Cabinet

This committee is chaired by the leader of the council who selects eight cabinet members from their ruling group. Each Cabinet member has specific areas of primary responsibility, as detailed below.

The Cabinet reviews reports prepared by council staff working with the cabinet member who represents them. The report recommends a decision on an important subject, and the Cabinet debates and votes on it in a public meeting.

Cabinet members can make decisions on less important subjects themselves – we call this an Individual Cabinet Member Decision.

We publish all decisions made by the Cabinet, and all Individual Cabinet Member Decisions on our democratic pages.

See our calendar for the dates of all of our Cabinet meetings. Five working days before a meeting, we will publish the reports the Cabinet is reviewing. You can find these reports on the calendar.

Cabinet Members and the areas they represent

Councillor Bethia Thomas – Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member Climate Action and the Environment, Strategic Partnerships and Place

Delivery against Climate Action Plan and towards carbon targets
Climate Action Plan
Climate Action Fund
Nature Recovery
Regional and National partnerships

Temporary Cabinet Member for Leisure Centres and Community Buildings

Facilities and Facilities Helpdesk
Leisure Centres, Building Decarbonisation Programme
Beacon Building Management
Community Centre Building Management, Public Toilets

Councillor Mark Coleman – Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environmental Services and Waste

Waste and Recycling, Waste Depot and Fleet Management
Litter and Street Cleaning
Food and Workplace Safety, Environmental Protection
Grounds and Park Maintenance
Engineering Services (Sewerage, Flooding and Drainage)
Carparks, Public Conveniences, Cemeteries and Moorings

Councillor Diana Lugova – Cabinet Member for Planning and Development Management

Major Applications, Appeals and Enforcement
Building Control and Registration DM
Footpaths (Connectivity)
Planning Business Support
Urban Design, Conservation, Listed Buildings, Trees, Landscape and Ecology

Councillor Andrew Crawford – Cabinet Member for Finance and Property

Strategic Finance and Financial Management
S106 and CIL
Revenues and Benefits
Internal Audit and Corporate Fraud
Exchequer Services and Procurement
Strategic Property, Asset Management Strategy, Development Initiatives and Disposals Policy
Property Database and Estates Management

Councillor Andy Foulsham – Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, Policy and Programmes