The forward plan

The forward plan contains all decisions expected to be made by the Council through its Cabinet Members, as well as key decisions to be taken by officers, in the next four months.

The forward plan contains all decisions expected to be made by the Council through its Cabinet Members, as well as key decisions to be taken by officers, in the next four months.

The Cabinet forward plan​

The forward plan is a list of the council’s key decisions that will be made over the next one to four months. These decisions will be made by either the Cabinet or by officers who have been delegated authority.

You can find the current forward plans here.

​Delegated Decision forward plan

The delegated decision forward plan covers key and confidential decisions taken by individual Cabinet members.  

You can view the forward plan of delegated decisions scheduled to be taken in the documents below:

General Exception forward plan

The council has a duty under Statutory Instrument 2012 No. 2089 to publish, on its website, the notice of any key decision that is due to be taken which has not been included in the forward plan, and it is not practical to defer the decision until it can be included.

Following the appropriate approvals by the monitoring officer and chief executive, the chair of the executive scrutiny committee is informed of the intention to take the decision. 

There must be 5 clear days between the notice being issued to the chair of the committee and the decision being taken.

You can view general exception decisions below:

Special Urgency forward plan

Where 5 clear days notice cannot be given of the intention to make the decision as set out above, the decision is subject to the special urgency process. 

You can view special urgency decisions below:

Previous versions of the forward plan are available upon request. Please contact the Democratic Services team by email​ with the date of the forward plan document you would like to request.