Meeting Details

Meeting Summary

Committee:

Perth and Kinross Council

Date/Time:

5 Mar 2025 - 10:00 to 15:00

Status:

Scheduled

Venue:

the Council Chamber

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Recording of Meeting:

Perth & Kinross Council - 5 March 2025

Documents
Members Attendance
Other Attendees
Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda Contents (150Kb)
Agenda Document Pack - Perth and Kinross Council - 05/03/2025 (36288Kb)

Agenda

Public Items

1 Welcome and Apologies

2 Declarations of Interest

3 Minute of Meeting of Perth and Kinross Council of 4 December 2024 for Approval

(copy herewith)

Minute of Meeting of Perth and Kinross Council of 4 December 2024 for Approval (64Kb)

4 Outstanding Business Statement

(copy herewith 25/38)

Outstanding Business Statement (42Kb)

5 Treasury and Investment Strategy and Prudential Indicators 2025/26 - 2030/31

Report by Strategic Lead - Finance and Business Support (copy herewith 25/39)

Treasury and Investment Strategy and Prudential Indicators 2025/26 - 2030/31 (171Kb)
1. Appendix I - Outlook for Interest Rates (4Kb)
2. Appendix II - Outlook for Interest Rates Graph (5Kb)
3. Appendix III - Permitted Investments 2025-26 (511Kb)
4. Appendix IV - Property Investment Strategy 2025-26 (80Kb)
5. Appendix V - Prudential Indicators 2025-26 to 2030-31 (514Kb)

6 Perth and Kinross Local Development Plan 3 Evidence Report

Report by Strategic Lead - Economy, Development and Planning (copy herewith 25/40)

Perth and Kinross Local Development Plan 3 Evidence Report (164Kb)
1. Appendix 1 - Perth and Kinross Local Development Plan LDP3 Evidence Report (4454Kb)
2. Appendix A - Sustainable Places (14224Kb)
3. Appendix B - Liveable Places (3619Kb)
4. Appendix C - Homes (1501Kb)
5. Appendix D - Infrastructure and Transportation (4847Kb)
6. Appendix E - Productive Places (2890Kb)
7. Appendix F - Other Comments Received (549Kb)
8. Appendix G - Policy Review (443Kb)
9. Appendix H - Site Assessment and SEA Checklist (790Kb)

7 Updates to Scheme of Administration

Section 30 - Licensing Committee

Paragraph 30.1 - remove from the listing ''Gambling Act 2005''

Section 40 - Delegation to Officials

Remove paragraph 40.8 ''Permits under the Gambling Act 2005''

8 Appointment to Working Groups/Outside Bodies

Council is asked to:

agree Councillor Colin Stewart replace Provost McDade on the Affordable Housing Member/Officer Working Group.

agree Bailie Clare McLaren replace Councillor Sheila McCole as the representative on the Friends of Cognac Association.

agree Councillor Stewart Donaldson replace Councillor Sheila McCole as the Perth & Kinross representative on the Scotland Excel Joint Committee.

appoint a member to the Employees Joint Consultative Committee.

appoint a member to the Perth and Kinross Sports Council.

9 Elected Members Briefing Notes

Council is asked to note the following Elected Members Briefing Notes that have been issued to elected Members since the previous Council meeting:

27 November 2024 Statistics on poverty and child poverty

28 November 2024 Interim Strategic Lead - Education and Learning

3 December 2024 Canal Street sinkhole

3 December 2024 Perth Harbour

18 December 2024 Canal Street repair works update

19 December 2024 Perth Crematorium procedures update

20 December 2024 Local Government Benchmarking Framework - November 2024 update

31 December 2024 Further update on weather situation, 31/12/24

1 January 2025 New Year's Day weather situation update

3 January 2025 King's 2025 New year's Honour List

2 January 2025 Yellow warning for snow

14 January 2025 Friarton Bridge

23 January 2025 Storm Eowyn

24 January 2025 Storm Eowyn

27 January 2025 Consultation on the future of Bell's Sport Centre

27 January 2025 Consolidation review of Community Safety and parking & Civil Contingencies

30 January 2025 Public Transport Transformation Project

31 January 2025 Strathmore Community Hub

6 February 2025 Perth parking surveys - initial results

7 February 2025 Update on latest national and local homelessness figures

6 February 2025 Drummond Arms Update

11 February 2025 Adult Support & Protection Week 2025

11 February 2025 Update on approach to tackling damp, mould and condensation issues in Council tenancies

13 February 2025 A926 closure

13 February 2025 Strike ballot

18 February 2025 Levelling Up culture capital funding update

25 February 2025 SLARC Review of remuneration for councillors

Additional Meeting Documents

Emergency Motion (4Kb)
Minute of the meeting of the Perth & Kinross Council of 5 March 2025 (129Kb)

Members Attendance

Attended - Committee Members

Name
1 2 Page 1 of 2, items 1 to 25 of 39.
Bailie Chris Ahern
Councillor Keith Allan
Councillor Hugh Anderson
Bailie Alasdair Bailey
Councillor Liz Barrett
Councillor Peter Barrett
Councillor Bob Brawn
Bailie Rhona Brock
Councillor Steven Carr
Councillor Andy Chan
Councillor Dave Cuthbert
Councillor Stewart Donaldson
Councillor Eric Drysdale
Councillor John Duff
Councillor Angus Forbes
Councillor Michelle Frampton
Councillor Neil Freshwater
Councillor Ken Harvey
Councillor David Illingworth
Councillor Ian James
Councillor Noah Khogali
Councillor Grant Laing
Councillor Iain MacPherson
Councillor Carol Mair
Councillor Ian Massie

Attended - Other Members

Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.

Apologies

Name	Reason for Sending Apology
Bailie Mike Williamson

Absent

Name	Reason for Absence
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member Name	Item Ref.	Details	Nature of Declaration	Action
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Other Attendees

Also in attendance at the above meeting were:

T Glen, Chief Executive; C Mailer, Depute Chief Executive; L Simpson, Strategic Lead – Legal and Governance; S Walker, Strategic Lead – Finance and Business Support; S Merone, Strategic Lead – Economy, Development and Planning; J Jennings (Finance and Business Support); B Murray (Economy, Development and Planning); S Hendry, A Brown and M Pasternak (all Legal and Governance).