Agenda and draft minutes

Lead Member for Strategic Management and Economic Development - Monday, 9th March, 2026 10.00 am

Venue: Remote Meeting via Microsoft Teams. View directions

Contact: Sophie Webb Governance and Democracy Manager

Items
No.	Item
17.	Decisions made by the Lead Cabinet Member on 18 February 2026 PDF 9 KB View item 17. as HTML 18 KB Minutes: 17.1 The Lead Member approved as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 18 February 2026.
18.	Disclosure of Interests Disclosure by all Members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct. Minutes: 18.1 Councillor Bennett declared a personal interest as a member of the East Sussex Invest Grants and Loans Panel when the Panel took the decision to grant the loan in 2017. He did not consider this to be prejudicial.
19.	Urgent items Notification of any items which the Lead Member considers urgent and proposes to take at the appropriate part of the agenda. Minutes: 19.1 There were none.
20.	Reports Minutes: 20.1 Reports referred to in the minutes below are contained in the minute book.
21.	Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (as amended) ('RIPA') and Investigative Powers Act 2016 ('IPA') update PDF 195 KB View item 21. as HTML 13 KB View the background to item 21. View the decision for item 21. Report by the Deputy Chief Executive Additional documents: Appendix 1 , item 21. PDF 375 KB View as HTML (21./2) 141 KB Minutes: 21.1 The Deputy Leader and Lead Member considered a report by the Deputy Chief Executive. DECISIONS 21.2 The Deputy Leader and Lead Member RESOLVED to approve the County Council’s Policy in relation to the use of covert investigative techniques (‘the Policy’) as set out in Appendix 1 of the report. REASON 21.3 Approval of the relevant Policy is required to comply with the requirements of RIPA, IPA and the Home Office codes.
22.	Exclusion of the Public and Press To consider excluding the public and press from the meeting for the remaining agenda item on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information). Minutes: 22.1 It was RESOLVED to exclude the public and press from the meeting for the remaining agenda items on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information) and the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosure.
23.	Eastbourne Fisherman's Quayside and infrastructure development project - reprofiling finances View the declarations of interest for item 23. View the reasons why item 23. is restricted View the background to item 23. View the decision for item 23. Report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport Minutes: 23.1 The Deputy Leader and Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport. DECISIONS 23.2 The Lead Member RESOLVED to approve the recommendations in the report, for the reasons set out in the report. The decision and reasons are set out in an exempt minute.