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To answer questions submitted by citizens on the Council or its services.

To answer questions submitted by Opposition Group Leaders on items on the agenda.

The Report of the Director – Finance and Corporate Services is attached

It was RESOLVED that the Technological, Digital and Customer Access Strategy 2025-2028 be approved.

The Report of the Director – Finance and Corporate Services is attached

It was RESOLVED that the report be approved and the following be noted:

a)           the projected revenue budget efficiency for the year of £0.637m and proposals to earmark this for cost pressures given in Appendix A and paragraph 4.1 to the report;

b)           the projected capital budget efficiencies of £0.681m including the budget changes given in Appendix D to the report; and

c)           the projected overspend on Special Expenses of £11.3k given in paragraph 4.7 to the report.

The report of the Director – Development and Economic Growth is attached

It was RESOLVED thatthe Rushcliffe Borough Council (67-69 Loughborough Road and 2A Patrick Road, West Bridgford) Article 4(1) Direction 20 May 2025 be confirmed, giving it ongoing effect in revoking permitted development rights for demolition under Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) until such time as it be withdrawn.

To move “That under Regulation 4 of the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972.”

The Report of the Director – Development and Economic Growth is attached

It was RESOLVED that:

a)           the disposal of the Rushcliffe Borough Council mast sites to APW as set out at b), c) and d) below, be approved, having regard to the identified risks to ongoing income levels (and future capital values) posed by the new Government Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (PSTI);

b)           the freehold sale of mast sites at Buckfast Way and Stamford Road be approved, with the latter subject to an overage payment at first Lease Renewal for the value stipulated in the report;

c)           the long lease disposals of the two masts at Wilwell Farm be approved;

d)           the future long lease disposal of Masts 1 and 2 at Rushcliffe Arena be approved, each at a minimum value stipulated in the report, with final negotiations and sale price to be delegated to the Director – Development and Economic Growth; and

e)           the requirement for immediate full payment of all the freehold sales and leasehold premium payments for the masts referenced in the report be approved on completion of the sum stipulated in the report, as opposed to an alternative APW offer of equal payments over five years.