Agenda

Members are asked to declare any interest and the nature of that interest which they may have in any of the items under consideration at this meeting.

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 20 January 2026.

To receive communications from the Chair.

The Chair to report on any requests to address the meeting.

The Chair to advise whether they have agreed to any item of urgent business being admitted to the agenda.

Report of Assistant Director of Finance (S151 Officer)

Purpose of report

To report to the committee the council’s financial position at the end of the financial year 2025-2026.

Recommendation

The Budget Planning Committee resolves:

1.1       To note the contents of this report.  

Report of Assistant Director for Finance & Section 151 Officer

Purpose of report

To inform Budget Planning Committee of the reviewed policy for Non-Domestic Rate Discretionary Rate Relief policy and the response to the motion from Council on supporting our high street.

Recommendations

The Budget Planning Committee resolves:

1.1         To note the contents of the reviewed policy for Non-Domestic Rate Discretionary Rate Relief.

1.2         To note the response to Council’s motion.

To review the Committee Work Plan.

The following report contains exempt information as defined in the following paragraph of Part 1, Schedule 12A of Local Government Act 1972.

3– Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Members are reminded that whilst the following item have been marked as exempt, it is for the meeting to decide whether or not to consider each of them in private or in public. In making the decision, Members should balance the interests of individuals or the Council itself in having access to the information. In considering their discretion members should also be mindful of the advice of Council Officers.

Should Members decide not to make a decision in public, they are recommended to resolve as follows:

“That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that, if the public and press were present, it would be likely that exempt information falling under the provisions of Schedule 12A, Part I, Paragraph 3 would be disclosed to them, and that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

Exempt report of Assistant Director Property