Last Wednesday Durham County Council’s Cabinet met for the second week running, such is the volume of business.  A huge amount of work is being done by the Cabinet at the moment; the reports for this meeting alone comprised 594 pages.
1. The County Durham Plan – this is the strategic plan which will set the direction of the County’s economy, housing, retail, transport and mineral extraction etc. for the next 20 years. The Cabinet agreed to put it out for final consultation. You can read the latest version at http://bit.ly/DCCplan, and you are invited to comment.
2. Garden Waste – the Cabinet agreed to go to consultation on a scheme based on a payment of £20 a year; this has been reported and debated in the Newton News, but you can read the full report here: http://bit.ly/DCCgardenwaste
In addition to these huge decisions, the Cabinet:
3. Updated the County’s Homelessness policy: http://bit.ly/DCCHomelessness
4. Heard an update on the wide-ranging work of the County Durham Partnership: http://bit.ly/DCCcdp
5. Heard an update on the progress of the Waste Management Strategy: http://bit.ly/DCCwaste
6. Received a very interesting report on last year’s flooding: http://bit.ly/DCCflooding