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Meeting

Name: Cabinet
Start: 2025-10-01T09:00:00Z
End: 2025-10-01T13:00:00Z
Location: Council Chamber - Appletree Court, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, SO43 7PA

Cabinet - New Forest

Agenda

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Minutes

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Meeting Times

Scheduled Time

Start:
Wednesday, 1st October 2025
10:00 AM

End:
Wednesday, 1st October 2025
2:00 PM

Meeting Status

Status:
Confirmed

Date:
01 Oct 2025

Location:
Council Chamber - Appletree Court, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, SO43 7PA

Meeting Attendees

Chairman

Leader of the Council

Cllr Jill Cleary

Conservative

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Vice-Chairman

Cllr Steve Davies

Conservative

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Committee Member

Cllr Geoffrey Blunden

Conservative

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Committee Member

Cllr Jeremy Heron

Conservative

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Committee Member

Cllr Dan Poole

Conservative

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Committee Member

Cllr Derek Tipp

Conservative

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Officer

Chief Executive

Kate Ryan

Expected

Officer

Strategic Director of Corporate Resources & Transformation, Section 151 Officer

Alan Bethune

Expected

Officer

Strategic Director Place, Operations and Sustainability

James Carpenter

Expected

Officer

Strategic Director – Housing & Communities

Richard Knott

Expected

Officer

Principal Democratic Services Officer

Karen Wardle

Expected

Officer

Democratic Services Officer

Joe Tyler

Expected

Officer

Service Manager - Public Realm and Sustainability

Roxanne King

Expected

Officer

Assistant Director - Housing & Communities

Paul Thomas

Expected

Officer

Assistant Director Transformation

Rebecca Drummond

Expected

Officer

Assistant Director - Finance

Paul Whittles

Expected

Officer

Performance & Insight Manager

Saqib Yasin

Expected

Officer

Service Manager - Coastal

Steve Cook

Expected

Officer

Service Manager - Housing Resident Service

Kirsty M Farmer

Expected

Officer

Peter Ferguson

Expected

Officer

Team Leader - Environmental Protection

Rachel Higgins

Expected

Officer

Service Manager - Environment and Regulation

Joanne McClay

Expected

Agenda

0 Apologies

1 Leader's Announcements

2 Minutes

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 3 September 2025 as a correct record.

3 Declarations of Interest

To note any declarations of interest made by members in connection with an agenda item. The nature of the interest must also be specified.

Members are asked to discuss any possible interests with Democratic Services prior to the meeting.

4 Public Participation

To receive any public participation in accordance with the Council’s public participation scheme.

5 Draft Housing Landlord Tenancy Policy

Attachments:

Document Report - Housing Landlord Tenancy Policy 23 Sep 2025
Document Appendix 1 - Tenancy policy 2025 23 Sep 2025

6 Corporate Plan: Key Performance Data for quarter 1 2025-2026

Attachments:

Document Report -Corporate Plan Key Performance Data for quarter 1 2025-2026 23 Sep 2025
Document Appendix 1 - Q1 Corporate Performance Dashboard 202526 23 Sep 2025

7 Corporate Peer Challenge Follow-Up Report

Attachments:

Document Report - Corporate Peer Challenge Follow-Up 23 Sep 2025
Document Appendix 1 - CPC Directorate achievements 23 Sep 2025
Document Appendix 2 - CPC 2024 Action plan 23 Sep 2025
Document Appendix 3 - CPC priorities – key deliverables review 23 Sep 2025

8 Climate Change and Nature Emergency Annual Update

Attachments:

Document Report - Climate Change and Nature Emergency Annual Update 202425 23 Sep 2025

9 Medium Term Financial Plan - Scene Setting

Attachments:

Document Report - Medium Term Financial Plan - Scene Setting 23 Sep 2025

10 Readoption (2025) of the Christchurch Bay & Harbour Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Strategy

Attachments:

Document Report - Readoption (2025) of the Christchurch Bay & Harbour Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Strategy 23 Sep 2025
Document Appendix A - Christchurch Bay Harbour FCERM Strategy 23 Sep 2025

11 Draft Air Quality Strategy - Public Consultation Report

Attachments:

Document Report - Draft Air Quality Strategy Public Consultation 23 Sep 2025
Document Appendix 1 - AQS Consultation Report 23 Sep 2025
Document Appendix 2 - New Forest AQS 2025 23 Sep 2025

12 Meeting Dates 2026/2027

To agree the following dates of meetings for 2026/2027 (Wednesdays at 10:00am):

2026

3 June

1 July

5 August

2 September

7 October

4 November

2 December

2027

3 February

17 February

3 March

7 April

5 May

Previous Meetings

1st Oct 2025

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3rd Sep 2025

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6th Aug 2025

Cabinet

2nd Jul 2025

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4th Jun 2025 Cancelled

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7th May 2025

Cabinet

2nd Apr 2025

Cabinet

21st Mar 2025

Cabinet

5th Mar 2025 Cancelled

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19th Feb 2025

Cabinet

Future Meetings

5th Nov 2025

Cabinet

3rd Dec 2025

Cabinet

4th Feb 2026

Cabinet

18th Feb 2026

Cabinet

4th Mar 2026

Cabinet

1st Apr 2026

Cabinet

6th May 2026

Cabinet

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