Council Decisions

East Suffolk Council has 55 elected councillors who meet at Full Council and sit on a range of committees to listen to residents’ views and make decisions about life in East Suffolk. The Council has a Leader and Cabinet that make all the major decisions. The Cabinet consists of nine councillors, with each Cabinet Member having responsibility for a different area, known as a portfolio.

 

When major executive decisions, known as Key Decisions and/or exempt decisions, are to be discussed or made these are published in the Cabinet’s Forward Plan. The Council itself makes decisions on the budget and the overall policies of the Council. The Council’s Constitution sets out the criteria for a Key Decision.

 

Delegated Decisions

The Constitution delegates authority to the Cabinet to make decisions about the day to day running of the Council within an agreed Budget and Policy Framework, and these decisions are taken at Cabinet meetings or by individual Cabinet Members. The Constitution also delegates certain decisions to be made by authorised officers.

 

Decisions taken by Cabinet and individual Cabinet Members are not implemented immediately. The decision is recorded along with the reasons for the decision, any alternatives considered and rejected, any relevant interests of members, any dispensations granted, and the expected implementation date for the decision. 

 

The decision is published for five clear working days before being implemented. During these five days the decision can be "called in" to be scrutinised by the Scrutiny Committee.

 

Decision Reports

Reports supporting the decisions taken by Full Council and its Committees, Cabinet, Cabinet Members and authorised officers are published on the Council's website. 

 

Reports for decisions taken by Full Council, Cabinet, Committees and Sub-Committees are also published with the agenda for the meeting where the decision was made.

 

You can review the current status of any Council decision since 1 May 2019, and any reports linked to them, using the decisions table below. Please note that the details of non-executive decisions are not added to business items, but can be viewed in the minutes of the meeting where the decision was taken.

 

Council decisions prior to 1 May 2019

Decisions

 
Business ItemDecision TypeStatusMeeting Dates
 Page 1 of 21, items 1 to 10 of 210.
Review of Hackney Carriage and Private Hire LicencesCommitteeImplemented
  • Overview and Scrutiny Committee - 21 Sep 2023
Cabinet Members' Report and Outside Bodies Representatives' Reports to CouncilCommitteeImplemented
  • Full Council - 27 Sep 2023
CIL Reporting and GovernanceCommitteeImplemented
  • Full Council - 27 Sep 2023
Film Classification - a series of short films to be screened at venues across Lowestoft as part of the Lowestoft Film FestivalCommitteeImplemented
  • Licensing Sub-Committee - 28 Sep 2023
Entering into the Feel Good Suffolk grant agreement with Suffolk councilsPortfolioImplemented
Film Classification - a series of short films to be screened at venues across Lowestoft as part of the Lowestoft Film FestivalCommitteeImplemented
  • Licensing Sub-Committee - 29 Sep 2023
Planning Performance Report – April to June 2023CommitteeImplemented
  • Strategic Planning Committee - 2 Oct 2023
Appeals Performance Report – 22 May 2023 to 11 September 2023CommitteeImplemented
  • Strategic Planning Committee - 2 Oct 2023
Planning Policy and Delivery UpdateCommitteeImplemented
  • Strategic Planning Committee - 2 Oct 2023
Designation of three extensions to the existing Aldeburgh Conservation Area and adoption of a 2023 Supplement to the existing 2013 Aldeburgh Conservation Area Appraisal; Designation of a new Conservation Area at Aldeburgh Park and adoption of a 2023 Conservation Area Appraisal and Management PlanCommitteeImplemented
  • Strategic Planning Committee - 2 Oct 2023