Issue - meetings

The Corporate Policy and Resources Committee has recommended that the Environment and Sustainability Committee consider the proposed Council Transitional Plan and provide comments on any areas relevant to the Committee’s remit.

The Committee considered the proposed Transitional Plan and resolved to provide comments on areas relevant to the Committee’s remit to the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee.

The Committee were advised that a proposed new Council Transitional Plan for 2026/27 was endorsed by the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee on 26 May 2026 and it was resolved that all service committees would be requested to review the items on the plan that fell in their individual remits. The Plan was deliverable within the Council’s existing budget and any new actions would require suggestions on how they could be funded. Feedback would then be collated and presented to the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee to make a recommendation to Council for adoption.

The Committee noted that some of the projects still required additional committee approvals, and the Council could make decisions to not proceed with certain items. Some members of the Committee provided the following comments on the plan:

-        “Support communities to take pride in where they live by encouraging residents to help protect and care for the borough” and associated actions should be removed

-       Actions under “Support Spelthorne’s long-term interests in the development of Heathrow expansion proposals and the River Thames Scheme” should include reference to groundwater and a review of Heathrow related information on the Council’s website

-       Reference to the proposed Multi-Use Games Area should be re-worded

-       An action should be added to clear the River Ash.

The Committee considered the proposed Transitional Plan and resolved to provide comments on areas relevant to the Committee’s remit to the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee.