North Yorkshire Council
Harrogate and Knaresborough Area Committee
5 June 2025
Work Programme Report
1.0 PURPOSE OF REPORT
1.1 To ask Members to consider the Committee’s work programme and amend it as required.
1.2 To inform Members and the public of work undertaken since the last Committee meeting, including informal meetings, working group sessions, and progress on issues raised by members.
2.0 BACKGROUND
2.1 The intention is for the Committee to develop a work programme that:
a) is owned by the Committee,
b) has items on it that are important locally but relevant at a strategic level,
c) evolves over time and is not static.
2.2 The Committee Chair, Vice-Chair and the Democratic Services Officer will keep the work programme up to date. They will also determine which items need to be considered at a committee meeting, and which could be dealt with by an informal working group.
2.3 Issues which are considered by the Committee can be:
a) referred to an officer at the Council for a response,
b) referred to the Democratic Services Officer, to conduct further research to ascertain whether it was appropriate for the Committee to review,
c) referred to the relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee,
d) referred to the Chairman and Vice-Chairman to consider, outside of a formal committee meeting,
e) referred to the appropriate Executive Member to consider.
2.4 The Work Programme Report is considered at every meeting. It is an opportunity for Members to request additions to the programme of work, but also it provides a public summary of the work undertaken since the last Committee meeting, including informal meetings and discussions which are not held in public.
3.0 WORKING GROUPS
3.1 The following working group meetings have taken place the last meeting of the Committee on 20 March 2025:
a) Housing Liaison Working Group:
i. 6 May 2025. The Working Group had an informal briefing from Matt Lewer, including scene-setting and baseline data. The information was communicated to all members for information, and a further meeting will be scheduled for August/September.
4.0 INFORMAL BRIEFINGS
4.1 The following informal briefings have taken place since the last meeting of the Committee on 20 March 2025:
a) 23 April 2025 – Economic Development Briefing.
b) 7 May 2025 – Mid Cycle Briefing.
5.0 FUTURE ITEMS OF WORK
5.1 The Democratic Services Officer maintains a live version of the work programme, which is available for any committee member on request. A current version is always included in the papers for each committee meeting as part of the Work Programme Report.
5.2 A summary of progress on actions raised by members is at paragraph 1 of the work programme (Appendix A).
5.2 A summary of items scheduled for consideration at the next meeting of the Committee (25 March 2025) are at paragraph 2 of the work programme (Appendix A).
5.3 A list of future items of work, which do not yet have a date for consideration, is at paragraph 3 of the work programme (Appendix A).
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RECOMMENDATION
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Members are asked to:
a) consider the Committee’s work programme and amend it as required.
b) note the work undertaken by working groups since the last Committee meeting. |
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APPENDICES:
Appendix A: Harrogate and Knaresborough AC Work Programme (June 2025).
BACKGROUND PAPERS:
None.
Report Author – Edward Maxwell, Senior Democratic Services Officer