Keith Witham

Communities, Environment and Highways Select Committee - Wednesday, 12 February 2025 10.00 am

At this meeting the Communities, Environment and Highways Select Committee considered a draft of Surrey County Council's Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP), progress on a new climate adaptation strategy, and progress on a range of new waste infrastructure. The committee noted each of the reports.

Budget Meeting, Council - Tuesday, 4 February 2025 10.00 am

The Council voted to adopt its budget for 2025/26, increasing Council Tax by the maximum permitted 4.99% and making £66 million in savings. The Council also noted the Memorandum of Understanding between Surrey County Council and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Partnership and approved the revised Health and Wellbeing Board Terms of Reference.

Call-in: Meeting on Surrey Environment Partnership and Joint Waste Solutions, Communities, Environment and Highways Select Committee - Monday, 13 January 2025 2.00 pm

Surrey County Council's Communities, Environment and Highways Select Committee met to consider a call-in by Councillor Lance Spencer, made in his capacity as vice-chair of the committee, on the decision by the council's Cabinet to end their involvement in the Joint Waste Solutions partnership. The Committee ultimately voted to refer the decision back to the Cabinet for reconsideration.

Extraordinary Meeting, Council - Wednesday, 8 January 2025 10.00 am

Surrey Council agreed to respond to the Government's request to participate in a joint devolution and local government reorganisation programme. This acceptance will likely mean that the 2025 County Council elections will be postponed. The Council also noted that the decision to respond to the government's letter was an executive decision for the Leader of the Council to make.

Council - Tuesday, 10 December 2024 10.00 am

The Council voted to approve the scheme for admitting students to schools in 2026. It also agreed to close the Bagshot Community Recycling Centre, and to extend the opening hours of the Camberley Community Recycling Centre. It voted to adopt the reports from the Cabinet meetings that took place on 29 October and 26 November 2024, approved a motion on climate change and net zero targets, and referred motions on inheritance tax, farming and the rural economy, and the preventative approach to children's services to the Cabinet. A motion to allow parents to attend SEND panels was also referred to the Cabinet.