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  • Agenda and minutes

    Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Environment, Communities and Partnerships) - Thursday, 2 October 2025 7:00 pm

    • Attendance details
    • Agenda frontsheet PDF 116 KB
    • Agenda reports pack PDF 588 KB
    • Printed minutes PDF 57 KB

    Venue: Civic Suite, Pathfinder House, St Mary's Street, Huntingdon PE29 3TN

    Contact: Mrs Beccy Buddle, Democratic Services Officer (Scrutiny), Tel No: 01480 388008/e-mail  Beccy.Buddle@huntingdonshire.gov.uk 

    Media

    Items
    No. Item

    24.

    Minutes pdf icon PDF 84 KB

    To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Environment, Communities and Partnerships) meeting held on 4th September 2025.

    Contact: B Buddle 01480 388008

    Minutes:

    The minutes of the meeting of 4th September 2025 were approved as a correct record and were signed by the Chair.

    25.

    Members' Interests

    To receive from Members declarations as to disclosable pecuniary and other interests in relation to any Agenda item.

    Contact: B Buddle 01480 388008

    Minutes:

    Councillor N Hunt declared an other registerable interest in Minute 25/28 by virtue of being a Huntingdon Town Councillor.

    26.

    Overview and Scrutiny Work Programme pdf icon PDF 125 KB

    a)  The Panel are to receive the Overview and Scrutiny Work Programme and the Notice of Key Decisions 1st October 2025 – 31st January 2026.

    b)  Members to discuss future planning of items for the Work Programme

     

    Contact: B Buddle 01480 388008

    Additional documents:

    • Printed plan 1 October 2025 to 31 January 2026 Notice of Key Executive Decisions , item 26. pdf icon PDF 142 KB

    Minutes:

    With the aid of a report by the Democratic Services Officer (Scrutiny) (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Overview and Scrutiny Work Programme and Notice of Key Decisions for the period 1st October 2025 to 31st January 2026 were presented to the Panel.

     

    Councillor Lowe expressed an interest in gaining a better understanding of the Community Chest Fund and it was agreed that this would be arranged following the meeting.

    27.

    Exclusion of Press and Public

    To resolve:-

     

    that the public be excluded from the meeting because the business to be transacted contains exempt information relating to the financial and business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

     

    Minutes:

    RESOLVED

     

    that the press and public be excluded from the meeting because the business to be transacted contains exempt information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

     

    28.

    Huntingdon Sport and Health Hub - RIBA Stage 2

    • View the reasons why item 28. is restricted
    • View the background to item 28.

    The Panel is invited to comment on the Huntingdon Sport and Health Hub – RIBA Stage 2 Report.

     

    Executive Councillor: S Howell

    Contact: G Holland 01480 388157

    Minutes:

    The Panel gave consideration to an exempt report by the Head of Leisure, Health and Environment, (a copy of which was appended in the annex to the Minute Book), on the Huntingdon Sport and Health Hub RIBA Stage 2 Report which was presented to the Panel.

     

    Following the discussion, it was

     

    RESOLVED

     

    that the comments of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel be passed to Cabinet for their consideration when making a decision upon the recommendations within the report.