The Standards Advisory Board meeting scheduled for Monday, 9 February 2026, was set to consider a report detailing findings from an investigation into a Code of Conduct complaint against a councillor. The meeting was also scheduled to address any other urgent business.

Complaint Against a Councillor

The primary item on the agenda was the consideration of an investigator's findings regarding a Code of Conduct complaint lodged against a councillor. The Deputy Monitoring Officer was scheduled to submit a report to the Board, presenting the available materials for their review. The report pack indicated that the Board would be examining these materials to consider the complaint.

The meeting was also scheduled to include a private session, where members of the public would be asked to leave. This was to allow the Board to consider reports containing exempt information, as defined by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985. The grounds for exclusion of the public included information relating to any individual, information likely to reveal an individual's identity, information subject to confidentiality obligations, and the deliberations of a standards committee in reaching findings on matters referred under the Local Government Act 2000. The Board was recommended to pass a resolution to exclude the press and public from this part of the meeting, citing that the public interest in maintaining the information as exempt outweighed the public interest in disclosing it.

The report pack for this meeting can be found at Public reports pack Monday 09-Feb-2026 17.00 Standards Advisory Board.