RESOLVED:

3.1 To authorise the transfer of the management of the six (5 FTE) Coroners Officers from West Mercia Police to Shropshire Council with the transfer of funding agreed on a tapering basis as set out in the Table at paragraph 5.3.

3.2 To authorise the Service Director – Legal and Governance, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Health and Public Protection, to agree the detail of the transfer of staff and their functions with a target date of 1st October 2025

RESOLVED:

3.1 To approve the submission of the Council’s response to Government’s national planning reform consultations (Planning Reform Working Paper: Speeding Up Build Out; Technical Consultation on Implementing Measures to Improve Build Out Transparency; Planning Reform Working Paper: Reforming Site Thresholds; and Reform of Planning Committees: Technical Consultation), as set out in Appendix 1 to this report.

3.2.That authority be given to the Service Director - Legal and Governance in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning to agree any additional changes to the Council’s response to Government’s national planning reform consultations, ahead of their submission to Government.

RESOLVED:

3.1  to consider the recommendations and actions in the Annual Customer Feedback Report (pages 30 and 31) to support and improve customer feedback performance within Shropshire Council.

3.2  to note that a paper on the adoption of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Complaint Handling Code will be prepared for a future Cabinet Meeting (September 2025).

RESOLVED:

3.1. To approve the actual 2024/25 prudential and treasury indicators in this report.
3.2. To note the annual treasury management report for 2024/25.

RESOLVED:

3.1. To ensure necessary action is taken to improve Period 2 forecast (31st May 2025), by year end in terms of the indicative level of savings delivery of £31.438m (53%), resulting in a projected spend over budget of £13.174m for 2025/26.

3.2. To note the projected General Fund Balance would be £0.606m if no further action were taken.

3.3. To formally acknowledge that the current information indicates the need for urgent corrective action, and to request that the Council’s senior team undertakes that urgently

RESOLVED:

3.1 To consider the final draft SEND and AP Strategy 2025 – 2029 and recommend their adoption to full Council in September.

3.2 To consider the draft Outcomes Framework and recommend their adoption to full Council in September as a ‘live working document’, noting the ambitions to focus on improving outcomes for children, young people and families.

3.3 To receive an update in 6 months on the development of the implementation plans and refinement of the multi-agency workstreams to deliver the strategy. This should also include a progress update with respect to the development of measurable outcomes and further refinement of the Outcomes Framework.