The Committee is asked to note any apologies for absence and substitutions received from Members.

To confirm and sign as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee, held on Wednesday, 5 February 2025.

Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Registerable Interests of Non-Registerable Interests, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.

Subject to providing two working days’ notice, a Member of the Committee may ask the Chairman of the Committee a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties which affect the Tendring District and which falls within the terms of reference of the Committee.

To present the Committee with an overview on the register of, and declarations of, interests made by Members from 01 April 2024 until 31 March 2025.

To update the Standards Committee, as part of its agreed work programme, on the current position of mandatory training for Members (and named Substitute Members) of the Council’s Audit, Licensing and Registration, Planning and Standards Committees.

To present for approval the Standards Committee’s proposed work programme covering the period April 2025 to March 2026.

The Committee will receive the Monitoring Officer’s update regarding standards complaints and an update to the National Policy changes.