Meeting Details

The Mayor will welcome members of the public and Councillors and will ask the Chaplain to say a prayer. The Mayor will explain the procedures to be followed at the meeting including a reminder everyone to use microphones at all times when they are speaking. 

Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the agenda about which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest which would prevent them from participating in any discussion of the item or participating in any vote upon the item, or any other registerable interest or non-registerable interest.

Up to eight members of the public may make representations to Full Council on the item on the agenda only. Each representation may be no more than three minutes. Members of the public wishing to address Full Council must register their wish to address the meeting by e-mailing democratic.services@colchester.gov.uk by 12.00 noon on the working day before the meeting. In addition, a written copy of the representation should be supplied.

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.