Issue - meetings

Council is asked to:

·       note the updates for LGR in Surrey;

·       agree to the establishment of a voluntary West Surrey Joint Committee;

·       note its Terms of Reference in Appendix B;

·       nominate one member and one substitute of the Council as the Spelthorne Borough Council appointed representatives; and 

·       note that when the Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026 are enacted this will become the Joint Committee.

A recorded vote was taken.

Councillors Arnold, Attewell, Barker, Boughtflower, Boparai, Howkins, Weerasinghe left the Chamber before the vote was taken to approve all the recommendations in the report.

Council resolved to:

1.    Note the updates for Local Government Reorganisation in Surrey, particularly the decision and relevant information from the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) in Appendix A of the report,

2.    Agree to the establishment of a voluntary West Surrey Joint Committee, effective immediately, that shall be constituted and be established under the provisions of Section 101(5) (arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities) of the Local Government 1972 Act and pursuant to the requirements of the draft Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026,

3.    Note the Terms of Reference in Appendix B,

4.    Appoint Councillor Sexton as the Spelthorne Borough Council appointed representative on the voluntary West Surrey Joint Committee and Councillor Nichols as their substitute; and

5.    Note that upon enactment of the Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026 the voluntary West Surrey Joint Committee shall become the joint committee required to be established under the provisions of that legislation and that this will be constituted and established under the provisions of Section 101(5) (arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities) of the Local Government 1972 Act and pursuant to the requirements of the Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026.