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

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Colchester Local Plan - Regulation 18 (Preferred Options Local Plan)

The Local Plan Committee are asked to : agree the content of the Preferred Options Colchester Local Plan (Regulation 18) as appended to this report as Appendix B. To agree to the publication of the Preferred Options Colchester Local Plan for consultation for a period of 6 weeks to commence as soon as reasonably practical following the Committee meeting. To note the publication of the evidence documents listed and summarised in the report. For the Committee to delegate authority to Head of Planning and the Chair of the Local Plan Committee to make minor revisions to the Preferred Options Colchester Local Plan, including the policies maps, prior to publication.

CommitteeLocal Plan Committee17 Feb 2025Decision Proposed
Work Programme 2024-2025The Committee will consider a report setting out its work programme for the current municipal year. CommitteeGovernance and Audit Committee25 Feb 2025Decision Proposed
Risk Management Progress ReportThe Committee will consider a report requesting that it review and comment on the Council's progress and performance in managing risk during the period April to September 2024, and that it considers and comments on the current Strategic Risk Register. CommitteeGovernance and Audit Committee25 Feb 2025Decision Proposed
Internal Audit Plan 2025/26The Committee will consider a report requesting that it consider the overall Audit Strategy for 2025/28 to ensure that it reflects the key areas of assurance required to enable the Committee to comply with its core functions, prior to agreeing the Internal Audit Plan.CommitteeGovernance and Audit Committee25 Feb 2025Decision Proposed
Verbal update from the Council’s Chief Operating Officer with regard to the Council’s statement of accounts.The Committee will receive a verbal update from the Council's Chief Operating Officer in respect of the progress made with the Council's statement of accounts and external audit. CommitteeGovernance and Audit Committee25 Feb 2025Decision Proposed
Treasury Management Strategy 2025/2026The Committee will consider a report requesting that it review and recommend for approval by full Council the proposed draft Treasury Management Strategy 2025/26 and the draft Minimum Revenue Provision Statement 2025/26.CommitteeGovernance and Audit Committee25 Feb 2025Decision Proposed
Treasury Management Quarter 3 Update 2024/25The Committee will consider a report setting out the Council’s actual Treasury Management activity for the second quarter (Quarter 2) of 2024/25.CommitteeGovernance and Audit Committee25 Feb 2025Decision Proposed
Social Housing – Landlord Performance for Quarter 3 2024/25The Committee will consider, in its role as the shareholder committee for Colchester Borough Homes, a report which demonstrates the Council's regulatory compliance across a variety of areas, and which is monitored by the Regulator of Social Housing. CommitteeGovernance and Audit Committee25 Feb 2025Decision Proposed
Final Budget Proposals 2025/26 (General Fund and Housing Revenue Account, including medium-term revenue and capital)

 

B... Motion that the recommendations contained in the reports from the Section 151 Officer entitled Final Budget Proposals 2025/26 (General Fund and Housing Revenue Account,  including medium term revenue and capital) and Council Tax Setting 2025/26 be approved and adopted.

 

 

CommitteeFull Council26 Feb 2025Decision Proposed
Designation of Section 151 Officer

H.. Motion that Anna D’Alessandro be designated as interim Section 151 Officer with effect from 1 April 2025.  

 

CommitteeFull Council26 Feb 2025Decision Proposed
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