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Standards Assessment Sub-Committee - Thursday 18 June 2026 10.30 am

June 18, 2026 at 10:30 am Standards Assessment Sub-Committee View on council website

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The Standards Assessment Sub-Committee of Wiltshire Council is scheduled to meet on Thursday 18 June 2026. The meeting is expected to consider two complaints, COC54073 and COC55018. The majority of the meeting is expected to be held in private to discuss exempt information relating to individuals.

Investigation of Complaint: COC54073

The Sub-Committee is scheduled to consider the Investigating Officer's report and the Monitoring Officer's recommendation regarding complaint COC54073. The report pack indicates that the Sub-Committee will be asked to consider whether to dismiss this complaint or refer it to the Hearing Sub-Committee for further investigation. Minutes from a previous meeting on 5 March 2026 show that a similar complaint, also identified as COC54073, was referred for investigation after the Sub-Committee was satisfied that the initial assessment criteria had been met.

Assessment of Complaint: COC55018

The agenda also lists the assessment of complaint COC55018. This item will involve the Sub-Committee reviewing the details of the complaint to decide on the appropriate course of action. As with the previous item, the public is expected to be excluded from this part of the meeting due to the likely disclosure of exempt information relating to an individual. The report pack for this meeting includes documents pertaining to this complaint, which the Sub-Committee will consider.

The meeting is scheduled to take place in the West Wiltshire Room at County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, BA14 8JN, commencing at 10:30 am. The members of the Standards Assessment Sub-Committee scheduled to attend are Cllr Ernie Clark, Cllr Ruth Hopkinson, Cllr Sam Pearce-Kearney, Cllr Stuart Wheeler, and Cllr Dave Lumsden.


Attendees

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Cllr Ernie Clark Independent Group Leader Independent
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Cllr Ruth Hopkinson Vice-Chairman of the Council Liberal Democrats
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Cllr Sam Pearce-Kearney Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care & Commissioning Liberal Democrats

Topics

Local Government Act 1972 Protocol 11 Independent Person Localism Act 2011 Monitoring Officer Standards Assessment Sub-Committee Chippenham Town Council Investigation of Complaint: COC54073 Standards Hearing Sub-Committee Assessment of Complaint: COC55018 Wiltshire Council's Code of Conduct The Constitution of Wiltshire Council exempt information

Meeting Documents

Agenda

Agenda frontsheet Thursday 18-Jun-2026 10.30 Standards Assessment Sub-Committee.pdf

Reports Pack

Public reports pack Thursday 18-Jun-2026 10.30 Standards Assessment Sub-Committee.pdf

Additional Documents

Assessment Sub-Committee Procedure 2024.pdf
ASC Draft Minutes 260305.pdf