Resources, Audit and Performance Committee Agenda 2 November 2026

A meeting of the Resources, Audit and Performance Committee of the New Forest National Park Authority will be held on Monday 2 November 2026 at 10am in the Council Chamber, Lymington Town Hall, Avenue Road, Lymington SO41 9ZG

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 7 September 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. Internal Audit – Progress Report 2026/27 (RAPC 604-26)

7. Half Year Progress Report (RAPC 605-26)

8. Half Year Budgetary Control Report 2026/27 (RAPC 606-26)

9. New Forest Tour Funding Arrangements (RAPC 607-26)

10. Update On Funding Application to Landscape Connections (RAPC 608-26)

11. Any other items that the Chair decides are urgent

12. Date of next meeting – 1 February 2027 at Council Chamber, Lymington Town Hall, Avenue Road, Lymington SO41 9ZG

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

None

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