Agenda

Council - Monday, 21st September, 2026 7.00 pm

Venue: Oakenshaw Community Centre. View directions

Contact: Democratic Services

Items
No.	Item
1.	Welcome
2.	Apologies for Absence
3.	Declarations of Interest 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.
4.	Minutes of the extraordinary meeting of Council held on 10th August 2026 and of the Special Meeting of Council held on 26th August 2026 PDF 544 KB Additional documents: 260826 M PUBLISHED , item 4. PDF 280 KB
5.	Announcements To consider Announcements under Procedure Rule 10: a) Mayor’s Announcements b) The Leader’s Announcements c) Chief Executive’s Announcements.
6.	Questions on Notice (Procedure Rule 9) PDF 264 KB
7.	Motions on Notice (Procedure Rule 11) (to follow)
8.	Introduction of the National Scheme of Delegations of Planning Functions PDF 239 KB Additional documents: RBC Amended Scheme of Delegations for Development Management , item 8. PDF 180 KB RBC tree delegations proposed Oct 26 with track changes final , item 8. PDF 117 KB 12 RBC Planning Committee Procedure Rules Oct 2026 final , item 8. PDF 252 KB RBC Part 12 Appendix 2 note re NSD arrangments final , item 8. PDF 312 KB RBC Part 21 planning code of practice Oct 26 final , item 8. PDF 259 KB Table showing amendments and alterations to previous scheme of delegation , item 8. PDF 199 KB
9.	Audit, Governance and Standards Committee Annual Report 2025/26 PDF 1 MB
10.	Borough of Redditch Local Plan - Gateway 1 Self-Assessment and Summary of Scoping Consultation PDF 512 KB Additional documents: Appendix A RBC Gateway 1 self-assessment , item 10. PDF 437 KB Appendix B Borough of Redditch Local Plan - Summary of scoping consultation , item 10. PDF 794 KB
11.	RBC Equality Strategy (including Engagement Policy) PDF 236 KB Additional documents: RBCEqualityStrategy20262028 V2 , item 11. PDF 669 KB RBCEngagementPolicy20262028 v2 , item 11. PDF 680 KB
12.	Executive Committee View the background to item 12.
	Recommendation from the Executive Committee meeting held on 17th March 2026 PDF 373 KB Consideration of the Empty Homes Strategy was deferred from the previous meeting of Council and is due to be considered at this meeting. The relevant extract from the minutes of the Executive Committee meeting held on 17^th March when this item was considered has also been attached.
12.1	Empty Homes Policy PDF 300 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 for Amended Empty Homes Strategy , item 12.1 PDF 534 KB
	Minutes of the Executive Committee meeting held on 28th July 2026 PDF 463 KB
12.2	Food Waste Collections Implementation PDF 414 KB View the background to item 12.2
12.3	Treasury Management Outturn Report 2025/26 PDF 624 KB View the background to item 12.3
12.4	Quarter 4 Financial Monitoring and Outturn Report 2025/26 PDF 1 MB View the background to item 12.4
	Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting held on 8th September 2026 PDF 592 KB
12.5	RBC Equality Strategy 2026-2028 (Including Engagement Policy) PDF 236 KB View the background to item 12.5 Additional documents: Appendix A for RBC Equality Strategy 2026-2028 (including Engagement Policy) , item 12.5 PDF 670 KB Appendix 1 for RBC Equality Strategy 2026-2028 (including Engagement Policy) , item 12.5 PDF 681 KB
13.	Urgent Business - Record of Decisions (None to date).
14.	Urgent Business - General (if any) 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.)