Decisions

This is where you can find the reports for decisions made by the Council. To view the minutes of meetings please go to the relevant meeting page by navigating from the Meeting Calendar tab or the Committees tab.

This includes decisions taken at Committee meetings as well as decisions taken by individual Portfolio Holders from May 2014 onwards.

For individual Portfolio Holder decisions before 2014, please use the connected sub tab labelled Portfolio Holder Decisions before 2014

Structure of the Council

 

Following the introduction of the Local Government Act 2000 a new political structure was adopted in Colchester. The old Committee system was replaced by a new system . Under this system, a Council leader is appointed who is responsible for forming a Cabinet. The Cabinet is responsible for most decision making on day to day matters, although it must operate within the policy framework set by the full Council.

 

A number of Panels are in place to scrutinise decisions and review and develop policy. The Planning and Licensing Committees and the Governance and Audit Committee are responsible for the regulatory functions of the Council.

 

The Leader of the Council and the Cabinet

 

The Leader of the Council is elected at the Council’s Annual meeting. The Council is currently run by a Liberal Democrat administration. The Council Leader is Councillor David King.

The Cabinet is made up of eight Councillors, each of whom is responsible for a specific area, known as a Portfolio. Further information about the membership of the Cabinet is available from the Committees tab in the list on the right of the screen.

 

Decisions

TitleDetailsDecision TypeDecision MakerImplementation DateStatus
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Award of Contract for Digital Device Purchase PortfolioCouncillor Alison Jay3 Mar 2025Decision Proposed
Award of Contract for window cleaning in 2/3 storey blocks, sheltered housing and corporate buildings – ref: 0404

The appendix accompanying this decision is not for publication as it contains exempt information.  Members can access the appendix by logging into CMIS.

PortfolioCouncillor Paul Smith3 Mar 2025Decision Proposed
Award of Contract for Fire Risk Assessments in HRA stock – ref: 0412

The appendices accompanying this decision is not for publication as it contains exempt information.  Members can access the appendices by logging into CMIS.

PortfolioCouncillor Paul Smith3 Mar 2025Decision Proposed
Local Development SchemeThe Local Plan Committee are invited to agree changes to the Local Development Scheme.CommitteeLocal Plan Committee4 Mar 2025Decision Proposed
Colchester Community Safety PartnershipThis report provides the Crime and Disorder Committee with the opportunity to review the Strategic Assessment of Crime document, based on data between October 2023 – September 2024 (Appendix A), the Risk Matrix (Appendix B) and the draft wording for the Key Priorities for the Colchester Community Safety Partnership (CSP)  for 2025-26 which all partners have provisionally agreed for ratification by the Committee.CommitteeCrime and Disorder Committee11 Mar 2025Decision Proposed
Minutes - Part B

Cabinet will be invited to confirm as a correct record the not for publication extract from the minutes of the meeting on 29 January 2025.

 

CommitteeCabinet12 Mar 2025Decision Proposed
Braintree District Council Issues & Options Consultation Response PortfolioCouncillor Andrea Luxford Vaughan13 Mar 2025Decision Proposed
242191 and 242192 Grosvenor House, 1 Station Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9DHChange of use of upper floors and outbuilding from offices to 7 no. one bed residential units and 1no. basement office, along with minor alterations to exterior of the building and internal alterations (Revised Description).CommitteePlanning Committee13 Mar 2025Decision Proposed
242513 Lychgate House, 145 Shrub End Road, Colchester, CO3 4REApplication for a single storey front extension and loft extension with roof lights.CommitteePlanning Committee13 Mar 2025Decision Proposed
Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation in Essex

Full Council will consider a report providing an update on the timetable and progress made to date in relation to:

(a)  the Government’s announcement that Essex County Council, Southend and Thurrock Councils are included in the Devolution Priority Programme; 

(b) proposed local government reorganisation in Greater Essex; and

(c) the proposed Interim Plan submission to Government required by 21 March 2025.

The report also proposes the creation of a cross-party Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation Advisory Group. 

 


CommitteeFull Council17 Mar 2025Decision Proposed