Agenda

Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday 9th December 2025 6.30 pm

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

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

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Items
No. Item

Part I - Preliminaries

A

Election of Vice-Chairman

To appoint a Vice-Chairman of the Committee following the resignation of Councillor Drayton from the position.

B

Apologies for Absence

To receive apologies for absence and notification of substitutes (if any).

C

Declarations of Interest

To receive declarations of interests in respect of any item on the agenda.

D

Minutes pdf icon PDF 128 KB

To sign and confirm the minutes of the previous meeting.

E

Public Questions

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 4th December 2025.

Part II - Agenda Items

1.

Housing Standards Policies pdf icon PDF 143 KB

(A report by Emily Spicer, Assistant Director – Communities and Housing Services)

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2.

Revised Housing Allocations Policy BBC/ELDC pdf icon PDF 160 KB

(A report by Emily Spicer, Assistant Director – Communities and Housing Services)

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3.

Social Media Policy pdf icon PDF 99 KB

(A report by James Gilbert, Assistant Director – Corporate)

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4.

Tree & Hedgerows Strategy Action Plan pdf icon PDF 187 KB

(A report by Christian Allen, Assistant Directory – Regulatory)

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5.

Annual Scrutiny Report 2024/2025 pdf icon PDF 96 KB

(A report by John Medler, Assistant Director – Governance & Monitoring Officer)

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6.

Quarter 2 25/26 Performance Report pdf icon PDF 147 KB

(A report by James Gilbert, Assistant Director – Corporate)

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7.

Work Programme and Forward Plan pdf icon PDF 203 KB

(For Members to note/discuss the Committee’s current Work Programme and the Council’s Forward Plan)

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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

To sign and confirm the exempt minutes of the previous meeting.