The Combined Fire Authority for County Durham and Darlington Appeals Committee was scheduled to convene on Thursday 15 January 2026. The primary item on the agenda was an appeal hearing, with all other listed business considered to be of a confidential or exempt nature.

Appeal Hearing

The meeting was scheduled to consider an appeal hearing, as detailed in the public reports pack. The report pack indicates that this item was scheduled to take place during Part B of the meeting, which was designated for the consideration of exempt or confidential information. The entirety of the public reports pack, spanning pages 3 to 264, was allocated to this single agenda item. The specific nature of the appeal, the parties involved, and the grounds for the appeal are not detailed in the publicly available agenda or frontsheet. However, the inclusion of such a substantial document suggests a complex case requiring thorough review. The Local Government Act 1972¹ allows for certain information to be considered in private sessions, which appears to be the case for this appeal hearing.