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Standards Committee Agenda 9 November 2026

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Notice of a New Forest National Park Authority Standards Committee meeting on Monday 9 November 2026 at 10:00am in the Council Chamber, Lymington Town Hall. The meeting will not be live streamed or recorded. The agenda covers apologies for absence, declarations of interest (with a reminder to complete the disclosure form), approval of minutes from the meeting on 14 January 2025, and public question time with advance notice required by 5:00pm on the preceding Friday. The committee will also consider a report on members’ allowances (SC62/26), any urgent items agreed by the Chair, and the date of the next meeting (to be advised). Committee membership is listed, and attendees are asked to sign the attendance register. Contact details are provided for further information and for accessible formats or special requirements.

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To: Members of the Standards Committee of the New Forest National Park Authority

Date: 29/10/2026

NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY

STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Monday 9 November 2026

A meeting of the Standards Committee will be held on Monday 9 November at 10:00am in the Council Chamber, Lymington Town Hall, Avenue Road, Lymington

Please note this meeting will not be live streamed or video recorded.

Alison Barnes

Chief Executive/National Park Officer

AGENDA

PART I
  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. Minutes

    To approve the minutes of the last meeting 14 January 2025

  4. 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 Committee’s terms of reference, 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 Friday preceding the meeting) and indicate in what capacity he or she would like to speak, together with a contact telephone number.

  5. Members Allowances (SC62/26)

  6. Any other items that the Chair decides are urgent

  7. Date of next meeting – To be advised, Lymington Town Hall.

MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO SIGN THE ATTENDANCE REGISTER

Membership: Fran Carpenter (Deputy Chair), Zoe Clewer, Caroline Rackham, Ann Sevier, Brice Stratford, Derek Tipp and James Wylor-Owen (Chair).

Details of the decisions taken at this meeting will be circulated in the formal minutes which the Authority will be asked to approve as a correct record at its next meeting.

For further information on any of the reports for this meeting, details of decisions taken, or future meetings, please contact Vicki Gibbon, email vicki.gibbon@newforestnpa.gov.uk).