Agenda

To invite Councillors to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or Other Disclosable Interests they may have in items on the agenda, and to confirm the nature of those interests.

To consider Announcements under Procedure Rule 10:

a)           Mayor’s Announcements

b)           The Leader’s Announcements

c)           Chief Executive’s Announcements.

Questions on Notice will be published in a supplementary pack for this meeting.

West Mercia Police and Crime Panel

Members are asked to note that following the Annual Council meeting the Council was advised that the authority’s representative on the West Mercia Police and Crime Panel needs to be a Labour Group member, in accordance with the political balance for the panel.

Therefore, Council is invited to agree appointments to the following positions on the West Mercia Police and Crime Panel from the Labour Group to replace the Members appointed at the Annual Council meeting.

·             Lead Member

·             Substitute Member

Council is asked to note a change to the Conservative Group’s nomination to the Planning Committee.

Councillor Brandon Clayton is nominated to replace Councillor Matthew Dormer on the Planning Committee.

Members are asked to note that the recommendations arising from this meeting of the Executive Committee were considered at the Council meeting held immediately after the Executive Committee meeting on 2^nd March 2026.

NOTE:  The exempt minute attached for this item has only been made available to Members and relevant Officers.  Should Members wish to discuss this minute in any detail, a decision will be required to exclude the public and press from the meeting on the grounds that exempt information is likely to be divulged, as defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of Section 100 1 of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

(Paragraph 3: Subject to the “public interest” test, information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).)

NOTE:  The appendix to the report for this item has only been made available to Members and relevant Officers.  Should Members wish to discuss the content of this appendix in any detail, a decision will be required to exclude the public and press from the meeting on the grounds that exempt information is likely to be divulged, as defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of Section 100 1 of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

(Paragraph 3: Subject to the “public interest” test, information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).)

NOTE:  The exempt minute attached for this item has only been made available to Members and relevant Officers.  Should Members wish to discuss this minute in any detail, a decision will be required to exclude the public and press from the meeting on the grounds that exempt information is likely to be divulged, as defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of Section 100 1 of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

(Paragraph 3: Subject to the “public interest” test, information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).)

NOTE:  The appendix to the report for this item has only been made available to Members and relevant Officers.  Should Members wish to discuss the content of this appendix in any detail, a decision will be required to exclude the public and press from the meeting on the grounds that exempt information is likely to be divulged, as defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of Section 100 1 of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

(Paragraph 3: Subject to the “public interest” test, information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).)

To note any decisions taken in accordance with the Council’s Urgency Procedure Rules.

(None to date).

To consider any additional items exceptionally agreed by the Mayor as Urgent Business in accordance with the powers vested in him by virtue of Section 100(B)(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

(This power should be exercised only in cases where there are genuinely special circumstances which require consideration of an item which has not previously been published on the Order of Business for the meeting.)