Councillor David Scoot

Audit & Governance Committee - Monday 17th November 2025 6.30 pm

The Audit & Governance Committee of Boston Borough Council was scheduled to meet on 17 November 2025 to review a range of reports and updates. These included the external audit completion report, the council's financial statements, risk management, treasury management, and governance arrangements. Councillors were also scheduled to discuss the council's counter fraud policy, contract procedure rules, and information governance.

Full Council - Monday 10th November 2025 6.30 pm

Boston Borough Council was scheduled to discuss a new statement of licensing policy, a review of HR policies, and changes to committee membership at its full council meeting. Councillors were also expected to discuss appointments to outside bodies.

Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Thursday 6th November 2025 6.30 pm

Here is a summary of the planned discussions for the Overview & Scrutiny Committee meeting. The committee was expected to discuss the community lottery scheme, a performance report, and future plans. Some items, including a discussion of the SELCP sub-regional leisure operating agent procurement, were scheduled to be discussed in private.

Audit & Governance Committee - Monday 13th October 2025 6.30 pm

The Audit and Governance Committee met to discuss the external audit progress, the internal audit progress, the internal audit charter, the risk report, and the treasury report. The committee approved the Internal Audit Charter and noted the other reports. A suggestion was made to add a self-assessment of the committee's effectiveness to the work programme, but this was not agreed.

Planning Committee - Tuesday 7th October 2025 10.00 am

The Boston Borough Council Planning Committee met to discuss a planning application for land north of the Boston Borough Council Depot. Councillors approved the application, which involves demolishing an industrial shed and changing the land use to provide additional staff parking, commercial parking bays, and trailer bays, with associated works. The committee made revisions to conditions relating to archaeological investigations and surface water disposal, in light of the fact that some work had already commenced on the site.