22/01/2025 - Artificial Intelligence Policy

This policy sets out how the council will introduce AI in to the organisation and which software and methods will be authorised for use and are not yet approved.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 20/02/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Leonardo Tantari, Jo Williams

Notice of decision: 22/01/2025

Anticipated restriction: Open


22/01/2025 - Procurement of Smokefree App

To seek approval to procure the Smokefree App
 

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Health and Communities

Decision due date: 04/02/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Alex Carlow, Louise Noon, Darran West, Lauren Ellis

Notice of decision: 22/01/2025

Anticipated restriction: Open


22/01/2025 - Smedley's Hydro Development

To note progress on the plans for the development and the proposed next steps and to consider and approve the proposed procurement route for appointing a development partner to delivery the project.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Janet Scholes

Notice of decision: 22/01/2025

Anticipated restriction: Part exempt

Explanation of anticipated restriction:
The report and some of the appendices will contain sensitive information relating to 3rd party business and will need to be redacted.


22/01/2025 - The Education Psychology Service

A paper outlining the current and intended routes to market for additional EPs and to address and approve the anticipated spend in FY 2025-26 across the service.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Louise Frensham

Notice of decision: 22/01/2025

Anticipated restriction: Open


22/01/2025 - Derbyshire Joint Dementia Strategy 2025-30

Derbyshire Joint Dementia Strategy 2025-30

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Adult Care

Decision due date: 06/02/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Phil Wall

Notice of decision: 22/01/2025

Anticipated restriction: Open


22/01/2025 - Section 19 Flooding Investigation Completion (Storm Babet)

To seek approval for the Section 19 Flooding Investigation Report (Storm Babet), and to be formally received as the final document for publication.
 

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 20/02/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Joanna Jackson, Richard Ward

Notice of decision: 22/01/2025

Anticipated restriction: Open


22/01/2025 - Approval to Extend the Current Council Supported Local Bus Service Contracts to Facilitate Their Transition to the East Midlands Combined County Authority

To seek Cabinet approval.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Joanna Jackson, Chris Hegarty

Notice of decision: 22/01/2025

Anticipated restriction: Fully exempt  - view reasons


22/01/2025 - Approval to Extend the Bus Service Improvement Plan Programme and associated Delegated Powers in 2025-26

To seek approval for the current BSIP to be extended for a further 12 months in 2025-26.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Joanna Jackson, Kay McIntyre

Notice of decision: 22/01/2025

Anticipated restriction: Open


22/01/2025 - Children's Services Basic Need Allocation

To seek approval for funding from the Children's Services Capital Budget Basic Need Allocation for a project at Shirebrook Academy.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 20/02/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Nicola Ward

Notice of decision: 22/01/2025

Anticipated restriction: Open


22/01/2025 - Proposed redesign of Residential Care for Older People – Consultation Responses and Recommendations

The report will summarise the responses received to the current consultations and make recommendations to cabinet about the future use of the services and around the potential for the exploration of further integrated working with Derbyshire Community Healthcare Services.
 

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 20/02/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Jennifer Harper

Notice of decision: 22/01/2025

Anticipated restriction: Open


22/01/2025 - Additional Government stop smoking funding 2025/26

To accept the Government's additional stopping the start funding of £1,081,621 for stop smoking services in Derbyshire in 2025/26.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Alex Carlow, Darran West

Notice of decision: 22/01/2025

Anticipated restriction: Open


22/01/2025 - Regeneration Programme – Project Update and Implications for Kick Start Funding

To advise Cabinet of further work carried out on the proposed Ashbourne Relief Road and on the outputs of that work.
 

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 20/02/2025

Divisions affected: Ashbourne; Dovedale;

Lead officer: Joanna Jackson, Jim Seymour

Notice of decision: 22/01/2025

Anticipated restriction: Open


31/12/2024 - Regeneration Pipeline Programme – South Derbyshire Growth Zone

To update Cabinet on progress towards delivery of a key enabling infrastructure scheme and to seek approval to the making of legal orders.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: Aston; Melbourne;

Lead officer: Joanna Jackson, Jim Seymour

Notice of decision: 31/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Part exempt


31/12/2024 - Transforming Derbyshire’s Local Offer for Disabled Children through Co-Production

This report proposes significant changes to Derbyshire’s Local Offer for disabled children, using a co-production approach to improve accessibility, usability, and service delivery. These changes will affect families and service providers county-wide, addressing critical challenges in awareness, access, and service coordination.
 

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Abby Maspero

Notice of decision: 31/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


31/12/2024 - 2024-25 Agenda for Change pay uplifts for Public Health commissioned services by NHS providers

Seek Cabinet approval to provide pay uplifts for six Public Health commissioned services delivered by NHS organisations to meet the 2024-25 Agenda for Change increments.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 20/02/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Jamie Dix, Ellen Langton

Notice of decision: 31/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Fully exempt  - view reasons


31/12/2024 - Central School Services Block Funding Settlement 2025-26

Cabinet is asked to note the decisions of the Schools Forum regarding the allocation of Central School Services Block for 2025-26

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Eddie Grant

Notice of decision: 31/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


31/12/2024 - High Needs Block Funding Settlement 2025-26

To inform Cabinet of the High Needs Block settlement of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) and to seek approval to its allocation for 2025-26

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Eddie Grant

Notice of decision: 31/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


31/12/2024 - Early Years Block Funding Settlement 2025-26

To inform Cabinet of the Early Years settlement of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) and the related decisions of the Schools Forum, and to seek approval to the Early Years funding formula for 2025-26

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Eddie Grant

Notice of decision: 31/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


31/12/2024 - School Block Funding Settlement 2025-26

Cabinet is asked to consider and approve the basis for calculating mainstream school and academy budgets for 2025-26

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 20/02/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Eddie Grant

Notice of decision: 31/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


10/12/2024 - Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant: Funding in 2025/26

To accept additional funding (the Supplemental Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant) from OHID and delegate authority to the DPH to approve allocation

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Victoria Clarke, David Henstock

Notice of decision: 12/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


10/12/2024 - Household Support Fund Grant Extension - 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

Seek approval for planned use of the UK Government Household Support Grant funding for the period 1.4.2025 - 31.3.2026

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Lois Race

Notice of decision: 10/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


10/12/2024 - Implementation of the Corporate Complaints Policy and accompanying Unreasonably Persistent Contact and Unreasonable Behaviour Procedure

To consider the above revised policy and accompanying procedure and approve publication
 

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 10/04/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Emma Steeples

Notice of decision: 10/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


10/12/2024 - Children’s Services Section 106 Allocations

To inform Cabinet of the receipt of recent Section 106 developer
contributions and to seek approval for the allocation of those contributions to projects in line with the individual Section 106 agreements.
 

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 20/02/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Nicola Ward

Notice of decision: 10/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


10/12/2024 - Regeneration Programme Pipeline East Midlands Combined County Authority Investment Programmes

To update Cabinet on investment proposals under the East Midlands Combined County Authority’s funding programmes and to seek approval to early Derbyshire priorities for investment.
 

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Joanna Jackson, Jim Seymour

Notice of decision: 10/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


10/12/2024 - Progress in Preparing Derbyshire’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy

To provide Cabinet with an update on the Council’s preparation of Derbyshire’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy to coincide with a public consultation on the draft Strategy.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 20/02/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Rupert Casey, Joanna Jackson

Notice of decision: 10/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


10/12/2024 - Customer Experience Strategy

Framework strategy for the Council on Customer Experience and the way in which feedback on the Customer Commitments can be fed back into the organisation to enable improvement.

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Chris Burton

Notice of decision: 10/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


10/12/2024 - Designation of the Northern Part of the Amber Valley as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

To seek Cabinet approval to submit a bid on behalf of the County Council to Natural England seeking designation of the Northern Part of the Amber Valley as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
 

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 20/02/2025

Divisions affected: Alfreton and Somercotes; Clay Cross South; Ripley West and Heage; Wingerworth and Shirland;

Lead officer: Steven Buffery, Joanna Jackson

Notice of decision: 10/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


10/12/2024 - Performance Monitoring and Budget Monitoring/Forecast Outturn 2024-25 as at Quarter 3 (31 December 2024)

To provide Cabinet with an update of Council Plan performance and the Revenue Budget/forecast outturn for 2024-25, as at 31 December 2024 (Quarter 3).

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 13/03/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Esther Croll, Heather Green, Samuel Holmes, Eleanor Scriven, Matthew Walters

Notice of decision: 10/12/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


05/11/2024 - Public Health Strategic Plan

To inform Cabinet of the Public Health strategy 2024-2027 and to note the publication of the strategy

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 20/02/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Hayley Gleeson

Notice of decision: 05/11/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open


15/10/2024 - 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service Transformation Project Phase 2

Following the public consultation exercise in Aug/Sept 2024 this report will present the findings from the consultation and seek approval to proceed with Phase 2 proposals in light of the recommendations in the report
 

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision due date: 20/02/2025

Divisions affected: (All Divisions);

Lead officer: Jamie Dix, Ellen Langton

Notice of decision: 15/10/2024

Anticipated restriction: Open