Venue: The Forum, Riviera International Conference Centre, Chestnut Avenue, Torquay, TQ2 5LZ
1.
Minutes 
To confirm as a
correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on 27
February 2025.
2.
Declarations of interests
2a
To receive declarations of non pecuniary interests in respect of items on this agenda
For reference: Having
declared their non pecuniaryinterest members may remain in the meeting
and speak and, vote on the matter in question. A completed disclosure of interests form should be
returned to the Clerk before the conclusion of the
meeting.
2b
To receive declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests in respect of items on this agenda
For reference: Where a Member
has a disclosable pecuniary interest
he/she must leave the meeting during consideration of the
item. However, the Member may remain in
the meeting to make representations, answer questions or give
evidence if the public have a right to do so, but having done so
the Member must then immediately leave the meeting, may not vote
and must not improperly seek to influence the outcome of the
matter. A completed disclosure of
interests form should be returned to the Clerk before the
conclusion of the meeting.
(Please Note: If Members and Officers wish to seek advice on any
potential interests they may have, they should contact Governance
Support or Legal Services prior to the meeting.)
3.
Communications
To receive any
communications or announcements from the Civic Mayor, the Leader of
the Council, the Overview and Scrutiny Co-ordinator or the Chief
Executive.
4.
Appointment of Overview and Scrutiny Co-ordinator and Scrutiny Lead Members
The Council was
requested to consider the appointment of the Overview and Scrutiny
Co-ordinator and the appointment of Scrutiny Lead Members for the
2025/2026 Municipal Year.
5.
Appointments to Council Committees, Working Parties and Appointment of Committee Chairmen/women and Vice-Chairmen/women for 2025/2026
To appoint the
Council’s committees, working parties, Chairmen/women and
Vice-Chairmen/women for the new municipal year, in accordance with
Council Standing Order A1.2(x)
Additional documents:
6.
Composition and Constitution of the Cabinet and Record of Delegations of Executive Functions
To receive details
from the Leader of the Council of the composition and constitution
of the Cabinet for 2024/2025, together with the record of
delegations of Executive functions (in accordance with Standing
Order C2).
7.
Overview and Scrutiny Annual Report 2024/2025
To receive the
Overview and Scrutiny Annual Report 2024/2025.
8.
Audit Committee Annual Report 2024/2025
To receive the Audit
Committee’s Annual Report for 2024/2025.
9.
Formation of a Social Housing Delivery Programme for Torbay and Associated Financing Proposal
To consider the
recommendation of the Cabinet and the submitted report that
requests funding in order to accelerate and extend the
Accommodation Repurposing Programme.
10.
Brokenbury Solar Farm
To consider a report
that seeks to rescind a previous Council decision to borrow money
for the construction of a solar farm at Brokenbury.
11.
Torbay Inclusion Strategy
To consider a
recommendation of the Cabinet and a report, that seeks to include
the Torbay Inclusion Strategy as part of Torbay Council’s
Policy Framework.
Additional documents:
12.
Standing Order D11 (in relation to Overview and Scrutiny) – Call-in and Urgency
To note the schedule of
Executive decisions to which the call-in procedure does not apply
as set out in the submitted report.
Live Streaming
To
encourage more people to engage in our public meetings the Council
is live streaming our Council meetings on our YouTube channel in
addition to recording the meetings and publishing the recording on
our website. To watch the meeting live
please visit https://www.youtube.com/user/torbaycouncil.
