Agenda

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 11 February 2026.

To note the following minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny and Select Committees:

Environment and Economy Select Committee – 28 January 2026

Community Select Committee – 4 February 2026

To provide Members with the Council’s first Stevenage Borough Biodiversity Duty report as required by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (as amended by the Environment Act 2021).

To highlight the Council’s performance across key priorities and projects for Quarter Three 2025/26 and provide an update on progress against current strategic risks.

To receive a report updating Members on the projected General Fund (GF), Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and Capital 2025/26 net expenditure and seek approval to amend the General Fund, HRA and Capital budgets as part of the quarterly revenue monitoring review.

To seek approval to revoke the existing taxi rank located on the southbound side of the High Street, Stevenage and vary the taxi rank located on the northbound side of the High Street, Stevenage.

To consider any Part 1 business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

To consider the following motions –

1.  That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraphs1 – 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended by Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

2.  That Members consider the reasons for the following reports being in Part II and determine whether or not maintaining the exemption from disclosure of the information contained therein outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

To approve as a correct record the Part II Minutes of the meeting held on 11 February 2026.

To consider any Part II business accepted by the Chair as urgent.