Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Vanessa Allen, Douglas Auld, Kim Botting, Lydia Buttinger, David Cartwright, Ian Dunn, Judi Ellis, Peter Fortune, David Jefferys, Charles Joel, Terence Nathan, Ian F. Payne, Sarah Phillips and Richard Williams.

Councillor Julian Benington declared an interest as a Trustee of the Biggin Hill Museum Trust.

A request had been made by Rita Radford to address the Council. The Mayor invited Rita Radford to make her statement, which was in opposition to the proposals in the following item – Capital Programme: Biggin Hill Memorial Museum.

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A motion to agree to increase the capital estimate for the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum scheme by £2.666m to a total scheme capital cost of £3.086m was moved by Councillor Peter Morgan, seconded by Councillor Stephen Carr and CARRIED.

(Councillor Richard Scoates requested that his contrary vote be recorded.)

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A motion to increase the capital budget for the Waste 4 Fuel scheme by £1.880m resulting in a total scheme cost of £4.589m in the capital programme, was moved by Councillor Colin Smith, seconded by Councillor Stephen Carr and CARRIED.

The Chairman to move that the Press and public be excluded during consideration of the items of business listed below as it is likely in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of proceedings that if members of the Press and public were present there would be disclosure of exempt information.

Item of business   Schedule 12A Description

RESOLVED that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the item of business referred to below as it is likely in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings that if members of the Press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information.

The following summary

refers to matters

involving exempt information

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A motion to (1) approve the addition of the £2.5m  Affordable Housing Grants scheme to the Capital Programme and (2) approve that the current allocation of £3m for the Housing Zone remains within the current Capital Programme but is allocated for affordable housing in Bromley Town Centre, was moved by Councillor Diane Smith, seconded by Councillor Stephen Carr and CARRIED.