Agenda item

Report by the Deputy Chief Executive.

7.1       The Chair introduced the report and went through the recommendations of the report. There were no changes to the work programme in appendix 1 and no items were identified from the Forward Plan for inclusion in the work programme.

7.2       Councillor Redstone, Chair of the Local Transport Plan (LTP) Reference Group commented that the Committee should note that the Reference Group is one of a number of stakeholders that are being engaged with, and the Group is not producing or driving the production of LTP4. The Group is meeting again in September to discuss the final version of the LTP which will be presented to Cabinet in mid-September and then on to Full Council for approval in October. The LTP4 is seen as a living document and there will be changes to over the course of the 26 years which the LTP4 will cover.

7.3       Councillor Hilton updated the Committee on the work of the Economic Growth Strategy Reference Group. There was general support from the Reference Group for the Strategy, although there were some reservations about the length of the Strategy which is up to 2050. The Reference Group also indicated it wished to see the implementation plan for the Strategy once it has been developed. The presentation of the Strategy to Team East Sussex for approval has been delayed by the General Election and will take place later in the year.

7.4       Councillor Hilton asked for some updates on the actions contained in the minutes of the previous meeting held on 12 March 2024. Minute 31.4 asked for an update on the trial of a different approach to securing Social Value commitments and arranging a demonstration of the carbon emissions reporting platform once the test or live system had enough data in it. The Chief Operating Officer responded that the trial was for a year which comes to an end at the end of July and will be reported to the Committee in September. Arranging a demonstration of the carbon emissions reporting platform will be actioned after the meeting.

7.5       Under the SPACES programme report the Committee asked if a mechanism could be put in place for notifying Local Members of SPACES projects taking place in their Division and those pending an external funding application. Councillor Hilton asked for an update on when the Committee might know what the mechanism is. The Chief Operating Officer agreed to provide an update after the meeting.

7.6       There was a request for the Waste Team Manager (minute 34.1) to approach Surrey County Council about their waste composition analysis to find out if there was a reason why there was so much food waste in their residual (black bag) waste. The Director of CET agreed to ask the Waste Team Manager to contact Councillor Hilton regarding the Surrey waste composition analysis.

7.7       The Committee RESOLVED to:

1) Agree the agenda items for the future Committee meetings, including items listed in the updated work programme in appendix 1;

2) Note the items on East Sussex County Council’s (ESCC) Forward Plan in appendix 2;

3) Note the report back from the Scoping Board in section 4.1 of the report and agree to proceed with a review of Local Speed Limit Policy and appoint Cllr Hollidge as chair of the Review Board; and

4) Note the update from the LTP Reference Group and Economic Growth Strategy Reference Group as set out in sections 5.1 and 5.2 of the report.

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