Agenda

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 12 March 2025 for signature by the Chair.

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

Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 21 January, 18 February and 18 March 2025;

Environment and Economy Select Committee – 27 February, 11 March and 20 March 2025;

Community Select Committee – 26 March and 8 April

To consider a report seeking approval of the Green Spaces Strategy 2025-2035 and Tree & Woodland Strategy 2025-2035 for Stevenage.

To consider a report updating Cabinet on changes in national planning policy and guidance announced by Government and the implications for plan making in Stevenage.

To receive a report highlighting the Council’s performance against the Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs) for 2024/25, when compared to the results from 2023/24.

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 section of the Minutes of the meeting of the Executive held on 12 March 2025.

To consider a report relating to Mission44, a charitable foundation established by Sir Lewis Hamilton and the subsequent Pioneering Young STEM Futures programme.

To consider a report seeking confirmation for the appointment of a contractor for The Oval development to begin delivering on the neighbourhood regeneration scheme following the conclusion of the tender process.

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