Steve Smith

Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee Officer

Special Meeting, Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday 7 January 2026 2.00 pm

The Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee of Warwickshire Council met on Wednesday 7 January 2026 to consider a call-in regarding the annual on-street pay and display charge review. The committee made recommendations to the Portfolio Holder for Transport and Planning to reconsider the decision on the 15-minute parking charge increase, the introduction of a 10-minute free parking period, and to engage with local businesses on future increases.

Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee Officer

Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday 26 November 2025 2.00 pm

The Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday 26 November 2025 to discuss economic development, electric vehicle infrastructure, and the council's performance against its strategic priorities. The committee will also review its work programme and hear updates from council directors. The meeting is open to the public and will be broadcast online.

Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee Officer

Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday 17 September 2025 2.00 pm

The Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee met on 17 September, and among the topics discussed were updates on walking and cycling schemes, the A46 project, highways maintenance, school keep clear zones, economic development, and the integrated performance report. Councillor Jennifer Warren will write to the leader of the council to ask him to clarify his comments on cycling. The committee also agreed to add monitoring progress on the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) to their work programme.

Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee Officer

Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday 25 June 2025 2.00 pm

The Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to appoint a chair and vice-chair, endorse principles of effective scrutiny, discuss economic development, review the year-end integrated performance report, and consider customer feedback. Councillor Chris Mills was appointed chair and Councillor Stephen Shaw was appointed vice-chair of the committee. The committee endorsed the principles of effective overview and scrutiny set out in the appendix to the [Principles of Effective Overview and Scrutiny Covering Report June 2025 1].

Cabinet

Cabinet - Thursday 12 June 2025 1.45 pm

The Warwickshire County Council Cabinet met for its first meeting of the new administration, addressing key financial reports, education capital programme additions, and procurement approvals. The Cabinet endorsed the Treasury Management and Investment Outturn reports, approved the Financial Outturn Report with a plan to address overspending, and approved additions to the Education Capital Programme for 2025/26.