Resources, Audit and Performance Committee Agenda 1 June 2026

New Forest National Park Authority

Resources, Audit and Performance Committee

Monday 1 June 2026

A meeting of the Resources, Audit and Performance Committee of the New Forest National Park Authority will be held on Monday 1 June 2026 at 10am in the Council Chamber, NFDC, Appletree Court, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst SO43 7PA

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 2 March 2026.

5. Public Question Time

   The Chairman 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. Ernst & Young - External Audit Planning Report 2025/26 (RAPC 591-26)
7. Internal Audit Annual Conclusion 2025/26 (RAPC 592-26)

8. Final Quarter Progress Report 2025/26 (RAPC 593-26)
9. Financial Outturn and Treasury Report 2025/26 (RAPC 594-26)
10. Annual Governance Statement 2025/26 (RAPC 595-26)
11. Annual Health and Safety Report 2025/26 (RAPC 596-26)
12. Budget & Governance Update (RAPC 597-26)
13. Landscape Connections Update (RAPC 598-26)
14. Any other items that the Chair decides are urgent
15. Date of next meeting – 7 September 2026 at Lymington Town Hall.

Membership: Gordon Bailey, Mary Davies (Chair), David Harrison, Victoria Mander, Adarsh Parekh, Joe Reilly, Ann Sevier, Brice Stratford, Derek Tipp and Malcom Wade (Deputy Chair), plus one vacancy.

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