Agenda

Policy Development Panel - Tuesday, 21st April, 2026 6.30 pm

Venue: Meeting Room 1, Council Offices, Priory Road, Spalding

Contact: Democratic Services  01775 764693

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for absence.

2.

Minutes

To sign as a correct record the minutes of the following meetings (copies enclosed):

2.a)

Joint PMP/PDP Budget Scrutiny Minutes - 13 January 2026 pdf icon PDF 237 KB

2.b)

Policy Development Panel - 3 February 2026 pdf icon PDF 311 KB

2.c)

Special Policy Development Panel 9 February 2026 pdf icon PDF 259 KB

3.

Actions pdf icon PDF 283 KB

To consider updates to actions that arose at the 3 February 2026 Policy Development Panel meeting and the tracking of outstanding actions (enclosed).

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4.

Declaration of Interests.

Where a Councillor has a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest the Councillor must declare the interest to the meeting and leave the room without participating in any discussion or making a statement on the item, except where a councillor is permitted to remain as a result of a grant of dispensation.

5.

Questions asked under Standing Order 6

6.

Tracking of recommendations

To consider responses of the Cabinet to reports of the Panel. 

7.

Items referred from the Performance Monitoring Panel

8.

Key Decision Plan pdf icon PDF 237 KB

To note the current Key Decision Plan (copy enclosed).  

9.

SHDC Policy Register & SELCP Policy Register pdf icon PDF 88 KB

To note the SHDC Policy Register and the S&ELCP Policy Register (enclosed).

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10.

Health and Safety Policy – General Statement of Intent and Arrangements pdf icon PDF 154 KB

To seek views from the Policy Development Panel on proposed amendments to the Councils Health and Safety Policy (report of the Assistant Director – Regulatory enclosed).

 

 

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11.

Derelict and Untidy Sites pdf icon PDF 179 KB

To consider the Final Report of the Derelict and Untidy Sites Task Group and provide feedback prior to its consideration by the Cabinet (report of the Derelict and Untidy Sites Task Group enclosed).

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12.

Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Policy for the Housing Landlord Service pdf icon PDF 233 KB

To consider the Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) and Hate Crime Policy for the Housing Landlord Service (report of the Assistant Director – Housing enclosed)

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13.

Housing (HRA) Damp Condensation and Mould Policy pdf icon PDF 228 KB

To consider the updated Damp, Condensation and Mould Policy 2026 (Appendix 2) (report of the Assistant Director – Housing enclosed).

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14.

Street Art & Graffiti Management Policy pdf icon PDF 145 KB

To present to members an updated Street Art Management Policy and outline the rational for separating graffiti from street art within the Council policy (report of the Assistant Director – Housing and Communities enclosed)

 

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15.

Policy Development Panel Work Programme pdf icon PDF 93 KB

To set out the Work Programme of the Policy Development Panel (Report of the Assistant Director - Governance (Monitoring Officer) enclosed)

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16.

Debt Write Off Policy pdf icon PDF 55 KB

To review the Debt Write Off Policy (report of the Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) enclosed).

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17.

Any other items which the Chairman decides are urgent.

 

 

NOTE:            No other business is permitted unless by reason of special circumstances, which shall be specified in the minutes, the Chairman is of the opinion that the item(s) should be considered as a matter of urgency. 

18.

To consider resolving that, under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) 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.

19.

Debt Write Off Policy

To review the restricted appendix to agenda item 16 (Appendix 1 enclosed).