The council has a duty under the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information)(England) Regulations 2012 to publish, on its website a forward plan which, giving a minimum of 28 days notice of key 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 and confidential decisions that will be made by the Cabinet over the next one to four months.
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 or officers who have been delegated authority. You can view the forward plan of delegated decisions scheduled to be taken in the documents below:
Urgency Provisions
If the 28 day forward plan period cannot be complied with for a key decision and it is impractical to defer the decision in order to comply with the notice period, then the decision may still be made using urgency provisions set out below.
General Exception forward plan
Where more than 5 working days notice of the intention to make a key decision can be given, ‘general exception’ provisions apply.
The decision maker must inform chair of the relevant Scrutiny & Improvement Committee of the intention to take the decision and the notice must be published on the website. Associated decisions will also be published once made.
You can view general exception notices and decisions below:
Special Urgency forward plan
Where 5 working 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.
The decision maker must seek approval from the chair of the relevant Scrutiny & Improvement Committee before making the decision.
You can view special urgency notices and 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.