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Standards Agenda 12/05/26

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A Standards Committee meeting of the New Forest National Park Authority is scheduled for Tuesday 12 May 2026 at 2:00pm in the Council Chamber at Lymington Town Hall, and it will not be live streamed or recorded. The agenda includes apologies, declarations of interest, approval of minutes from the 14 January 2025 meeting, and public question time with advance notice required by 5:00pm on the preceding Friday. Members will receive updates on consultation work and on an internal corporate governance framework audit, and will consider amendments to the Members Social Media Policy. The Chair may add urgent items, and the next meeting date is to be confirmed. Committee membership is listed, attendees are asked to sign the register, and contact details are provided for further information and accessibility requests.
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To: Members of the Standards Committee of the New Forest National Park Authority
Date: 30/04/2026

New Forest National Park Authority

Standards Committee

Tuesday 12 May 2026

A meeting of the Standards Committee will be held on Tuesday 12 May at 2:00pm 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 David Stone (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. Update on Consultation (SC59/26)
  6. Update on Internal Corporate Governance Framework Audit (SC60/26)
  7. Amendments to Members Social Media Policy (SC61/26)
  8. Any other items that the Chair decides are urgent
  9. Date of next meeting – To be advised, Lymington Town Hall.

Members are requested to sign the attendance register

Membership: Ann Sevier, Mel Kendall, Caroline Rackham, Brice Stratford, Derek Tipp, Zoe Clewer and James Wylor-Owen.

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 Nigel Stone, email nigel.stone@newforestnpa.gov.uk).

If you would like a copy of this agenda in large print, Braille or any alternative language or format, or if you wish to attend the meeting and have special requirements, please contact Vicki Gibbon on vicki.gibbon@newforestnpa.gov.uk or 01590 646647.

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