Covid-19 and meetings
From 7 May
2021, the law requires all councils to hold formal meetings in
person. However, the Council is also
required to follow government guidance about safety during the
pandemic. For a short period –
probably until 30 June – the Council will enable all people
to continue to participate in meetings via Zoom.
You are
strongly encouraged to participate via Zoom to keep everyone safe -
there is limited capacity in meeting rooms if safety requirements
are to be met. There are restrictions and conditions which apply to
those in the building and the use of the building. You must not attend a meeting at Phoenix House without complying
with the requirements in the new protocol for meetings. You must follow any directions you
are given.
Please read the new meeting
protocol which is available here:
https://democracy.middevon.gov.uk/documents/s21893/aaaaHybridMeetingProtocolMay2021.pdf
If you want
to ask a question or speak, email your full name to
Committee@middevon.gov.uk by no
later than 4pm on the day before the
meeting. This will ensure that your name
is on the list to speak and will help us ensure that you are not
missed – as you can imagine, it is easier to see and manage
public speaking when everyone is physically present in the same
room. Notification in this way will ensure the meeting runs
as smoothly as possible.
The Planning Committee exercises functions on
behalf of the Council relating to:
Planning and Conservation
functions relating to town and country planning
development control and all matters concerning
trees; and
To confirm and consider changes
to the existing Scheme of Delegation to the Head of Planning.
Public Question Time is available at
the beginning of the meeting for those present to ask questions
about any item on the agenda, or to speak briefly by way of
background or introduction to those questions, including planning
applications.
Further detailed
procedures for those attending the Planning Committee are available
via the following link:
https://democracy.middevon.gov.uk/documents/s20913/Planning%20Committee.pdf