Agenda and minutes

Members will disclose any pecuniary and any other significant interests they may have in relation to the matters to be considered at this meeting.

None.

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the previous meeting of Cabinet.

The minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 20 October 2021 were approved as a correct record.

To receive and respond to any questions from members of the public.

Public questions for Cabinet may be submitted at any time by writing to Democratic Services or via email democratic.services@wyre.gov.uk. Public questions for this meeting must be received by noon on the Thursday before the meeting is held and do not need to specifically relate to items on this agenda. Questioners should provide their name and address and indicate to which Cabinet member the question is to be directed.

The total period of time allocated for public questions will not normally exceed 30 minutes.

None

Report of the Planning and Economic Development Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Communities.

The Planning and Economic Development Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Communities asked Cabinet to consider and recommend the content of the Authorities Monitoring Report 2020-2021.

Decision

Cabinet approved the Authorities Monitoring Report 2020-2021 as set out in Appendix 1 of the report, and agreed, subject to the inclusion of any minor editorial alterations, to make it available for public inspection.

In accordance with Paragraph 11 of the Access to Information Rules in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, the Chief Executive has determined that the report submitted under item 7 of this agenda is “Not for Publication” because it refers to “exempt information” as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A(3) of the Local Government Act, 1972 as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Variation Order 2006, on the grounds that it contains information relating to the financial or business affairs of a particular person (including the authority holding that information).

It may provide information about the commercial dealings of the Council and affect negotiating situations. This information is not publicly available from the statutory registers of information kept in respect of certain companies and charities. In all the circumstances, it is therefore considered to be in the public interest for this report to be treated as exempt from publication as the public interest in maintaining the content of the report and appendices as exempt from publication outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. 

If Cabinet agrees that the public and press should be excluded for this item, it will need to pass the following resolution:

“That the public and press be excluded from the meeting whilst agenda item 7 is being considered, as it refers to exempt information as defined in category 3 (Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)) of Part 1 of Schedule 12(a) of the Local Government Act, 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Variation Order 2006 and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information”.

In accordance with Paragraph 11 of the Access to Information Rules in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, the Chief Executive had established that the report submitted under item 7 of this agenda was “Not for Publication” because it referred to “exempt information”, as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A(3) of the Local Government Act, 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Variation Order 2006.

Decision

Cabinet agreed that the public and press be excluded from the meeting whilst agenda item 7 was being considered.

Report of the Resources Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Communities.

The  Resources Portfolio Holder and Corporate Director Communities submitted a report asking Cabinet to approve additional funding to support the acquisition and effective operation of the development of commercial units at Fleetwood Docks, as initially approved by Cabinet on 2 December 2020.

Decision

Cabinet noted the update on the progress of Project Neptune and approved an increase in the overall budget and an amendment to the 2021/22 capital programme.