Agenda

Cabinet - Tuesday 27th January 2026 6.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room - Municipal Buildings, West Street, Boston, PE21 8QR. View directions

Contact: Democratic Services Email: demservices@boston.gov.uk

Media

Items
No.	Item
	Part I - Preliminaries
A	Apologies for Absence To receive apologies for absence.
B	Declarations of Interest To receive declarations of interests in respect of any item on the agenda.
C	Minutes PDF 224 KB To sign and confirm the minutes of the last meeting.
D	Questions from Members of the Public To answer any written questions received from members of the public no later than 5 p.m. two clear working days prior to the meeting – for this meeting the deadline is 5 p.m. on Thursday 22^nd January 2026.
	Part II - Agenda Items
1.	Recommendations from Overview and Scrutiny (Standing Item)*
2.	Recommendations from the Boston Town Area Committee (BTAC) (Standing Item)
3.	Partnership Social Media Policy PDF 108 KB View the background to item 3. (A report by James Gilbert, Assistant Director – Corporate) Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Social Media Policy , item 3. PDF 468 KB
4.	Trees & Hedgerow Strategy Action Plan PDF 186 KB View the background to item 4. (A report by Christian Allen, Assistant Directory – Regulatory) Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Tree and Hedgerow Action Plan , item 4. PDF 7 MB Appendix 2 - Tree and Hedgerow Strategy , item 4. PDF 14 MB Appendix 3 - Excerpt from Overview & Scrutiny Committee Minutes , item 4. PDF 106 KB
5.	South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership Safeguarding Policy PDF 107 KB View the background to item 5. (A report by Emily Spicer, Assistant Director – Communities and Housing Services) Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Safeguarding Policy for SELCP v2.3.2 Dec25 , item 5. PDF 5 MB
6.	Revised Housing Allocations Policy BBC/ELDC PDF 126 KB View the background to item 6. (A report by Emily Spicer, Assistant Director – Communities and Housing Services) Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Housing Allocation Policy 2021 , item 6. PDF 929 KB Appendix 2 - Housing Allocation Policy 2025 , item 6. PDF 596 KB
7.	Housing Standards Policies PDF 107 KB View the background to item 7. (A report by Emily Spicer, Assistant Director – Communities and Housing Services) Additional documents: Appendix 1 - (DRAFT) Empty Homes Policy , item 7. PDF 462 KB Appendix 1A - (DRAFT) Empty Homes , item 7. PDF 329 KB Appendix 1B - (DRAFT) Empty Homes , item 7. PDF 354 KB Appendix 2 - (DRAFT) HMO Licensing Policy , item 7. PDF 478 KB Appendix 2B - (DRAFT) HMO Licensing , item 7. PDF 548 KB There are a further 14 documents.View the full list of documents for item 7.
8.	Exclusion of Public and Press To consider resolving - That under Section 100(A)(iv) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act (as amended).
9.	Exempt Minutes View the reasons why item 9. is restricted To sign and confirm the exempt minutes of the previous meeting.