Place Scrutiny Committee, Wed 22 Jul 2026
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The papers
- Scrutiny Review of Street Works - report final
It recommended: “Recommendation Page 1 The Board recommends the Council develops a prosecution and enforcement policy in the next 12 months, for use where there are repeated significant failures or breaches of permit conditions, particularly should there be instances of utility companies failing to adhere to accessibility obligations. 11 2 The Board recommends that the Council develops agreements with utility companies on how to coor”
The minutes record: Agreed. “RESOLVED to endorse the report and agree to submit the recommendations to Cabinet for comment and County Council for approval.” minutes ↗
- East Sussex Highways Year 3 Contract Performance
It recommended: “Place Scrutiny is recommended to comment on and consider the performance of the third year of the Highways Infrastructure and Services contract with Balfour Beatty Living Places. 1.”
The minutes record: Noted. “RESOLVED to: (1) Schedule a closed session to view the highways contract in detail, and following this consider what future scrutiny sessions are required including with BBLP and ESCC officers; (2) Receive disaggregated data by division and sub-contractor; (3) Note the performance of the third year of the Highways Infrastructure and Services contract with Balfour Beatty Living Places.” minutes ↗
- Reconciling Policy, Performance and Resources (RPPR)
It recommended: “The scrutiny committee is recommended to:” (and more)
The minutes record: Resolved. “RESOLVED to: (1) consider and comment on information within the 2025/26 end of year Council monitoring report and State of the County 2026 report and the implications for services within the remit of the committee; (2) identify potential areas for scrutiny focus as part of RPPR planning, for consideration as part of future RPPR reports or the committee’s wider work programme; and (3) establish a Joint People and Place RPPR scrutiny board.” minutes ↗
- Scrutiny Review of Street Works
It recommended: “consider the draft report and recommendations of the Scrutiny Review Board and to either: a) endorse the report and agree to submit the recommendations to Cabinet for comment and County Council for approval; or b) agree to re-open the review for further consideration by the new committee and appoint a Review Board to undertake this work.”
The minutes record: Agreed. “RESOLVED to endorse the report and agree to submit the recommendations to Cabinet for comment and County Council for approval.” minutes ↗
- Work programme
It recommended: “review the previous Committee’s work programme at Appendix 1, including its recommended approach to ongoing work and areas of focus, and identify scrutiny work to continue, remove or add to the work programme.” (and more)
The minutes record: Agreed. “RESOLVED to: (1) Agree the agenda items for future committee meetings; (2) Re-establish the corporate climate target board with People Scrutiny Committee, with a broader remit focussed on health; (3) Schedule reports on the Asset Management Strategy and lessons learnt from the Queensway Gateway Road project, and the ESCC Road Safety Strategy to future meetings; (4) Undertake a rapid review of the Household Waste Recycling Site (HWRS) booking system to report to the Committee on 30 November; and (5) Add highways…” minutes ↗