Committees
Members make decisions and consult on management of the Broads at Authority meetings and smaller meetings for individual committees and forums.
To find out more about our members, see the meet our members page.
Current vacancies
Appointment of Co-opted Member to Navigation Committee
The Authority is currently inviting people to apply to be a member of its Navigation Committee. The new appointment will take effect from April 2025, following consultation with those organisations representing "Category A: Such bodies appearing to the Authority to represent the owners of pleasure craft available for hire or reward as it considers appropriate."
Applicants should have a good knowledge of the Broads and its special qualities; the navigation area and current relevant issues; and the varied recreational uses of the Broads.
Applicants should be available to attend a minimum of five meetings a year on weekdays. A modest co-optee allowance and reasonable expenses will be paid.
Appointments are subject to consultation with various bodies as provided by the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988.
Please find the relevant documentation below:
- Application form (DOC)
- Appointment process (PDF)
- Guidance notes for the application process (PDF)
- Role description (PDF)
Please email the completed form to: committees@broads-authority.gov.uk to arrive no later than 4pm on Wednesday, 4 December 2024. If completing by hand, please use black ink and send to the Senior Governance Officer, Broads Authority, Yare House, 62-64 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1RY.
For further details contact the Senior Governance Officer by email committees@broads-authority.gov.uk
The closing date for applications is 4 December 2024 and the interview date will be Wednesday 11 December 2024.
Meetings
All meetings are open to the public. If you wish to attend any of the meetings, please contact us in advance of the meeting. You can download all agendas and documents from this site except exempt items.
The Broads Authority has resolved to support remote meetings for non-decision making Committee meetings. The committee meeting date pages will advise if the meeting is to be held remotely. Public access will be made available via a live stream. To view the live stream, visit the relevant committee meeting date page. The live stream will be available to view in the video player at the scheduled start time. Please see the Standing Orders - Procedure rules for remote meetings for more information.
Under the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations (2014), filming, photographing and making an audio recording of public meetings is permitted. These activities however, must not disrupt the meeting. Further details can be found on the Filming, photography and recording of public meetings page.
To request recordings of any of our meetings (except confidential items) please make your request in writing by emailing our Governance Team or contacting us by letter.
The committee structure chart shows how the committees work together. To find out more about individual committees, please refer to the relevant committee.
Committee calendar 2024
January
- Planning Committee - 5 January 2024
- Navigation Committee - 11 January 2024
- Broads Authority - 26 January 2024
February
March
- Planning Committee - 1 March 2024
- Broads Local Access Forum - 6 March 2024
- Standards Committee - 7 March 2024
- Risk, Audit and Governance Committee - 12 March 2024
- Broads Authority - 15 March 2024
- Planning Committee - 22 March 2024 - Meeting Cancelled
April
May
June
- Broads Local Access Forum - 5 June 2024
- Navigation Committee - 6 June 2024
- Planning Committee - 21 June 2024
- Standards Committee - 21 June 2024
July
- Planning Committee - 19 July 2024
- Risk, Audit and Governance Committee - 23 July 2024
- Broads Authority - 26 July 2024
August
September
- Broads Local Access Forum - 4 September 2024
- Navigation Committee - 5 September 2024
- Planning Committee - 13 September 2024
- Broads Authority - 20 September 2024
October
November
- Navigation Committee - 7 November 2024
- Planning Committee - 8 November 2024
- Broads Local Access Forum - 20 November 2024
- Risk, Audit and Governance Committee - 27 November 2024 (revised date, previously scheduled for 17 September 2024)
- Broads Authority - 29 November 2024
December
Agendas, reports and minutes
Agendas and reports will be available on this site one week before the meeting.
Background papers
Some reports have background papers. You can arrange to see any background papers from Monday to Friday between 9.00am and 4.30pm. If you would like to arrange this please email via our contact form or call 01603 610734.
Committee members
You can find out more about Broads Authority, Risk, Audit & Governance, Navigation, Planning and Standards Committee members on our committee membership page while here are details of Broads Local Access Forum members.
Committee procedures
You can find documents relating to committee procedures, including the code of conduct for members and information about delegation of powers on our Constitutional documents page.
Asking questions
Our Asking questions at meetings page will tell you about arrangements for members of the public to speak at committee meetings.
Archive papers
The following years are available on line:
- Archive committee papers 2023
- Archive committee papers 2022
- Archive committee papers 2021
- Archive committee papers 2020
- Archive committee papers 2019
- Archive committee papers 2018
- Archive committee papers 2017
- Archive committee papers 2016
- Archive committee papers 2015
- Archive committee papers 2014
- Archive committee papers 2013
- Archive committee papers 2012
The only exceptions are those items which would infringe copyright or would not be dealt with in public for reasons of confidentiality.
For previous papers please email via our contact form.