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1. Apologies and Substitutes
	Apologies were received from Councillor Burrell and Councillor Clarke. Councillor Geach attended as substitute for Councillor Burrell while Councillor Saliagopoulos was substitute for Councillor Clarke.

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2. Minutes
	The minutes of the meeting held on 12 September 2024 and the Extraordinary meeting held on 16 September 2024 were confirmed as a correct record.

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5. Forward Plan

The Chair proposed adding the following items as standing agenda items:

HSR/SLR Working Group Updates

Waterfront Development Update

The Committee resolved to note the Forward Plan with the addition of the above items.

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6. Business, Infrastructure & Growth Budget, Fees and charges, and Revenue Growth Bids for 2025/26

Committee resolved to:

Approve the Budget, Fees and Charges, and Growth Bid proposals for Business, Infrastructure & Growth Committee
Recommend to Corporate Policy & Resources Committee that they approve the proposed Budget, Fees and Charges, and Growth Bid proposals for Business, Infrastructure and Growth Committee.

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7. Council Land and Property Disposals

Committee resolved to not recommend to Council to approve the disposal of Ashford Victory Place in Ashford to the preferred bidders as set out in the appendices attached to the report

Committee resolved to note the current marketing approach and offers received in relation to Thameside House, Staines which will form the basis of a further report to be brought to the Business, Infrastructure & Growth Committee in the early part of calendar year 2025.

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8. HSR/SLR Working Group Terms of Reference
	The Committee resolved to agree the Terms of Reference for the HSR/SLR Working Group.

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NOTES:-

(1) Members are reminded that the “call-in” procedure as set out in Part 4b of the Constitution, shall not apply to the following matters:

(a) Urgent decisions as defined in Paragraph 9. of the Call-in Scrutiny Procedure Rules;

(b) Decisions to award a contract following a lawful procurement process;

(c) Those decisions:

i. reserved to full Council

ii. on regulatory matters

iii. on member conduct issues.

(2) Those matters to which Note (1) applies, if any, are identified with an asterisk [*] in the above Minutes.

(3) Within three working days of the date on which this decision is published, not less than three members from two or more political groups by submission of the standard call-in pro-forma, may ask for that decision to be referred to a meeting of the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee for review (call-in). The completed pro-forma must be received by the Proper Officer by 5pm three working days after publication of the decision.

(4) The members exercising the right of call-in must not be members of the Committee which considered the matter.

(5) When calling in a decision for review the members doing so must demonstrate the following exceptional circumstances:

a. Evidence which suggests that the decision maker, did not take the decision in accordance with the principles set out in Article 11 (Decision Making); or

b. Evidence that the decision fails to support one or more of the Council’s Corporate Plan priorities to the detriment of the majority of the Borough’s residents; or

c. Evidence that explicit Council Policy or legal requirements were disregarded.

(6) Once the request for ‘call-in’ has been deemed valid by the Monitoring Officer the matter will be suspended until the call-in procedure has been exhausted.

(7) The Chief Executive, in consultation with the relevant officer, will determine if the interests of the Council or Borough would be prejudiced by a delay in implementing a decision such that the call-in cannot wait until the next ordinary meeting of the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee.

(8) Where the call-in cannot wait until the next ordinary meeting, the Monitoring Officer will arrange an extraordinary meeting of the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee to review the decision subject to call-in at the earliest possible opportunity.

(9) In exceptional cases, where there is clear evidence that a delay to the implementation of a decision would lead to a specific and significant financial or reputational harm to the Council, a call-in request may be refused by the Chief Executive following consultation with the Chair and Vice-Chair of Corporate Policy and Resources Committee.

(10) In reviewing a matter referred to it under the call-in scrutiny procedure rules, the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee shall follow the procedure for dealing with call-in scrutiny at its meetings as set out in Part 4b of the Constitution.

(11) The deadline of three working days for "call in" in relation to the above decisions by the Committee is the close of business on Tuesday 10 December 2024.

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