Forward Plan of Key Decisions
A Forward Plan is published each month. It briefly describes matters likely to be subject to Key Decisions over the next four-month period. A Key Decision for this purpose is an Executive decision that:
- has a significant effect on communities living or working in an area comprising two or more electoral divisions of the County Council; without reference to any financial threshold or
- domestic decisions (affecting the internal workings of the Council) which have a financial impact on the Council of £1.2m or more.
The Forward Plan enables the public to see what Key Decisions are in the pipeline, who will be taking them when, and what consultation will occur.
Reports containing the advice of Officers on Key Decisions are placed on our website for public inspection at least five clear working days before the decision is taken.
Key Decisions cannot always be identified in advance; in exceptional circumstances Cabinet Members may take Key Decisions that are not in the Forward Plan but cannot wait for the next issue of the Plan, provided appropriate procedures are followed.