Agenda

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

To confirm and sign as a correct record, the minutes of the last meeting of the Committee, held on Thursday 27 June 2023.

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.

The Deputy Leader, Councillor Ivan Henderson, has been invited to provide a short introduction to the Committee on his focus in respect of his portfolio.

[Note: At each meeting of the Committee a different Portfolio Holder will be invited to address it on the focus for the separate Portfolios]

The report provides the Committee with an update on its approved Work Programme for 2023/24 (including progress with enquiries set out in its Work Programme), feedback to the Committee on the decisions in respect of previous recommendations from the Committee in respect of enquiries undertaken and a list of forthcoming decisions for which notice has been given since publication of the agenda for the Committee’s last meeting.

The focus of the report is a post delivery scrutiny of the Sunspot commercial workspace in Brooklands, Jaywick Sands including funding arrangements, management arrangements and details of the lettings.

At this meeting the intention is to concentrate on the findings, costings, and project management around the project to the build complete point.

The report considered by Cabinet on 21 July 2023 in respect of the developing Corporate Plan themes and consultation on those themes is attached for consideration by the Committee.