URL: https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=961

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose: Following initial consideration by Council, Cabinet will approve the Council’s final proposals for submission to Government in respect of the reorganisation of local government in Suffolk.

Content: Following initial consideration by Council, Cabinet will approve the Council’s final proposals for submission to Government in respect of the reorganisation of local government in Suffolk. Resolved:   That, in respect of the Government’s invitation to submit final proposals in respect of local government reorganisation:                                       1.       the views of Council at its meeting on 23 September 2025 be noted;   2.       the content of the draft Case for Change attached at Appendix A to Report number: CAB/WS/25/043, be noted and approved;   3.       the content of the draft Unmodified Submission to Secretary of State attached at Appendix B to Report number: CAB/WS/25/043, be noted and approved; and   4.       the Chief Executive be authorised, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to finalise and submit the Case for Change and Unmodified Submission to Government by its deadline of 26 September 2025.   (Due to ensuring the Case for Change (Appendix A) and Unmodified Submission to Secretary of State (Appendix B) are submitted by the required deadline of 26 September 2025, with the agreement of the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny (O&S) Committee, the call-in procedure for this item has been suspended. The Chair of the O&S Committee is satisfied that the decision proposed was reasonable in all the circumstances and to it being treated as a matter of urgency).

Date of Decision: September 23, 2025