Smith, Chair of Environment Scrutiny/Joe Hayden, Senior Scrutiny Officer

To inform Committee of recent and forthcoming Cabinet business.

A digest of Cabinet decisions taken since May 2025.  This information is published by Cabinet meeting on the Council’s website.  Cabinet Agendas, Decisions and Minutes can be viewed at: Cabinet

The Forward Plan of Executive decisions.

Plans

These plans are updated to include new business.

Joe Hayden, Senior Scrutiny Officer

To contribute to major Policies being considered by the Council.

To consider the Committee’s Work Programme, and to also consider and contribute to potential changes in the operating environment which may include legislation, regulation and key projects being undertaken by the Council, for example, that could form potential topic items for the Work Programme in the future.

Joe Hayden, Senior Scrutiny Officer

To consider any other matter which the Chair of the Committee is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency.

The next meeting of the Environment Scrutiny Committee is scheduled to take place on 23 February 2026 at 3.30 pm.