Agenda

Members are reminded of their obligation under the Council’s Code of Conduct to disclose any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests and Other Significant Interests in any matter(s) to be considered or being considered at the meeting. These are explained in the Code of Conduct on the Council’s website at Code of conduct for members – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (tmbc.gov.uk).

Members in any doubt about such declarations are advised to contact Legal or Democratic Services in advance of the meeting.

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 23 January 2025

Representatives of Citizens Advice North and West Kent will provide a summary of their recent activities.

The annual report for the period January to December 2024 is attached.

Representatives of South East Water will be available to participate in discussions relating to the Tonbridge water outage in January 2025.  A report is attached summarising the events leading up to and during the incident and forms the basis for discussion.

A verbal update on the recent incident affecting West Kent will be provided at the meeting

This covering report and annexes provide data on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are aligned to the Corporate Strategy 2023-2027 and monitored on a quarterly or annual basis. These KPIs cover Quarter 3 of 2024/25 which covers October to December 2024.

To consider options for future meetings of Parish Partnership Panel

To update Members on the current national issues with securing affordable housing in new developments and to highlight local issues and measures in place to mitigate this issue.

Following a request from the committee chair for a review of primary care capacity to be presented, due to member concern regarding the pressures being placed upon GP practices especially in the northeast of the borough arising from ongoing growth and development, the report provides an overview of current capacity and future requirements and has been prepared in collaboration with the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB).

In accordance with the Council’s Constitution this report advises of the recent use of Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rule 15 (i) to ‘suspend’ the call-in procedure for decisions relating to the Local Development Scheme, the Local Housing Authority Fund, both taken by Cabinet on 4 March 2025, and the interim draft submission to MHCLG relating to local government reorganisation taken by an extraordinary meeting of Cabinet on 19 March 2025.

A record of the decisions taken by portfolio holders since the last meeting of Cabinet are attached.

A draft Notice setting out the key decisions anticipated to be taken during May to June 2025 is attached.

The Work Programme setting out matters to be scrutinised during 2025-26 is attached for information.  Members can suggest future items by liaising with the Chair of the Committee. 

Any other items which the Chairman decides are urgent due to special circumstances and of which notice has been given to the Chief Executive.

The Chairman to move that the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting during consideration of any items the publication of which would disclose exempt information.

Any other items which the Chairman decides are urgent due to special circumstances and of which notice has been given to the Chief Executive.