Agenda

The Committee’s Terms of Reference is attached to the agenda pack for reference.

Information pertaining to public participation rules and attending Council and Committee meetings can be found at Public participation and attending meetings - Teignbridge District Council

To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 March 2026.

Information pertaining to the Members' Code of Conduct and guidance relating to declaring interests can be found on the following webpage: Councillor Conduct - Teignbridge District Council

Members of the public may ask questions of the Chair. A maximum period of 15 minutes will be allowed with a maximum period of three minutes per questioner. The deadline for questions is no later than three working days before the date of the meeting i.e. should the meeting be on a Thursday the deadline would be the Friday before at 5pm.

Members of the Council may ask questions of the Chair of the Committee subject to procedural rules. The deadline for questions is no later than five clear working days before the meeting.

To note forthcoming issues anticipated to be considered by the Executive over the next 12 months. The Executive Forward Plan can be found here.

To review the Committee’s forward plan which can be found here;

 and the Committee’s work programme (to follow).

To consider the attached report

To consider the attached report

To receive an update report on dentistry and pharmacy from the NHS (to follow)

To receive a biannual update from Executive Members for:

-        Housing and Homelessness – Councillor Buscombe(attached)

-        Economy, Estates, Major Projects and Neighbourhoods - Councillor Palethorpe (attached)

-        Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) and complaints - Councillor Nuttall (to follow)

(Future updates on LGR, and Complaints will be given by the Leader and Cllr Sanders respectively whose portfolios now include these matters)

The Council’s outside organisations representatives to report on any meetings of the appointed outside organisation in the past few months, whether they  attended, a report on the meeting if they did so, the role the outside organisation(s) they represent plays in promoting and aligning with the Council's priorities, policies and strategies, and advising on partnership discussions which are open and in the public domain

Dartmoor National Park Authority – Cllrs Nutley and Major (attached)

Dartmoor National Park Planning Site Inspections – Cllr Sanders (attached)

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust - Cllr Nutley (attached)

Devon and Torbay Housing Advisory Group – Cllr Buscombe (attached)

To consider the attached report (to follow)

To receive the notes of the meeting and consider the recommendations therein.

Approval of Terms of Reference of any proposed reviews