Purpose

Following initial consideration by Council,
Cabinet will approve the Council’s response to the
Government’s invitation to Suffolk local authorities to work
together to develop a proposal for local government
reorganisation. 

Decision

Resolved:
 
That, having reflected on the advice of
Council at its meeting on 18 March 2025, Section 2 and Appendix A
to Report number: CAB/WS/25/016, be approved as the basis of the
Council’s response to the Government’s invitation to
submit interim plans by 21 March 2025 in respect of local
government reorganisation in Suffolk.
 
(Due to ensuring
the interim plan is submitted by the required deadline of 21 March
2025, with the agreement of the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny
(O&S) Committee, the call-in procedure for this item has been
suspended. The Chair of the O&S Committee is satisfied that the
decision proposed was reasonable in all the circumstances and to it
being treated as a matter of urgency).