The Audit & Review Committee meets three times a year. Its role is to review the Authority’s performance, receive reports from the auditors and consider issues relating to the corporate governance of the Authority.
Tuesday 24 November, 2026, at 10:30 am
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Tuesday 14 July, 2026, at 10:30 am
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Minutes of the meeting held 14 April 2026
Item 7 – Detailed Review of Authority Performance 2025-26
Item 8 – Performance Review – Volunteer Programme
Item 9 – Internal Audit Work Programme 2026-27
Item 9 – Appendix – Internal Audit Work Programme 2026-27
Item 10 – External Audit Strategy memorandum 2026-27
Item 10 – Appendix – External Audit Strategy memorandum 2026-27
Item 11 – Internal Audit Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme
Tuesday 14 April, 2026, at 10:00 am
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Item 2 – Minutes of the meeting held on 25 November 2025
Item 5 – Performance Review: SSSIs in Authority Management
Item 5 – Performance Review: SSSIs appendices
Item 6 – Major Project Review – Cross Keys Bridge, Cautley
Item 6 – Annex Cross Keys Bridge
Item 7 – Annual Governance Statement 2025-26
Item 7 – Appendix Annual Governance Statement 2025-26
Item 8 – Programme of Reviews for 2025-26
Item 9 – Internal Audit – Complaints and Compliments
Item 9 – Internal Audit – Complaints and Compliments Appendix
Item 10 – Complaints Compliments Annual Report 2025-26
Item 10 – Appendix A Compliments 2025-26
Item 10 -Appendix B Complaints 2025-26
Item 11 – Internal Audit Annual Report 2025-26
Item 11 – Appendix Internal Audit Annual Report 2025-26
Tuesday 25 November, 2025, at 10:30 am
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Item 2 – Minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 2025
Item 5 – Corporate Plan – 6 Month Progress Report
Item 6 – Annual Governance Report
Item 7 – Annual Risk Management
Appendix -Risk Registers – Strategic
Appendix -Risk Registers – Operational
Appendix – Risk Registers – Assess Evaluation Explained
Item 8 – Review of Partnerships
Appendix A – Strategic Partnerships
Appendix B – Project Partnerships
Item 9 – Major Project Review – Access Unlimited: Generation Green 2
Item 10 – Auditors’ Progress Cover Report
Item 10 – Appendix Auditors Progress Report 2024-25
Item 11 – Draft Auditors’ Annual Cover Report 2024-25
Item 11 – Auditors Draft Annual Report 2024-25
Tuesday 15 July, 2025, at 10:30 am
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Item 4 Minutes of the meeting held on 15 April 2025
Item 7 – Review of Authority Performance
Item 8 – Internal Audit -2025/26 Audit Plan cover report
Item 8 Internal Audit Plan 2025-26
Item 9 – Internal Audit Charter cover report
Item 9 – Internal Audit Charter
Item 10 – Customer Service Excellence cover report
Item 10 – Customer Service Excellence Audit Proposal
Item 11 – Performance Review – Late Item
Item 12 – External Audit 2024/25 Plan Cover report – Late Item
Tuesday 15 April, 2025, at 11:00 am
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Item 2 – Minutes – Audit & Review 26 November 2024
Item 5 – Annual Governance Statement
Item 6 – Programme of Reviews 2025-26
Item 7 – External Audit Report cover report 2023-24
Item 7 – Appendix 1 External Auditors Report 2023-24
Item 7 – Appendix 2 – Audit correction fee
Item 8 – Internal Audit Report cover
CIPFA Code on the Governance of Internal Audit
CIPFA Audit Committee update helping Audit Committees to be effective
Item 8 – Internal Audit Report 2024-25
Item 9 – Complaints Compliments and Information Requests Annual report 2024-25
Item 9 – Appendix A – Compliments
Tuesday 26 November, 2024, at 10:30 am
Item 2 – Minutes of meeting held on 16 July 2024
Item 5 – Performance Review of Delegated Statutory Highways
Item 5 Annex- Report from Delegated Statutory Highways Duties Review Group
Item – 5 Appendix 1 – PROW NPAs Income/Expenditure
Item 5 – Appendix 2 – Hierarchy of Routes
Item 5 – Appendix 3 – Donation Schemes
Item 6 – Performance Review of Carbon Reduction Plan
Item 6 – Annex – Report of the Carbon Reduction Plan Review Group
Item 7 – Major Project Review of Westmorland Dales Landscape
Item 7 – Appendix 1 – WDLPS -Final Evaluation Plan
Item 7 – Appendix 2 – WDLPS – Legacy Plan
Item 7 – Appendix 2a – WDLPS – Legacy Plan
Item 8 – Annual Governance Report
Item 9 – Annual Risk Management Review
Item 9 – Appendix 1 – Strategic Risk Register
Item 9 – Appendix 2 – Operational Risk Management Register
Item 10 – Corporate Plan 2024/25 – 6-month progress report
Item 11 – Local Audit Backlog – Rebuilding Assurance
Item 11 – Local Audit Backlog Rebuilding Assurance – Accessible Guide (Financial Reporting Council)
Item 12 – Audit Strategy Memorandum 2023/24- cover report
Item 12 – Audit Strategy Memorandum 2023/24
Item 13 – Customer Service Excellence Award
Item 14 – Audit Results Reports 2022/23 Cover Report – Late Item
Item 14 – Audit Completion Report 2022/23
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Tuesday 16 July, 2024, at 10:30 am
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Item 4 – Minutes of meeting held on 23 April 2024
Item 8 – Internal Audit Plan 24-25
Item 9 – Performance Reviews – Delegated Statutory Highways Duties and Carbon Reduction Plan
Item 10 – External Auditors’ Report on 2021-22
Appendix 10 – External Auditors’ Report 2021-22Item 11 – Value For Money Opinion External Auditors Report 2022-23
Appendix 11 – VFM External Auditors Report 2022-23
Tuesday 23 April, 2024, at 10:30 am
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Item 2 – Minutes of meeting held on 14 November 2023
Item 5 – Annual Governance Statement
Item 6 – Set Programme of Reviews 2024-25
Item 7 – Internal Audit Cover Report 2023-24
Item 7 – Appendix Internal Auditors Report
Tuesday 14 November, 2023, at 10:30 am
Please click on the following links to download the agenda and reports for this meeting:
Item 2 – Minutes of the meeting held on 11 July 2023
Item 5 – Performance Review – Visitor Services
Item 6 – Progress on Corporate Plan
Item 7 – Annual Governance Report
Item 8 – Annual Risk Management Review
Item 9 – Major Project Review – Milles without Stiles
Item 10 – Customer Service Excellence Report
Full Customer Service Excellence Assessment
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