You are hereby invited to attend the meeting of the Strategy Committee, to be held in the Small Meeting Room on:
Wednesday 08 July 2026 at 6:00pm
1. To receive and consider apologies for absence.
2. To receive any declarations of interest in items on the agenda.
3. To approve the minutes of the previous Strategy Committee meeting.
4. Policy
a) To consider amendments to the Travel and Subsistence Policy to reflect legislative changes and to recommend the amended policy to Full Council for approval.
5. Councillor Recruitment and Community Engagement
a) To consider the introduction of a database scheme to encourage residents and local businesses to support the Council through the provision of specific skills, (for example accountants, solicitors, surveyors etc) knowledge and experience and agree to delegate the promotion of the scheme to Officers and to agree the Committee’s recommendation to Full Council.
6. Car Parking
a) To agree to delegate officers to undertake research on the availability of existing car parking along with the terms and conditions related to such parking and investigate parking control methods and to report findings back to the Committee.
7. Leases
a) To consider convening an Extraordinary Meeting of the Strategy Committee to discuss Recreation Ground leases prior to the next scheduled meeting.
8. Briarswood
a) To consider whether the 1.61-hectare Community Land at Briarswood should remain designated for community use in accordance with the Section 106 Agreement or, if no election is made, be permitted to become Additional Open Space, and to agree the Committee’s recommendation to Full Council.
b) To consider whether the 0.65-hectare allotment area at Briarswood should be transferred for allotment use in accordance with the Section 106 Agreement or, if no election is made, be permitted to become Additional Open Space, and to agree the Committee’s recommendation to Full Council.
c) Subject to the Committee supporting the designation of either area as Additional Open Space, to consider and agree a recommendation to Full Council regarding the future ownership and management arrangements, including whether the land should be transferred to and managed and maintained out of the Precept by the Town Council or by a Management Company who would then be responsible for maintaining the land at their cost, therefore at no cost to the Town Council. Either way an Open Space Plan will be submitted to the planning authority for approval in line with planning policy.
9. Progress Report
a) Recreational and Leisure Facilities Update
b) Community Building Update
c) Football Club Update
10. Skate Park
a) To consider and agree to delegate authority to officers to undertake consultation with the community on the provision and location of a skate park in Harleston.
11. New Policy
a) To consider a document for a new policy for the Notification and Engagement of Grant-Receiving Organisations and to determine whether to recommend its adoption to Full Council and/or undertake a review of the current Grant Aid Policy.
12. Date of Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Strategy Committee will be held on Wednesday 12 August 2026.