URL: https://democracy.thanet.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=5570

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: Yes

Purpose: Council agreed the list of Executive outside bodies and the number of Councillors to be appointed to them, as described at paragraph 3.1 of the cabinet report, at its Annual meeting on 14 May 2026.   The Council appoints representatives to outside bodies in order to express the views of the Council to those bodies on the work they undertake, and to feed back to the Council issues emerging from those bodies that relate to Council activities.

Content: Council agreed the list of Executive outside bodies and the number of Councillors to be appointed to them, as described at paragraph 3.1 of the cabinet report, at its Annual meeting on 14 May 2026.   The Council appoints representatives to outside bodies in order to express the views of the Council to those bodies on the work they undertake, and to feed back to the Council issues emerging from those bodies that relate to Council activities. Cabinet agreed the following:   1.  To approve the list of nominations to the Executive-related outside bodies for 2026/27 as shown at Annex 1 of the report, (as detailed below).   List of Executive Appointed Outside Bodies – for the municipal year 2026/27   Name of Outside Body  No. of Reps  Councillor   British Ports Association  1  Cllr Everitt Community Safety Partnership   1  Cllr Keen Domestic Violence Forum  1 (+1 reserve)  Cllr Keen [+Cllr J. Bright] East Kent Opportunities Ltd  1  Cllr Everitt East Kent Spatial Development Company  1  Cllr Everitt Kent Police and Crime Panel  1  Cllr Crittenden Local Government Association Coastal Special Interest Group   1  Cllr Albon Local Government Association District Councils’ Network  1  Cllr Everitt Local Government Association General Assembly  1  Cllr Everitt Local Government Association Strategic Aviation Specialist Interest Group  1  Cllr Everitt Manston Skills and Employment (MSE) Board   1  Cllr K. Bright South East England Councils  1  Cllr Everitt Thanet (Ramsgate) Harbour Users’ Groups  1 (+1 reserve)  Cllr Everitt [+Cllr Albon] Tourism South East  1  Cllr K. Bright Your Leisure Thanet Sub Group  2  Cllr Everitt; Cllr Whitehead Ramsgate Neighbourhood Board  1  Cllr Everitt Thanet Regeneration Partnership Board  2  Cllr Everitt; Cllr Duckworth The main objective is for a Council nominee to represent the interests of the Council. Not appointing a TDC representative to executive appointed outside bodies. This would not have been an appropriate decision because Full Council agreed that the Council’s interests would better be served by engaging in activities with Outside Bodies in order to enhance the public interests of Thanet.

Date of Decision: June 2, 2026