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Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

Committee:

Cabinet

Date/Time:

4 Nov 2025 - 18:00 to 19:40

Status:

Occurred

Venue:

Conference Room, Riverside

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Documents
Attendance
Visitors
Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda Contents (126Kb)
Agenda Document Pack - Cabinet - 04/11/2025 (4253Kb)

Agenda

Meeting Details

MeetingDetails

Members are invited to a Meeting of the Cabinet

to be held in the Conference Room, Riverside, Lowestoft

on Tuesday, 4 November 2025 at 6.00pm

This meeting will be broadcast to the public via the East Suffolk YouTube Channel at https://youtube.com/live/XBAuE8ixfAU?feature=share

Open To The Public

1 Apologies for Absence

To receive apologies for absence, if any.

2 Declarations of Interest

Members and Officers are invited to make any declarations of interests, and the nature of that interest, that they may have in relation to items on the Agenda and are also reminded to make any declarations at any stage during the Meeting if it becomes apparent that this may be required when a particular item or issue is considered.

3 Announcements

To receive any announcements.

Minutes (135Kb)

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 7 October 2025

KEY DECISIONS

5 Housing policies requiring approval

Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Housing

ES-2562 Housing Policies requiring approval (141Kb)
1. ES-2562 Appendix A (144Kb)
2. ES-2562 Appendix B (16Kb)
3. ES-2562 Appendix C (64Kb)

6 Choice Based Lettings - Gateway to Homechoice Allocations policy

Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Housing

ES-2563 Choice Based Lettings - Gateway to Homechoice Allocations policy (134Kb)
1. ES-2563 Appendix A (362Kb)
2. ES-2563 Appendix B (77Kb)
3. ES-2563 Appendix C (17Kb)

7 Non-Domestic Rates Write-offs

Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Resources and Value for Money

ES-2564 Non-Domestic Rates Write-offs (129Kb)
1. ES-2564 Appendix A (84Kb)

8 Procurement of Occupational Health Services Contract

Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Resources and Value for Money

ES-2565 Procurement of Occupational Health Services Contract (128Kb)

NON-KEY DECISIONS

9 Quarter 2 Budget Monitoring for 2025/26 and Medium Term Financial Strategy

Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Resources and Value for Money

ES-2566 Quarter 2 Budget Monitoring 2025-26 and MTFS Update (836Kb)

10 Housing Regulation Quarterly Update Report

Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Housing

ES-2567 Housing Regulation Quarterly update report (204Kb)
1. ES-2567 Appendix A (114Kb)
2. ES-2567 Appendix B (64Kb)
3. ES-2567 Appendix C (95Kb)

Exempt/Confidential

11 Exempt/Confidential Items

It is recommended that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

12 Minutes

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

Attendance

Attended - Committee Members

Name
Councillor Paul Ashton
Councillor David Beavan
Councillor Jan Candy
Councillor Tom Daly
Councillor Vince Langdon-Morris
Councillor Caroline Topping

Attended - Other Members

Name
Councillor Paul Ashdown
Councillor Seamus Bennett
Councillor Peter Byatt
Councillor Amanda Folley
Councillor Mark Jepson
Councillor Stephen Molyneux
Councillor Letitia Smith

Apologies

Name	Reason for Sending Apology
Councillor Sally Noble
Councillor Mark Packard
Councillor Sarah Whitelock
Councillor Tim Wilson

Absent

Name	Reason for Absence
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member Name	Item Ref.	Details	Nature of Declaration	Action
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

Officers present: Chris Bing (Head of Legal and Democratic Services), Kerry Blair (Strategic Director), Michelle Burdett (Strategic Director), Katy Cassidy (Democratic Services Officer), Stephanie Duff (Strategic Lead – Housing Repairs and Maintenance), Heather Fisk (Head of Housing), Lorraine Fitch (Democratic Services Manager), Fern Lincoln (Strategic Lead – Housing Needs), Amy Moye (Procurement Manager), Lewis Parr (Strategic Lead: Regulatory Compliance), Lorraine Rogers (Chief Finance Officer) Isabel Rolfe (Political Group Support Officer (GLI)), Amie Skeet (Head of HR and Workforce Development)