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Meeting

Cabinet - New Forest

Minutes
Pending
Meeting Times
Scheduled Time
Start:
Wednesday, 3rd December 2025
10:00 AM
End:
Wednesday, 3rd December 2025
2:00 PM
Meeting Status
Status:
Confirmed
Date:
03 Dec 2025
Location:
Council Chamber - Appletree Court, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, SO43 7PA
Meeting Attendees
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Committee Member
Cllr Dan Poole

Conservative

Expected

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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

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Chairman
Leader of the Council
Cllr Jill Cleary

Conservative

Expected

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Cllr Geoffrey Blunden photo
Committee Member
Cllr Geoffrey Blunden

Conservative

Expected

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Cllr Jeremy Heron photo
Committee Member
Cllr Jeremy Heron

Conservative

Expected

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Committee Member
Cllr Derek Tipp

Conservative

Expected

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Officer
Chief Operations Officer and Deputy Chief Executive
Richard Knott

Expected

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Vice-Chairman
Cllr Steve Davies

Conservative

Expected

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Officer
Principal Democratic Services Officer
Karen Wardle

Expected

Officer
Interim Stratgic Director Housing & Communities
Peter Matthew

Expected

Officer
Implementation Officer
Hilary Ward

Expected

Officer
Service Manager – Legal and Information Governance
Amanda Wilson

Expected

Officer
Planning Policy Infrastructure and Delivery Service Manager
Dean Brunton

Expected

Officer
Senior Policy Planner
Andrew Herring

Expected

Officer
Service Manager - Waste and Transport
Liz Mockeridge

Expected

Officer
Assistant Director Place Operations
Chris Noble

Expected

Officer
Planning Policy Team Leader
James Smith

Expected

Officer
Assistant Director - Finance
Paul Whittles

Expected

Officer
Democratic Services Officer
Joe Tyler

Expected

Agenda
0 Apologies
1 Leader's Announcements
2 Minutes
To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 5 November 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 Medium Term Financial Plan - General Fund Update
6 Medium Term Financial Plan – Housing Revenue Account Update
7 Allocation of community infrastructure levy (CIL) to local infrastructure projects
8 Council Tax 2026/27 - Setting the Tax Base
Attachments:
9 Council Tax Support Scheme, Council Tax Premiums, S13A Policy, Discretionary Housing Payments Policy and Crisis Resilience Fund
10 Half Yearly Update Complaints Performance and Service Improvement Report
11 Lymington and Pennington Neighbourhood Development Plan – Examiner’s Report
12 Waste Service Budgetary Position
Attachments:
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