Stephen Heppell

DISCLOSURE OF EXEMPT INFORMATION

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 4th November, 2025 2.00 pm - November 04, 2025

Recommendations Approved

FORWARD PLAN

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 4th November, 2025 2.00 pm - November 04, 2025

...to receive and note the Forward Plan, which outlines key decisions expected to be taken by the Cabinet between 1 November 2025 and 28 February 2026.

Recommendations Approved

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 4th November, 2025 2.00 pm - November 04, 2025

...that the Minutes of the meeting held on the 14th October 2025 were agreed as a correct record.

Recommendations Approved

ALLOCATION OF SECTION 106 MONIES TO REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME, MARSH PARADE, NEWCASTLE

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 4th November, 2025 2.00 pm - November 04, 2025

...£916,363 of Section 106 monies was allocated to Aspire Housing Group for a Redevelopment Scheme on Marsh Parade, Newcastle, specifically the former Zanzibar Night Club site.

Recommendations Approved

LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANISATION AND DEVOLUTION UPDATE

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 4th November, 2025 2.00 pm - November 04, 2025

...the Cabinet noted recent developments in local government reorganisation and devolution, the work undertaken to prepare the final submission document, recommended to Full Council that a unitary council for Newcastle-under-Lyme be the preferred option, supported co-developing a devolution growth framework for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, endorsed the submission document's focus on devolution, supported the proposed Strategic Authority geography, reiterated its belief in the current two-tier system, emphasized the need for high service standards, requested full government funding for reorganisation, requested MPs' support, and authorized the Leader to update the final submission.

Recommendations Approved