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Cabinet - Tuesday, 11th February, 2025 10.00 am

February 11, 2025 Cabinet View on council website

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  • ...to approve amendments to the Capital Programme, including funding for a Cramlington Youth Zone, a Coronation Park Dementia Garden, the Northumberland Line, the purchase of houses in Whitton View, Rothbury, and the conversion of Richard Stannard House into apartments.

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  • School Admission Arrangements
    Recommendations Approved

    ... the Cabinet approved the proposed coordinated admission scheme, admission arrangements, and school transport policy, including a reduction in the Published Admission Number at The Sele First School from 84 to 60, while noting consultation outcomes and removing the greater catchment criterion.

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  • ...to note the Care Quality Commission's largely positive assessment of the Council's adult social care delivery, particularly its partnership arrangements, and to acknowledge the ongoing development of action plans to address identified areas for improvement.

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  • ...to facilitate the development and delivery of the Energy Central Institute project, Northumberland County Council will act as guarantor for grant funding, manage the capital build, delegate authority for contracts and agreements, endorse the Outline Business Case, update the capital program, delegate authority for the Full Business Case, authorize expenditure for enabling works, and offer a long lease on the development site to Energy Central Campus Ltd.

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Attendees

Profile image for Councillor Veronica Jones
Councillor Veronica Jones Conservative • Ponteland West
Profile image for Councillor Guy Renner-Thompson
Councillor Guy Renner-Thompson Conservative • Bamburgh
Profile image for Councillor John Robert Riddle
Councillor John Robert Riddle Conservative • Bellingham
Profile image for Councillor Hugh Glen Howard Sanderson
Councillor Hugh Glen Howard Sanderson Conservative • Longhorsley
Profile image for Jeff Watson
Jeff Watson  Cabinet Member for Promoting Healthy Lives •  Conservative •  Amble West with Warkworth
Profile image for Councillor Richard Watson Wearmouth
Councillor Richard Watson Wearmouth Conservative • Morpeth Kirkhill
Profile image for Councillor Colin William Horncastle
Councillor Colin William Horncastle Conservative • South Tynedale
Profile image for Councillor Wendy Pattison
Councillor Wendy Pattison Conservative • Longhoughton
Profile image for Wojciech Franciszek Ploszaj
Wojciech Franciszek Ploszaj  Cabinet Member for Corporate Services •  Conservative •  Kitty Brewster
Profile image for Councillor Gordon Stewart
Councillor Gordon Stewart Conservative • Prudhoe South

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Meeting Documents

Agenda

Agenda frontsheet 11th-Feb-2025 10.00 Cabinet

Reports Pack

Public reports pack 11th-Feb-2025 10.00 Cabinet

Additional Documents

Appendix 6 - Equalities Impact Assessment
Budget 2025-26 and Medium Term Financial Plan 2025-2029
Appendix 1 Budget 2025-26 and Medium Term Financial Plan 2025-26 to 2028-29
Appendix 2 Reserves Policy 2025-26
Appendix 3 Schedule of Reserves and Provisions 2025-26 to 2028-29
Appendix 1 - Coordinated Admission Scheme 2026-27
Appendix 4 Service Specific Grants 2025-26
Appendix 5 Schedule of Fees and Charges 2025-26
Revenues a Benefits Policies 2025-26
Appendix 1 Caravans and Chalets Policy
Appendix 2 Council Tax Discount Policy
Appendix 3 Corporate Debt Recovery Policy
Appendix 4 Discretionary Housing Payments Policy
Appendix 5 Rate Relief Policy
Summary of New Capital Proposals considered by Officer Capital Strategy Group
Appendix 6 War Pension Disregard Policy
Appendix 4 - Consultation Responses
Corporate Fraud Policies for 2025-26
Care Quality Commission assessment of adult social care
Appendix 1 for Corporate Fraud Policies for 2025-26
Appendix 2 for Corporate Fraud Policies for 2025-26
Appendix 1 for Care Quality Commission assessment of adult social care
Energy Central Campus Phase 2 Energy Central Institute
Northumberland Food Strategy
Appendix 2 - NCC Admissions Policy - Primary 2026-27
Appendix 3 for Northumberland Food Strategy
Appendix 2 for Care Quality Commission assessment of adult social care
School Admission Arrangements
Appendix 3 - NCC Admissions Policy - Secondary 2026-27
Appendix 5 - School Transport Policy for Children of Compulsory School Age
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Decisions 11th-Feb-2025 10.00 Cabinet