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Renfrewshire Council · 25 September 2025
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17/09/2025 Notice of Meeting and Agenda Council Date Time Venue Thursday, 25 September 2025 09:30 Council Chambers (Renfrewshire), Council Headquarters, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, PA1 1AN Membership Provost Lorraine Cameron (Convener): Councillor Iain Nicolson (Leader): Councillor Cathy McEwan (Depute Convener): Councillor Jacqueline Cameron (Depute Leader): Councillor Jennifer Adam: Councillor Fiona Airlie-Nicolson: Councillor Alison Ann-Dowling: Councillor Stephen Burns: Councillor Michelle Campbell: Councillor Graeme Clark: Councillor Carolann Davidson: Councillor Eddie Devine: Councillor Andy Doig: Councillor Audrey Doig: Councillor Chris Gilmour: Councillor Edward Grady: Councillor Gillian Graham: Councillor Neill Graham: Councillor John Gray: Councillor Anne Hannigan: Councillor John Hood: Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes: Councillor Robert Innes: Councillor Alec Leishman: Councillor Bruce MacFarlane: Councillor James MacLaren: Councillor Kenny MacLaren: Councillor Mags MacLaren: Councillor Colin McCulloch: Councillor Janis McDonald: Councillor David McGonigle: Councillor Jamie McGuire: Councillor Marie McGurk: Councillor Iain McMillan: Councillor John McNaughtan: Councillor Kevin Montgomery: Councillor Sam Mullin: Councillor Will Mylet: Councillor Jim Paterson: Councillor Emma Rodden: Councillor John Shaw: Councillor Ben Smith: Councillor Andy Steel: Hybrid Meeting Please note that this meeting is scheduled to be held in the Council Chambers. However, it is a hybrid meeting and arrangements have been made for members to join the meeting remotely should they wish. Members of the Press and Public Members of the press and public wishing to attend the meeting should report to the customer service centre where they will be met and directed to the meeting. MARK CONAGHAN Head of Corporate Governance
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17/09/2025 Further Information This is a meeting which is open to members of the public. A copy of the agenda and reports for this meeting will be available for inspection prior to the meeting at the Customer Service Centre, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley and online at http://renfrewshire.cmis.uk.com/renfrewshire/CouncilandBoards.aspx For further information, please email democratic-services@renfrewshire.gov.uk Webcasting of Council Meeting This meeting will be filmed for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site – at the start of the meeting the Provost will confirm if all or part of the meeting is being filmed. Generally the public seating areas will not be filmed. The cameras focus on the main participants. If you have any queries regarding this please contact Committee Services on democratic-services@renfrewshire.gov.uk. To find the webcast please navigate to: https://renfrewshire.public-i.tv/core/portal/home and select the meeting from the calendar. Information Bulletin To reduce the reporting of routine operational matters to Policy Boards, to allow Boards to focus on major policy issues and to streamline business for Members’ consideration and determination, a Bulletin, issued in line with the Council meeting timetable, is produced. The Bulletin is intended to provide members with a concise summary of significant decisions and action taken by officers in the exercise of their delegated powers, and details of issues which do not require a decision. A copy of the Bulletin has been attached under separate cover to this agenda.
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17/09/2025 Items of business Apologies Apologies from members. Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements Members are asked to declare an interest or make a transparency statement in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest or the transparency statement. 1 Provost's Update Hear from Provost 2 Minutes of Meetings of Council, Boards and Panels Minutes of Meetings of Council, Boards and Panels (attached under separate cover) 3 Financial Outlook and Medium-Term Financial Plan Report by Director of Finance & Resources 9 - 32 4 Chief Social Work Officer Report 2024/25 Report by Chief Social Work Officer 33 - 66 5 Renfrewshire Community Protection Chief Officers Group – Annual Report 2024/25 Report by Chief Executive 67 - 114 6 Renfrewshire Local Development Plan 3 – Evidence Report Report by Chief Executive (Please note that the Appendices to the report are attached to this agenda under separate cover) 115 - 124 7 Governance Arrangements – changes to Standing Orders relating to Contracts Report by Director of Finance & Resources 125 - 202 8 Second Review of Scottish Parliamentary Boundaries Report by Chief Executive 203 - 224
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17/09/2025 9 Request to light up Council Buildings – Governance Arrangements Report by Director of Environment, Housing and Infrastructure 225 - 226 10 Flag Flying Protocol Update Report by Director of Finance & Resources 227 - 230 11 Notice of Motion 1 by Councillors Devine and Mylet "School Crossing Patrollers Renfrewshire Council agrees that any removal of school crossing patrollers must be referred back to the ILE Board as agreed by the Board Convener at the March 2025 board meeting." 12 Notice of Motion 2 by Councillors Hughes and J Cameron "Renfrewshire: A welcoming place. Renfrewshire Council is deeply concerned by rise in anti-migrant, racist rhetoric exhibited nationally and across the globe, and condemns all attempts to scapegoat migrants, and particularly refugees fleeing the worst of situations, for global issues. Renfrewshire Council agrees that the current Labour Government must work to improve the lengthy wait for asylum applications to be processed. Renfrewshire Council also calls for the reinstatement of the Family Reunification Scheme, noting that 92% of the beneficiaries of this scheme are women and girls fleeing war and persecution. Renfrewshire has a proud history of welcoming and supporting refugees to settle here and become part of our communities and recognises the rich contributions they and other migrants who choose Renfrewshire as their home make to the area. Renfrewshire Council reaffirms its commitment to welcoming refugees and migrants who choose to make Renfrewshire their home. Renfrewshire Council will write to the Prime Minister asserting our view that the ‘pause’ on Family Reunification Scheme must be removed, and work must be done at pace to improve waiting times for Asylum Applications to be processed."
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17/09/2025 13 Notice of Motion 3 by Councillors McCulloch and McMillan "Proposed Closure of GP Surgery and Dispensary in Langbank In light of the very disappointing decision of the Inverclyde IJB to approve the proposed closure of the GP surgery and dispensary in Langbank, Council agrees to write to the chief officer of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board to request that they co-ordinate with relevant HSCPs and IJBs to enable that the village of Langbank and surrounding areas within Renfrewshire be moved into the jurisdiction of Renfrewshire HSCP at the earliest opportunity. This move will correct an historic anomaly whereby a body of local elected representatives from another local authority area take decisions for the provision of health and social care for people out with their own boundaries of responsibility. Renfrewshire Council will support the people Langbank in all efforts to reinstate GP services within the village." 14 Notice of Motion 4 by Councillors McMillan and Smith "Council acknowledges that the Renfrewshire IJB made decisions at its meeting last week that may well have far reaching consequences for some of our most vulnerable communities and their families. Council therefore agrees that a report detailing the changes to Health and Social Care Services be brought to the next full Council meeting in order that councillors get an understanding of the implications of those decisions." 15 Notice of Motion 5 by Councillors G Graham and Ann- Dowling “Support for Alzheimer Scotland’s Stop the Cuts Campaign This Council supports Alzheimer Scotland’s Stop the Cuts campaign. People with dementia and their carers deserve the right care, at the right time, in the right place. We support the introduction of clear dementia care pathway guarantees that set out the level and standard of care that everyone affected by dementia, including carers, should expect and receive. We believe every person with dementia in Scotland deserves: • Access to quality, local support throughout every stage of their condition • A clear, national care pathway, not a postcode lottery • The same priority in the health system as other people living with major illnesses
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17/09/2025 We call upon the Scottish Government and Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership to work together with Alzheimer Scotland to protect dementia services, and build a national, consistent standard of care that ends the postcode lottery for good.” 16 Notice of Motion 6 by Councillors G Graham and Smith "Change Standing Orders To Issue Agendas 7 Days In Advance Of Meetings The issuing of agendas is bound by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and is set out in the Council’s Standing Orders. Council and Board agendas must be issued three clear days before a meeting. For these purposes Renfrewshire Council includes weekends. The three clear days set out in the Act is the minimum requirement, and each Council can and does have its own practices in relation to the issuing of agendas. This results in a post code lottery, with elected members, and the public, in some authorities receiving access to Board papers up to 10 days in advance of meetings. The current practice in Renfrewshire can result in elected members receiving papers (often comprising hundreds of pages) less than 4 clear days in advance of meetings. This limits the time available to scrutinise content and discriminates against elected members with disabilities such as dyslexia or visual impairments. Council agrees to change Standing Orders to enable Board Agendas to be issued a minimum of 7 days (inclusive of weekends) in advance of meetings." 17 Notice of Motion 7 by Councillors G Graham and Gilmour "Removal of officer’s delegated powers in relation to proposed removal of school crossing patrollers This Council believes that the removal of school crossing patrols must not be carried out without elected members being able to vote on these proposals. To enable this the delegated powers relating to the proposed removal of school crossing patrollers, which currently sits with officers (specifically the Director of Environment, Housing and Infrastructure), will be removed. Serious concerns have been raised by parents and community representatives around the way in which the proposed removal of school crossing patrollers has been determined, and the lack of any meaningful consultation process. Proposals will therefore be paused, and any decision on these proposals will be assigned to the elected members of the Infrastructure, Land and Environment Board."
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17/09/2025 18 Notice of Motion 8 by Councillors Andy Doig and Hood "B776 Crossing Patroller Renfrewshire Council agrees to reinstate the crossing patrolled service at the B776 Bowfield Road, Howwood, and at Beith Road/Fraser Avenue, Johnstone." 19 Notice of Motion 9 by Councillors K MacLaren and Andy Doig "Strathclyde Pension Fund Council notes with deep concern the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank, and the findings of the United Nations, Amnesty International, and other human rights organisations that Israel’s actions constitute war crimes and serious violations of international law. Over 65,000 Palestinians have been killed with hundreds of thousands more injured by Israeli forces. Health workers and journalists have become targets for an Israeli regime desperate to hide the scale of its war crimes from future generations. Gaza now faces an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, with over 80% of the population facing food insecurity, and UN-backed food security experts now stating that a famine is unfolding in Gaza, primarily due to Israeli blockades of humanitarian aid. Council understands that the Strathclyde Pension Fund - one of Europe’s largest pension funds with over 277,000 members - continues to invest in companies that supply arms, military technology, or other support used in Israel’s war crimes and violations, including those operating in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Council believes pension funds should not be invested in companies complicit in breaches of international law, particularly amid this ongoing and escalating crisis. Our investments must reflect our commitment to justice, human rights, and ethical governance. Council will contact the Strathclyde Pension Fund Committee to express our strong condemnation of Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people, and to urge the Fund to urgently review its investment portfolio and divest from companies linked to or complicit in Israel’s war crimes and violations of international law."
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17/09/2025 20 Notice of Motion 10 by Councillors J MacLaren and McCulloch “Pest Control - Solar Panels Pigeons are known for carrying diseases. This council wishes to advise all residents who have or intend to install solar panels on their roofs that it is strongly advised that, in order to prevent bird access, particularly of the likes of pigeons, for their own health and that of their neighbours, that the gap between the solar panel and the roof line should be sealed off with either mesh or netting. Council to include such advice on their website and for the Planning Department to issue this advice where appropriate.” 21 Notice of Motion 11 by Councillors Smith and G Graham "Motion: To acknowledge and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Trinity High School Renfrew Renfrewshire Council offers its warm congratulations to the staff and pupils of Trinity High School Renfrew on its 50th Anniversary. Opening in 1975 Trinity High has long held close ties to local parishes, primary schools and the communities it serves. The school’s values of dedication to academic excellence, personal development, and strong community values, are evident in its academic achievements, HMIE Inspections and the esteem in which it is held locally. A recent inspection noted among its key strengths; strong compassionate leadership empowering staff to lead improvements across the school, and the very caring and nurturing ethos across the school. Also recognised are the positive approaches to supporting young people’s wellbeing, which have resulted in young people who have a strong sense of belonging and feel valued at Trinity High School. Congratulations to all the staff and pupils on their achievements in this their Golden Jubilee year."