Decision making in the committee structure

The Council has a hierarchy of decision-making.

Decisions are either made at:

• Full Council meetings
• Standing Committees
• Local Committees
• other committees and panels
• or by delegation to individual employees

All decisions of the Council are made in accordance with the following principles:

• proportionality (the action must be proportionate to the desired outcome)
• due consultation and taking professional advice from officers
• respect of human rights
• a presumption in favour of openness
• clarity of aims and desired outcomes
• the Council's Corporate Goals and Action Plans, core values and strategies
• the decision is within approved budgets

Standing Committees

The purpose of Standing Committees is to:

• examine specific issues or aspects of policy, procedure or service in detail
• make recommendations to the Council 
• take decisions on matters that do not need to be referred to the Council

Members of the committee are Councillors from each party group. They may include non-Councillors by invitation.

The Standing Committees of Sutton Council are:

• Environment and Sustainable Transport Committee
• Health & Wellbeing Board
• Housing, Economy and Business Committee
• People Committee
• Strategy and Resources Committee

Records of Decisions

Records of decisions at committee get published online or in the minutes of the meeting. 

Search or browse a list of decisions made by committee.

The Forward Plan

The Forward Plan provides an overview of decisions which are due to be made by the committees of the council.