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Delegated decisions linked to this meeting
Decision summaries below are AI-generated from the council’s published record. Check the council source or the full decision page before relying on them.
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Town and Parish Council Grant Review Consultation
Recommendations Approved... to reduce the Town and Parish Warden Grant by £66k for 2026/27 and 2027/28, approve the 2026 review of the concurrent services grant, and recommend to council a £200k draw down from reserves to support the Town and Parish Council Investment fund, delegating approval of final investment fund allocations to the Portfolio Holder for Corporate and Commercial in conjunction with the CFO.
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Active Wellbeing Strategy
Recommendations Approved...the Cabinet of Dacorum approved the Active Wellbeing Strategy and high-level action plan.
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Arts and Culture Strategy
Recommendations Approved...that the Cabinet approved the Arts and Culture Strategy and high level action plan.
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Garages Business Plan
Recommendations Approved...to approve the adoption and implementation of the Garage Business Plan 2026-29.
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Fees & Charges
Recommendations Approved...the Cabinet of Dacorum reviewed and agreed upon the proposed fees and charges for the 2026/27 period.
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Cabinet Forward Plan
Recommendations Approved...the Cabinet's Forward Plan for 2025/26 was noted and its recommendations were approved.
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Strategic Risk Update
Recommendations Approved...the Cabinet reviewed and noted the updated Strategic Risk Report for quarter 2, which included two new strategic risks related to local government restructuring and corporate decision-making, and one amended risk concerning resilience planning, while maintaining the same risk scores for the seven ongoing strategic risks from the previous year.
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Technically Environmentally Economically Practicable (TEEP) Assessment’
Recommendations Approved...they noted and approved the Technically, Environmentally, Economically Practicable (TEEP) Assessment statement as required by DEFRA, allowing the council to continue with co-mingled recycling collections.
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Q2 Financial Monitoring Report
Recommendations Approved...to recommend to Council the approval of a £0.03m drawdown from the parking reserve and virements as noted in section 8.1 of the Q2 Financial Monitoring Report, while also noting the Quarter 2 2025-26 forecast financial outturn position for the General Fund, Housing Revenue Account, and Capital Programme.
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Interim Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document
Recommendations Approved...that the revised draft Interim Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document was adopted, delegating authority to the Assistant Director Planning, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Place, to make non-material corrections before publication.
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Temporary Accommodation Strategy
Recommendations Approved... the Temporary Accommodation Strategy and the Temporary Accommodation Placement and Procurement Policy were approved.
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Referrals to Cabinet
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Public Participation
Recommendations Approved -
Minutes
Recommendations Approved...to Local Government Reorganisation, they agreed to submit a proposal identifying the modified four unitary option as preferred, delegated authority for final amendments to the submission, deemed the decision urgent, noted the Mayor's agreement to its urgency, and agreed to request a boundary review if the three unitary model is selected.
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