Council - Thursday 24 July 2025, 7:00pm - Woking Borough Council Webcasting
			Council
Thursday, 24th July 2025 at 7:00pm 
		
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											The Mayor
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											Chaplain
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											The Mayor
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											Chaplain
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											The Mayor
 
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									1 Apologies for Absence.								
							
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
 
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									2 Declarations of Interest.								
							
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									3 Minutes.								
							
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									4 Mayor's Communications.								
							
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									5 Urgent Business.								
							
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									6 Questions from Members of Public WBC25-024.								
							
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											Public Speaker
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Public Speaker
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											The Mayor
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Pav Pandher
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Pav Pandher
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											The Mayor
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											The Mayor
 
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									7 Questions from Members of the Council.								
							
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									8 Announcements by the Leader of the Council, Committee Chairs and the Chief Executive.								
							
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
 
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									9 Recommendations of the Executive and Committees WBC025-017.								
							
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									9 a) Appointment of the Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee.								
							
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											Cllr Stephen Oades
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											Cllr Stephen Oades
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											The Mayor
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											Adesuwa Omoregie
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Stephen Oades
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											Cllr Liam Lyons
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											The Mayor
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											Adesuwa Omoregie
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											Cllr Liam Lyons
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											Adesuwa Omoregie
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											The Mayor
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											Adesuwa Omoregie
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											The Mayor
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											The Mayor
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											The Mayor
 
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									9 b) Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report								
							
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							- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 1 - Corporate Equality Objectives
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 2 - Annual Equalities Data 2024_2025
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 3 - EDI Action Plan 2025-26
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 4 - Gender Pay Gap 2025
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 5 - Ethnicity Pay Gap 2025
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 6 - Disability Pay Gap 2025
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 7 - Equal Pay Report 2025
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 8 - Equalities Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Policy FINAL - June 2025
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 9 - EDI Policy Equality Impact Assessment June 2025
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 10 - Equality Impact Assessment Guidance and Template
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 11 - Team EDI achievements 2024_25
 
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Dale Roberts
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											The Mayor
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											The Deputy Mayor
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
 
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									9 c) Draft Absence Management Policy								
							
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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									9 d) Annual Pay Award 2025/26								
							
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											Richard Carr
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											The Mayor
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											The Mayor
 
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									9 e) Anti-Harassment and Bullying Policy WBC25-020.								
							
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ellen Nicholson
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											The Mayor
 
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									9 f) Housing Management and Community Safety Policies EXE25-071								
							
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											Cllr Steve Greentree
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ian Johnson
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Louise Morales
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Deborah Hughes
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Steve Greentree
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											The Mayor
 
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									9 g) Community Governance Review EXE25-089								
							
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											Cllr Peter Graves
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Anila Javaid
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Liam Lyons
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ian Johnson
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Dale Roberts
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Deborah Hughes
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Guy Cosnahan
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Guy Cosnahan
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
 
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									9 h) Treasury Management Annual Report 2024-25 EXE25-051								
							
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											Cllr Dale Roberts
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											The Mayor
 
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									10 Updates to the Constitution WBC25-022.								
							
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ian Johnson
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											The Mayor
 
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									11 Members' Allowances 2025/26 WBC25-21.								
							
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Liam Lyons
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											The Mayor
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											Richard Carr
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Louise Morales
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Councillor M Ilyas Raja
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Richard Carr
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											The Mayor
 
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									12 Annual Reports of the Scrutiny Committees WBC25-025.								
							
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									12 a) Annual Report of the Resource and Finance Scrutiny Committee RFSC25-020.								
							
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									12 b) Annual Report of the Communities and Housing Scrutiny Committee CHSC25-015								
							
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Councillor M Ilyas Raja
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
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											Councillor M Ilyas Raja
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											Cllr Ann-Marie Barker
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											The Mayor
 
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									12 c) Annual Report of the Environment and Place Scrutiny Committee EPSC25-015								
							
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											Cllr John Morley
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Ellen Nicholson
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr Peter Graves
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											The Mayor
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											Cllr John Morley
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											The Mayor
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											The Mayor
 
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									13 Review of New Committee Arrangements WBC25-016.								
							
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									14 Borough Council By-Election Result WBC25-023.								
							
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									15 Urgent Decisions of the Executive WBC25-018.								
							
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- Schedule Referred to in Declaration of Interests, opens in new tab
 - Council Minutes - 8 May 2025, opens in new tab
 - Minutes of Previous Meeting, opens in new tab
 - Questions from Members of Public, opens in new tab
 - WBC25-024A Responses to Questions from Members of Public, opens in new tab
 - WBC25-017 Recommendations of the Executive and Committees, opens in new tab
 - WBC25-017 Supplmentary Report - Recommendations of the Executive and Committees, opens in new tab
 - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report, opens in new tab
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 1 - Corporate Equality Objectives, opens in new tab
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 2 - Annual Equalities Data 2024_2025, opens in new tab
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 3 - EDI Action Plan 2025-26, opens in new tab
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 4 - Gender Pay Gap 2025, opens in new tab
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 5 - Ethnicity Pay Gap 2025, opens in new tab
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 6 - Disability Pay Gap 2025, opens in new tab
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 7 - Equal Pay Report 2025, opens in new tab
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 8 - Equalities Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Policy FINAL - June 2025, opens in new tab
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 9 - EDI Policy Equality Impact Assessment June 2025, opens in new tab
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 10 - Equality Impact Assessment Guidance and Template, opens in new tab
 - EDI Annual Report - Appendix 11 - Team EDI achievements 2024_25, opens in new tab
 - Draft Absence Management Policy Report, opens in new tab
 - Draft Absence Management Policy Report - Appendix 1 - Draft Policy, opens in new tab
 - Annual Pay Award 2025-26 Report, opens in new tab
 - Annual Pay Award Report - Appendix 1 - Pay Grade Framework, opens in new tab
 - WBC25-020 Anti-Harassment and Bullying Policy, opens in new tab
 - WBC25-022 Appendix - Anti-Harassment and Bullying Policy and Procedure FINAL, opens in new tab
 - EXE25-071 Housing Management and Community Safety Policies, opens in new tab
 - EXE25-071 Appendix 1 - ASB Policy, opens in new tab
 - EXE25-071 Appendix 2 - Hate Crime Policy, opens in new tab
 - EXE25-071 Appendix 3 - Domestic Abuse Policy, opens in new tab
 - EXE25-071 Appendix 4 - Pet Policy, opens in new tab
 - EXE25-071 Appendix 4a - Pet Permission Form, opens in new tab
 - EXE25-089 UPDATED Community Governance Review, opens in new tab
 - EXE25-089 Appendix 1 - Community Governance Review - Pyrford Neighbourhood Area, opens in new tab
 - EXE25-089 Appendix 2 - Guidance on community governance reviews, opens in new tab
 - EXE25-051 Treasury Management Annual Report 2024-25, opens in new tab
 - EXE25-051 TM Appendix 1, opens in new tab
 - EXE25-051 TM Appendix 2, opens in new tab
 - WBC25-022 Updates to the Constitution, opens in new tab
 - wbc25-022 Appendix 1 - Proposed changes to constitution (Full Council - July 2025), opens in new tab
 - WBC25-021 Members Allowances 2025-26, opens in new tab
 - WBC25-021 Appendix 1 - IRP Report 2025, opens in new tab
 - RFSC25-020 Scrutiny Annual Report, opens in new tab
 - CHSC Annual Report, opens in new tab
 - EPSC Annual Report Draft, opens in new tab
 - WBC25-016 Review of New Committee Arrangements, opens in new tab
 - WBC25-023 Borough By-Election Results, opens in new tab
 - WBC25-018 Urgent Decisions of the Executive, opens in new tab