Issue - meetings

A report was submitted requesting the Committee to Consider the decision of Cabinet made at its meeting on 12th November 2014 in relation to the Planning Peer Review.

At the meeting of the Cabinet on 12th November 2014 consideration had been given to a report requesting Cabinet to approve an Action Plan to address the recommendations of the Planning Peer Review Team.

The decision had been called in by Cllr Loades, Cllr Sweeney, Cllr Jones, Cllr Huckfield and Cllr Northcott.

The Committee considered the grounds for the call in as put forward by the lead member and included:

·        Concerns from local residents that the action plan should be referred to scrutiny for open and transparent debate to ensure that it met the needs of the Council and customers of the Planning Committee.

The Committee resolved:

That the decision of Cabinet made on 12th November 2014 in relation to Asset Disposals be upheld and take immediate effect.

(a)       That Cabinet agree to the Action Plan attached as Appendix 2 to this report

(b)       That Cabinet receive in 6 months’ time a report back on progress made in implementing the agreed Actions

(c)        That the Planning Committee similarly receive the same report

A report was submitted requesting Cabinet to approve an Action Plan to address the recommendations of the Planning Peer Review Team.

Cllr Nigel Jones had submitted a question in advance of the meeting in relation to this item. Cllr Jones’ questions focused on recommendations 6, 9 and 1 listed in the report. Cllr Jones highlighted the importance of member involvement in the preparation of the action plan.

The Portfolio Holder for Planning and Assets stated that the representations put forward by Cllr Jones would be taken into consideration but that it was unfortunate that the representations had not been put forward prior to the action plan being put together.

The Portfolio Holder for Planning and Assets provided background to the preparation of the action plan and highlighted the fact that the process had been undertaken in accordance with a nationally agreed approach including consultation with Members, officers and other stakeholders.

The Portfolio holder for Finance and Resources requested that the resource implications mentioned in section 8.2 of the report be expanded upon when the report was next presented to the Cabinet.

Resolved:

(a)       That Cabinet agree to the Action Plan attached as Appendix 2 to this report

(b)       That Cabinet receive in 6 months’ time a report back on progress made in implementing the agreed Actions

(c)        That the Planning Committee similarly receive the same report