The Committee is asked to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 11 August 2026 as a true and accurate record.

Public addresses relating to matters of business for this agenda. Up to five minutes is available for each public address.

The request to speak accompanied by the full text of the address must be received by the Director of Law, Governance and Strategy by 5.00 pm on Wednesday, 2 September 2026.

Councillor addresses relating to matters of business for this agenda. Up to five minutes is available for each address.

The request should be received by the Director of Law, Governance and Strategy by 5.00 pm on Wednesday, 2 September 2026.

The Committee, at its meeting on 9 June 2026, had requested an update on Community Safety Service including the staffing restructure and delivery redesign.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and agree any recommendations.  

The Committee, at its meeting on 9 June 2026, had requested a report on the Gloucester Green Market.

The Committee is asked to consider the report and agree any recommendations. 

The report will be published as a supplement to the agenda.

The Scrutiny Committee has received a report from the Director of Law, Governance and Strategy (Monitoring Officer) seeking to delegate authority to the Scrutiny and Governance Advisor to make amendments to the Scrutiny Work Programme for the Committee and Working Groups.

The Committee is asked to:

1.    Delegate authority to the Scrutiny and Governance Advisor, in consultation with the Chair of the Scrutiny Committee, to make amendments to the Scrutiny Work Plan

2.    Recommend to Council to incorporate the delegation into part 13.7 of the Constitution.

The Work Plan is driven to a very large extent by the Cabinet Forward Plan. The Scrutiny Committee agrees its priorities for items coming onto the Forward Plan, which then form part of its Work Plan.

The Committee is recommended to confirm its agreement to the Work Plan, or agree any amendments as required.

At its meeting on 19 August 2026, Cabinet considered the following reports from Scrutiny and made responses to the recommendations:

·       Use of CIL funding to support infrastructure and public realm related to the Cowley Branch Line [Report for Cabinet]

·       Heat Network Update [Scrutiny-commissioned report]

·       Community Energy Interim Policy Update [Scrutiny-commissioned report]

·       ODS Group Performance Report [Report for SJVG]

The Committee is asked to:

1.     Note Cabinet’s responses to its recommendations.

Since the Scrutiny Committee’s previous meeting, the following Working Groups have met:

• Housing and Homelessness Working Group (2 September 2026)
  
  

The Committee is asked to:

1. Endorse the recommendations from Working Groups.

This will be published as a supplement to the agenda.

·       13 October 2026

·       10 November 2026

·       1 December 2026

·       12 January 2027

·       2 February 2027

·       9 March 2027

·       6 April 2027

All meetings start at 6:00 pm.