Resources Audit and Performance Committee Agenda 7 September 2026

To:

Members of the Resources, Audit and Performance Committee of the New Forest National Park Authority

Date:

26 August 2026

A meeting of the Resources, Audit and Performance Committee of the New Forest National Park Authority will be held on Monday 7 September 2026 at 10am in the Council Chamber, Lymington Town Hall, Avenue Road, Lymington SO41 9ZG

Alison Barnes

Chief Executive/National Park Officer

Agenda

1. Apologies for absence
2. Declarations of interest

   Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in relation to items on the agenda for this meeting.

   (NB: When verbally declaring interests, members are also asked to complete the Disclosure of Interests at Meetings form).

3. Chair’s announcements
4. Minutes

   To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Committee’s meeting held on 1 June 2026.

5. Public Question Time

   The Chair will allow members of the public to ask questions make statements or present a petition on any matter on the agenda for this meeting or on any matter that falls within the Authority’s powers, subject to the procedures set out in Schedule 3 to the Authority’s Standing Orders.

   Any member of the public who wishes to address the meeting under this item should notify Vicki Gibbon (contact details provided at the end of this agenda) not less than two clear working days before the commencement of the meeting (i.e. by 5.00 pm on the Wednesday preceding the meeting), and indicate in what capacity he or she would like to speak, together with a contact telephone number.

6. External Audit – Rebuilding Audit Assurance (RAPC 599-26)

7. First Quarter Progress Report on the Work Programme 2026/27 (RAPC 600-26)
8. April – July Budgetary Control Report 2026/27 (RAPC 601-26)
9. Risk Register (RAPC 602-26)
10. Grant Funding Update – September 2026 (RAPC 603-26)
11. Any other items that the Chair decides are urgent
12. Date of next meeting – 2 November 2026 at Council Chamber, Lymington Town Hall, Avenue Road, Lymington SO41 9ZG (TBC)

PART II ITEMS WHICH MAY BE TAKEN IN THE ABSENCE OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC ON THE GROUNDS THAT EXEMPTED INFORMATION MAY BE DISCLOSED

Members are asked to resolved that the public be excluded from the meeting during the following item of business, 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 public were present during this item, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraph 3, Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, namely the need to avoid disclosing sensitive information relating to the Authority’s financial and business affairs.

13. Capital and Major Projects Update (Oral update)

Membership: Gordon Bailey, Fran Carpenter, Jack Davies, Mary Davies (Chair), David Harrison, Victoria Mander, Adarsh Parekh (Deputy Chair), Joe Reilly, Ann Sevier, Brice Stratford and Derek Tipp.

If you would like a copy of this agenda in large print or any other format, or if you wish to attend the meeting and have special requirements, please contact Vicki Gibbon on vicki.gibbon@newforestnpa.gov.uk