Q2 O&S Work Programme 2025-2026

Committee report · Overview and Scrutiny Committee · Wed 10 Dec 2025 · Hastings Borough Council · agenda item 4

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“That the committee note the progress of the Overview and Scrutiny work programme for 2024/25 municipal year and follow up actions.”

What the meeting decided

The minutes record: Noted. “RESOLVED: That the committee note the progress of the Overview and Scrutiny work programme for 2024/25 municipal year and follow up actions.” minutes ↗

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A report to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee sets out progress on the committee's work programme for 2025/26. p1 p2

The committee was appointed after Annual Council in May 2025 and has eleven members. p5

The committee is pursuing two themes: corporate items that the council controls directly, and community items involving other providers such as the county council. p9

The committee met on 18 September 2025 to discuss proposals for a new unitary council structure as part of local government reorganisation. p20 p21

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p1Report Template v30.0 Report To: Overview and Scrutiny Committee Date of Meeting: 10 December 2025 Report Title: Quarter 2 Work Programme for the 2025-26 update Report By: Coral Harding, Democratic Services Manager Key Decision: N/A
p2Purpose of Report To provide an update of progress for the 2025/26 Overview and Scrutiny work programme and to propose the next steps for progressing these.
p5Report Template v30.0 Introduction 1. Following Annual Council in May 2025, a new Overview and Scrutiny committee was appointed at the Annual Council. The committee consists of eleven members (in total) and is a mixture of new and returning committee members including the Chair and Vice Chair.
p94. The committee has decided to pursue 2 themes comprising corporate and community interests. Corporate items will focus on areas that the council directly controls such as service provision, policy, and key projects. Community items will focus on areas of high resident interest that the council does not directly control such as services provided county council and other external providers.
p20Quarter 2 review items Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) Consultation
p2111. The Overview and Scrutiny committee met on 18th September 2025 to discuss the proposals for the creation of a new unitary council structure. This was prior to the main submission to central government by the required deadline of 26th September 2025.

Places and organisations it names

Hastings Borough Council

Other papers for this meeting

2025-26 P6 Financial Update Report to end of September 2025, 01/12/2025 Cabinet · Committee report
Overview and Scrutiny Committee agenda · Committee agenda
Appendix 1 - Budget Monitoring Tables 2025-26 P6 September 2025, 01/12/2025 Cabinet · Committee report
Appendix 2 - P6 2025-26 Capital Monitoring, 01/12/2025 Cabinet · Committee report
Appendix 3 - 2025-26 PIER Savings P6, 01/12/2025 Cabinet · Committee report
Final ESHT report Dec 2025 · Committee report
Final LGR report Dec 2025 · Committee report
Minutes Public Pack, 10/09/2025 Overview and Scrutiny Committee · Committee report
Minutes Public Pack, 18/09/2025 Overview and Scrutiny Committee · Committee report
Overview and Scrutiny Committee minutes · Committee minutes

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