Agenda

Members of the Council will declare any interests they may have in any item to be considered at this meeting, prior to any discussion taking place on that item.

The other registrable interests of Councillors of Devon County Council, arising from membership of City, Town or Parish Councils and other Local Authorities will automatically be recorded in the minutes.

For details of District and or Town and Parish Twin Hatters – please see here - County councillors who are also district, borough, city, parish or town councillors

Minutes of the meeting held on 13 November 2024, (previously circulated).

Items which in the opinion of the Chair should be considered at the meeting as matters of urgency.

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Report of the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport (CET/24/113), presenting the Council’s Carbon Reduction Plan for 2024 - 2027, attached.

An Impact Assessment has been prepared for the attention of Members at the meeting, attached and available at Carbon Reduction Plan 2024-2027 - Impact Assessment (devon.gov.uk)

Report of the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport and the Director of Finance and Public Value (CET/24/112), seeking approval of the Low Carbon Supply Chain Strategy 2024 – 2026, attached.

An Impact Assessment has been prepared for the attention of Members at the meeting, attached and available at Low carbon supply chain strategy - Impact Assessment.

Report of the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport (CET/24/110), on a proposed trial for streetlighting, attached.

The Corporate Infrastructure and Regulatory Services Scrutiny Committee

at its meeting on 25 September 2024, had considered the Report of the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport (CET/24/66), regarding findings from the recent streetlighting trial (9 April to 21 May 2024). The Committee had RESOLVED ‘that given all of the benefits identified above and in Report (CET/24/66), this Committee recommends to Cabinet that a three tier system be considered to take into account the separate needs of city, market towns and rural villages, recognising the important of dark skies, particularly in rural areas and the benefits to wildlife and the environment’.

An Impact Assessment has been prepared for the attention of Members at the meeting, attached and available at Street Lighting Project - Central Management System - Impact Assessment

Report of the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport (CET/24/109), seeking scheme approval of the Cullompton Town Centre Relief Road, attached.

An Impact Assessment has been prepared for the attention of Members at the meeting, attached and available at Cullompton Town Centre Relief Road - Impact Assessment.

Report of the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport (CET/24/111), on the Household Waste Recycling Centre Service Review and Future Service Commissioning, attached.

An Impact Assessment has been prepared for the attention of Members at the meeting, attached and available at Household Waste Recycling Centre Service Review - Impact Assessment

Report of the Director of Finance and Public Value (DFP/24/121) outlining the Council's Treasury Management Mid-Year Stewardship 2024/25, which updates on key matters arising from the Council’s Treasury and Debt Management activities during the first seven months of the 2024/25 financial year, previously considered and welcomed by the Corporate Infrastructure and Regulatory Services Scrutiny Committee on 28^th November 2024 (Minute *194 refers). The Report is attached.

Recommendation

That the Corporate Infrastructure and Regulatory Services Scrutiny Committee be thanked for their review of the Mid-Year Stewardship Report for the 2024/25 financial year and it be further endorsed.

Minutes of the bodies shown below are circulated herewith for information or endorsement as indicated therein (i.e. any unstarred minutes):

[NB: Minutes of County Council Committees are published on the Council’s Website:

Minutes of the Devon Education (Schools) Forum:  

Minutes of the South West Waste Partnership

Minutes of the Devon & Cornwall Police & Crime Panel

The Register of Decisions taken by Members under the urgency provisions or delegated powers is available on the website in line with the Council’s Constitution and Regulation 13 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012.  The decisions taken and associated information can be found here.

In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, the Cabinet is requested to review the list of forthcoming business (previously circulated) and to determine which items are to be defined as key and/or framework decisions and included in the Plan from the date of this meeting.

The Forward Plan is available on the Council's website.

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