Agenda

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Announcements of the Leader of the Council.

Announcements of the Civic Chairman.

To receive the non-exempt Minutes of the Committees shown below:

Non-exempt Minutes to be received:                                                           Date

Licensing and Appeals Sub-Committee                               12 December 2022

Licensing and Appeals Committee                                           17 January 2023

Planning Committee                                                                 24 January 2023

Council                                                                                      26 January 2023

Community and Environment Committee                              09 February 2023

Planning Committee                                                                14 February 2023

Governance and Resources Committee                                16 February 2023

Minute Book to Follow

Questions, if any, from Members who have given notice.

The Levelling up and Regeneration Bill is expected to receive Royal Assent in April 2023. The Bill provides powers for councils to double the Council Tax payable on 2^nd homes. The District Council had been consulting the community and owners of 2^nd homes on the proposal. This report seeks to undertake work to amend the policy concerning long term empty homes to reflect a handful of cases causing difficulty to owners of empty homes currently improving their property.

The report outlines the work to date on the review of Council’s Clean & Green service.  This includes the review of the service by the Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) and the involvement of staff, management and unions in that review.

The purpose of this report is to submit the proposed Calendar of Meetings for Council and Committee Meetings in the 2023/24 municipal year.

To consider the recommendation of the Governance and Resources Committee to accept a grant offer from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) phase 3b of £1.9m in order to decarbonise the Arc Matlock and Wirksworth Leisure Centre.

This report advises Members about the Biodiversity Duty, and sets out activities which the District Council has, and is currently undertaking that contributes to meeting the new requirement. It also recommends that a plan be prepared which sets out further actions the District Council should undertake to meet the requirements of the newly enhanced biodiversity duty, and in particular those relating to Biodiversity Net Gain.