Decisions

RESOLVED that:-

(a)           Cabinet consider any comments from the consultation and from Children’s Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee concerning the Schools Admissions Arrangements 2027/2028 for community and maintained schools; and

(b)           Cabinet support the determination of the arrangements as set out in Appendix 1 and 2 of this report.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Children, Young People, Education and Skills

Reason

BCP Council is legally required to determine admission arrangements for the 2027/28 academic year for all maintained schools for which it is an admission authority and to agree coordinated admission arrangements for all admission authorities in the area. Arrangements must be determined by BCP Council by 28 February 2026.

RESOLVED that:-

(a)           The Local Validation Checklist be adopted; and

(b)           Minor variations to the Validation Checklist are delegated to the Director of Planning and Transport in consultation with the Head of Planning Operations and Head of Strategic Planning.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder:

Reason

1.      To put in place an up to date and enforceable local validation checklist to provide certainty for applicants and officers in the submission and processing of applications.

2.      To enable adaptations to the local validation checklist in light of changes in legislation/ policy and to remedy any unforeseen circumstances found during the operation of the checklist.

RESOLVED that Cabinet:-

(a)       Noted the budget monitoring position for quarter three 2025/26;

(b)       Encourage Senior Officers, budget holders, and Portfolio Holders to take all reasonable steps to reduce the forecast overspend in the final quarter of the financial year; and

(c)       Approve the capital virement as set out in Appendix C1 at paragraph 2.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Finance

Reason

To comply with accounting codes of practice and best practice which requires councils to regularly monitor the annual budget position and take any action to support the sustainability of the council’s financial position.

To comply with the council’s financial regulation concerning approval for budget virements.

To update the charges for services carried out by the Planning and Transport Directorate, as shown in Appendix A, to be effective from 1 April 2026.