Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Community Planning Partnership Board will take place in Committee Rooms 1 and 2, Highland Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness, and via Microsoft Teams, on Friday 21 February 2025 at 10.00 am.

You are invited to attend the meeting and the business to be considered is noted below.

Business

1.    Apologies for Absence

2.    Declarations of Interest

Board Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting.  Any Board Member making a declaration of interest should provide some information on the nature of the interest.  Advice may be sought from officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3.    Minutes of Meetings

The following Minutes are circulated for noting or approval as appropriate:

i.    Community Planning Partnership Board – 4 December 2024 (for approval);
ii.    Community Justice Partnership – 17 September 2024 (for noting); and
iii.    Highland Alcohol and Drugs Partnership Strategy Group – 19 November 2024 (for noting).

4.    Action Tracker

The Board is asked to review progress of its agreed actions.

5.    Presentation: Highland Property Partnership

A presentation will be provided.

6.    Presentation: Visitor Levy Scheme

The Assistant Chief Executive – Place, The Highland Council, will provide a presentation on the proposal to introduce a Visitor Levy Scheme in Highland.

7.    HOIP Core Priority Update: Community Wealth Building

There is circulated Report No CPPB/1/25 by the Assistant Chief Executive – Place, The Highland Council.

The Board is asked to:-

i.    consider and agree the next steps around the implementation of the Social Value Charter for Renewables Investment;
ii.    note the broader update on the Community Wealth Building HOIP priority;
iii.    consider and discuss the Scottish Government’s community benefit consultation with a view to informing individual partner responses and a collective CPP Board response; and
iv.    agree that a CPP response be collated and circulated for comment with the final response being agreed in consultation with the Chair.

8.    Developing the Care for People Response

At the meeting of the Board on 4 December 2024, it was agreed that the Care for People proposals be reviewed to ensure they reflected recent structural changes within the Council and there was clarity in terms of roles and responsibilities, and that they be brought back to the next meeting of the Board for approval.

In that regard, there is circulated Report No CPPB/2/25 by Superintendent Jen Valentine, Police Scotland.

The Board is asked to consider and approve the proposals as outlined in section 3.1 of the report.

9.    Suicide Prevention Action Plan

Report No CPPB/3/25 will follow.

10.    Contest Board Annual Report

There is circulated Report No CPPB/4/25 by Superintendent Jen Valentine, Police Scotland.

The Board is asked to note the contents of the report and Highland activity in relation to CONTEST.

11.    Partnership Development Team Quarterly Update

There is circulated Report No CPPB/5/25 by the Partnership Development Manager and CPP Senior Officers.

The Board is asked to note the updated Year 2 Milestones in Appendix 1 of the report.

12.    Review of Strategic Risk Register

The Strategic Risk Register is circulated for consideration and review.

13.    Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting is scheduled to take place on Friday 6 June 2025 at 2.00 pm.