250930 - Cabinet Minute
North Ayrshire Council · 28 October 2025
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Cabinet 30 September 2025 IRVINE, 30 September 2025 - At a Meeting of the Cabinet of North Ayrshire Council at 2.30 p.m. Present (Physical Participation) Marie Burns, Tony Gurney, Alan Hill, Christina Larsen, Shaun Macaulay and Chloé Robertson. In Attendance C. Hatton, Chief Executive; S. Anson, Executive Director (Education); D. Hammond, Executive Director, Y. Baulk, Head of Service (Housing & Public Protection), R. Leith, Head of Service (Connected Communities) and A. Elliot, Senior Manager (Housing Operations) (Communities and Housing); R. McCutcheon, Executive Director; T. Reaney, Head of Service (Neighbourhood Services) and G. Wilson, Senior Manager (Engineering Services) (Place); C. Cameron, Director and S. Hunter, Chief Social Work Officer (Health and Social Care Partnership); D. Forbes, Senior Manager (Strategic Business Partner) (Finance); F. Walker, Head of Service and J. Smillie, Senior Manager (People Services) (People & ICT); L. Taylor, Team Manager (Litigation), M. Sugden, Communications Officer (Media and Internal Communications) and C. Stewart, Committee Services Officer (Democratic Services) (Corporate Services). Also Present Margaret Johnson and Davina McTiernan. Chair Marie Burns in the Chair. 1. Declarations of Interest There were no declarations of interest by Members in terms of Standing Order 11 and Section 5 of the Code of Conduct for Councillors. 2. Minutes The Minutes of the Meeting of the Cabinet held on 2 September 202 were confirmed and the Minutes signed in accordance with Paragraph 7 (1) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. 3. Chief Social Work Officer (CSWO) Annual Report 2024/25 Submitted a report by the Director (North Ayrshire HSCP) providing Cabinet with awareness of the annual Chief Social Work Officer report required by the Scottish Government, set out at Appendix 1 to the report.
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Officers responded to Members’ questions and Cabinet agreed to (a) acknowledge the three key issues brought to the attention of Cabinet, namely practice, public protection and the impact of the financial context; (b) request that the CSWO submit the annual report to the Chief Social Work Advisor in the Scottish Government; and (c) otherwise to note the contents of the report and, in particular, the successes and challenges contained therein. 4. Integration Joint Board Financial Position Submitted a report by the Director (North Ayrshire HSCP) providing Cabinet with an update on the financial position of the IJB. Officers responded to Members’ questions and Cabinet agreed to note the financial position of the IJB and the action being taken to manage the overspend position. 5. Local Housing Strategy (LHS) 2023-2028: 2024/25 Progress Update Submitted a report by the Executive Director (Communities and Housing) providing an annual update on progress of the Local Housing Strategy 2023-2028 attached at Appendix 1 to the report and seeking approval for the update to be submitted to the Scottish Government. Officers responded to Members’ questions and the Cabinet agreed to (a) approve (i) the addition of the three new actions outlined at paragraph 2.48, with further details provided in Appendix 1 to the report and (ii) submission of the LHS update to the Scottish Government; and (b) otherwise note the content of the report and progress against the LHS Action Plan, with further details provided in Appendix 1 to the report. 6. North Ayrshire Housing Allocations Policy 2025-30 Submitted a report by the Executive Director (Communities and Housing) seeking approval from Cabinet of North Ayrshire Housing Allocations Policy 2025-30, attached at Appendix 1 to the report. Officers responded to Members’ questions and the Cabinet agreed to approve the North Ayrshire Housing Allocations Policy 2025-2030, attached at Appendix 1 to the report, for implementation from 1 November 2025. 7. Proposals for Community Investment Fund (CIF) Expenditure Submitted a report by the Executive Director (Communities and Housing) to determine applications by Locality Partnerships to allocate CIF funding to proposed projects. An application from the North Coast and Cumbraes Locality Partnership by Largs Thistle Community Football Club was attached at Appendix 1 to the report. Having reviewed the application in line with the CIF criteria, the Cabinet agreed to approve the application in relation to Largs Thistle Community Football Club attached at Appendix 1 to the report.
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8. Interim Progress Report on the Second Ayrshire Local Flood Risk Management Plan Submitted a report by the Executive Director (Place) on the progress and next steps in relation to the publication of the Interim Progress Report on the Second Ayrshire Local Flood Risk Management Plan. A Review of North Ayrshire Council’s Community- Specific Flood Risk Management Measures (2022-2028) was attached at Appendix 1 to the report. Officers responded to Members’ questions and Cabinet agreed to (a) approve the North Ayrshire Council content for the Interim Progress Report provided at Appendix 1 to the report; and (b) note (i) the progress made by North Ayrshire Council in implementing the flood risk management measures contained in the Second Ayrshire Local Flood Risk Management Plan, (ii) that similar updates were being collated by South Ayrshire Council, East Ayrshire Council, SEPA and Scottish Water and (iii) that all updates would be included in an Ayrshire Interim Progress Report on the Second Ayrshire Local Flood Risk Management Plan which would be published prior to the required deadline of 31 December 2025 and that the information would also be added to the interactive ‘webmap’ developed on behalf of the Lead Local Authority Forum. 9. Draft Local Coastal Adaptation Plans Submitted a report by the Executive Director (Place) on the completion of the draft Local Coastal Change Adaptation Plans for ‘Sandylands Promenade & Stevenston Beach’ and for ‘Irvine Harbour & Irvine Beach’ and seeking approval for publication of the plans as the Council’s preferred policy for coastal change adaptation as the two study areas, attached at Appendix 1 to the report. Officers responded to Members’ questions and Cabinet agreed to (a) approve (i) the draft Local Coastal Change Adaptation Plans and the accompanying summary reports, (ii) the publication of the draft Local Coastal Change Adaptation Plans and accessible versions of the summary reports as Council policy documents, and (iii) the receipt of further progress updates on the implementation of the draft Local Coastal Change Adaptation Plans when appropriate; and (b) otherwise note (i) the work carried out to date and (ii) the potential future funding requirements of actions arising from future studies. 10. Urgent Items There were no urgent items. 11. Exclusion of the Press and the Public Cabinet resolved in terms of Section 50(A)4 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to exclude from the Meeting the press and the public for the following item of business on the grounds indicated in terms of Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act. 12. Exempt Report: Historical Equal Pay Claims Submitted a report by the Head of Service (People and ICT) on the above. Officers responded to Members’ questions and Cabinet agreed to approve the recommendation as detailed in the report.
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The meeting ended at 4.05 p.m.