Richard Tear

Joint Health and Overview Scrutiny Committee (Frimley Park Hospital) - Tuesday, 25 February 2025 1.00 pm

The committee noted the two reports presented to the meeting, and agreed to review the Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust overarching strategy in more detail at a future meeting. The committee agreed a recommendation requiring the Trust to make additional efforts to ensure their communications about the new hospital programme reach digitally excluded and minority groups.

Communities, Environment and Highways Select Committee - Wednesday, 12 February 2025 10.00 am

At this meeting the Communities, Environment and Highways Select Committee considered a draft of Surrey County Council's Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP), progress on a new climate adaptation strategy, and progress on a range of new waste infrastructure. The committee noted each of the reports.

Budget Meeting, Council - Tuesday, 4 February 2025 10.00 am

The Council voted to adopt its budget for 2025/26, increasing Council Tax by the maximum permitted 4.99% and making £66 million in savings. The Council also noted the Memorandum of Understanding between Surrey County Council and Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Partnership and approved the revised Health and Wellbeing Board Terms of Reference.

Planning and Regulatory Committee - Wednesday, 29 January 2025 10.30 am

The Planning and Regulatory Committee approved two applications by CAPA Public Works Ltd. to extend the lifespan of the Addlestone Quarry, near New Haw, by nine years, from the end of 2020 until the end of 2029. Both applications were for amendments to existing planning permissions, one relating to the continued extraction of sand and gravel at the quarry, and the other relating to the continued use of an on-site Aggregates Recycling Facility (ARF).

Audit and Governance Committee - Wednesday, 22 January 2025 10.00 am

The Committee noted Surrey County Council's draft Statement of Accounts for 2023/24, the Treasury Management Strategy for 2025/26, and received an update on the ongoing work to stabilise the Unit4/MySurrey system.