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Agenda and decisions

Venue: Remote Teams Meeting

Contact: Democratic Services 

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

2.

Declarations of Interest

3.

2019/20 REVENUE & CAPITAL OUTTURN STATEMENT pdf icon PDF 734 KB

Division/Wards Affected: All

 

Purpose:The purpose of this report is to provide Members with information on the revenue and capital outturn position of the Authority based on capital slippage and reserve usage & deferment.

 

Authors: Peter Davies – Chief Officer, Resources

Jonathan Davies – Finance Manager

 

Contact Details: peterdavies@monmouthshire.gov.uk; jonathansdavies@monmouthshire.gov.uk

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

That Members consider the net revenue outturn deficit explained in section 3 of the report of £3.76m and the one off items offsetting this deficit to provide an overall net surplus to the revenue account of £1.8m.

 

That members endorse the use of the revenue surplus for the year of £1.8m to increase the Council fund balance to allow the Authority maximum flexibility to respond to and mitigate the financial risks surrounding the ongoing COVID19 situation.

 

Members note the extent of movements in individual budgeted draws on school balances as shown in section 8 of the report and the further review to be undertaken as part of month 5 budget monitoring report.

 

That Members note the 84% delivery of the budgeted mandated savings agreed by full Council previously and the implicit remedial action/savings included in the financial monitoring to compensate for circa 16% savings (£1.03m) reported as delayed or unachievable by service managers.

 

That Members consider the capital outturn spend of £24.0m, introducing an underspend of £1.55m primarily due to underspending of specific grant related schemes and accepts slippage requests of £24.8m being endorsed (listed in Appendix 2) along with the related presumptions made around financing consequences as per section 6.

4.

MONMOUTHSHIRE REPLACEMENT LOCAL DEVELOPMENT UPDATE IN LIGHT OF COVID-19 pdf icon PDF 298 KB

Divisions/Wards Affected: All

 

Purpose: The purpose of this report is to provide Cabinet with an update on the preparation of the Replacement Local Development Plan (RLDP) in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic. It invites Cabinet to review the Issues, Vision and Objectives that form the foundations of the Plan’s strategic direction, and seeks Cabinet’s endorsement that the Issues, Vision and Objectives hold true and that the RLDP should continue to progress including completing the Preferred Strategy consultation and second call for candidate sites. This report invites Cabinet to note the delay in RLDP preparation associated with COVID-19, which will necessitate Council approval of a revised Delivery Agreement in coming months, and highlights the significant issues now posed by the LDP ‘drop dead’ provisions.

 

 

Authors: Mark Hand Head of Placemaking, Housing, Highways and Flood

Craig O’Connor Head of Planning

Rachel Lewis Planning Policy Manager

 

Contact Details: markhand@monmouthshire.gov.uk

craigoconnor@monmouthshire.gov.uk

rachellewis@monmouthshire.gov.uk  

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

That Cabinet endorses the RLDP Issues, Vision and Objectives and the strategic direction of the RLDP in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, that it remains relevant and appropriate and approves that work on the RLDP should continue.

 

Cabinet writes to the Minister for Housing and Local Government to amend the Planning (Wales) Act 2015 to remove the ‘drop dead date’ legislative provisions to prevent a policy vacuum and allow for decisions to be taken in accordance with the existing LDP until the adoption of the RLDP, unless newer national policy or evidence indicates otherwise.