Issue - meetings

Arising from a report of the Head of Planning, Economy and Regeneration, the Cabinet have made the following recommendation:

a)     The governance arrangements set out in this report for setting up a Development Delivery Advisory Group is recommended to the Council for adoption.

b)     Following adoption that the necessary changes are made to the Constitution.

Arising from a *report of the Head of Planning, Economy and Regeneration, the Cabinet had made the following recommendation:

a)     The governance arrangements set out in this report for setting up a Development Delivery Advisory Group is recommended to the Council for adoption.

b)     Following adoption that the necessary changes are made to the Constitution.

The Head of Planning, Economy and Regeneration outlined the contents of the report explaining that the Council already had a Planning Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) which considered policy prior to Cabinet approval and it was proposed

that a Development Delivery Advisory Group (DDAG)  be set up to discuss current delivery rates and consider how the Council could be proactive with the delivery of local plan sites.  The creation of such a group had been on the advice of the Planning Advisory Service and was thought to be good practice.

Consideration was given to:

·         Members of the Planning Committee were not proposed to be part of the group so as to avoid any risk of pre-determination of any sites that did not have planning permission.

·         Whether there would be any financial implications for setting up the group

·         How Members would be actively engaged

·         The two groups could not be combined as Members of the Planning Committee could not sit on  the DDAG

·         Whether the creation of the DDAG would diminish the work of the PPAG

·         As part of the remit of the group would be a scrutiny role it was suggested that the Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee have a seat on the group as part of his/her role.

(Proposed by Cllr F J Rosamond and seconded by Cllr Mrs F J Colthorpe)

Note:  *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.

To consider a report of the Head of Planning, Economy and Regeneration regarding the opportunity to discuss development site delivery in a forum that would allow frank discussion, allow for a better understanding of development monitoring and assist in the innovation of delivery projects.

The Cabinet had before it a report* of the Head of Planning, Economy and Regeneration regarding the opportunity to discuss development site delivery in a forum that would allow frank discussion, allow for a better understanding of development monitoring and assist in the innovation of delivery projects.

The Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Regeneration outlined the contents of the report stating that the delivery of housing and employment to the district was increasingly important and that the intention behind the establishment of this proposed group was to monitor the process after planning permission had been granted so as to enable the delivery process. He further stated that all councils were getting much more involved in this and the Planning Advisory Service had also reiterated the need for the elected membership of councils to become much more engaged in this part of the development process.

RECOMMENDED to the Standards Committee that:

a)    The governance arrangements set out in this report for setting up a Development Delivery Advisory Group is recommended to the Council for adoption.

b)    Following adoption that the necessary changes are made to the Constitution.

(Proposed by Cllr R J Chesterton and seconded by Cllr Mrs M E Squires)

Note:  *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.