Cllr Roger Whyborn
Email: roger.whyborn@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Council: Gloucestershire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
43 meetings · Page 1 of 9
Cabinet - Wednesday 3 December 2025 10.00 am
Gloucestershire Council's Cabinet is scheduled to meet on Wednesday 3 December 2025 to discuss the draft budget for 2026/27, the performance and risk monitoring report, and the Holiday Activity and Food Programme. Also on the agenda are contract extensions for household recycling and fostering services, and the future use of Wheatridge Court. Finally, the Cabinet will be considering the development of the Coombe Hill Site.
Cabinet - Wednesday 19 November 2025 10.00 am
Gloucestershire County Council's Cabinet met on 19 November 2025, and agreed to support the proposal for a single unitary authority for local government reorganisation in Gloucestershire, and to submit this proposal to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Cabinet also discussed public questions regarding the local government reorganisation. Finally, the Cabinet agreed to exclude the press and public from a portion of the meeting to discuss exempt information.
County Council - Wednesday 12 November 2025 10.00 am
Gloucestershire County Council met on Wednesday 12 November 2025, and members debated the future of local government reorganisation in the county, ultimately expressing a preference for a single unitary authority. They also approved a new council strategy and agreed to incorporate the views of young people in policy decisions. Additionally, councillors addressed concerns about highways maintenance and the impact of inheritance tax reforms on local farmers.
Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am
Gloucestershire County Council's cabinet met to discuss local government reorganisation, the council's strategy for the next four years, and improvements to the county's transport network. They agreed to put forward two proposals for local government reorganisation to the council, approved a new council strategy, and agreed to continue funding the development of a mass rapid transit business case for Gloucestershire.
Commons and Rights of Way Committee - Tuesday 7 October 2025 10.00 am
The Commons and Rights of Way Committee were scheduled to meet on Tuesday 7 October 2025 in Gloucester. The meeting included discussion of two applications for Definitive Map Modification Orders (DMMO)[^2] relating to public footpaths in Whitminster and Frampton on Severn, as well as the Gloucestershire Local Access Forum Annual Report 2024-2025. The committee was also scheduled to note a report on delegated decisions.
Decisions from Meetings
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Public Notices Advertising Contract
From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025
...to award a contract for public notices advertising services to Penna PLC under the ESPO 3A-24 Advertising Solutions Framework Agreement for an initial two-year period with two one-year extension options, and to delegate authority to the Executive Director: Economy, Environment and Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Sustainable Transport and Strategic Highways, to determine whether to exercise those extension options.
Recommendations Approved
Adoption West: Future Options
From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025
...to approve, in principle, Gloucestershire County Council's continued participation in Adoption West as their preferred option for a Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) beyond February 2027, while also directing the Director of Children's Services to further develop Adoption West in consideration of national policy, operational experience, resourcing, and local government reform.
Recommendations Approved
Full proposals for Reorganisation of Local Government in Gloucestershire
From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025
...to refer two proposals for local government reorganisation in Gloucestershire—one creating a single unitary authority and the other creating two unitary authorities based on an East/West division—to the Council for consideration.
Recommendations Approved
Enterprise Resource Planning implementation/SAP replacement Extension Approval
From: Cabinet - Monday 3 November 2025 10.00 am - November 03, 2025
...to extend the Enterprise Resource Planning/SAP replacement implementation period by two months, with a revised go-live date of March 31st, 2026, and to approve the associated additional funding.
Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)
Grassroots Neighbourhood Fund; A new Councillor led grant scheme
From: Cabinet - Wednesday 17 September 2025 10.00 am - September 17, 2025
...to establish and deliver a new two-year councillor-led grant scheme, the ‘Grassroots Neighbourhood Fund’, allocating £1.1 million from the council's general fund reserves to support local community projects that improve health and wellbeing, including tackling health inequalities, with a maximum of £20,000 available for projects in each of Gloucestershire’s fifty-five electoral divisions.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 43
Average per Month: 1.9
Decisions Recorded: 54