Agenda item

Committee Work Programme

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services which informed the Committee of progress against the Work Programme agreed in December 2017 and proposed a new Work Programme for 2019 (for copy see file of Minutes).

 

Members noted that the majority of the Work Programme had been completed. The Code of Practice for Members and Officers dealing with planning matters had not been reviewed in accordance with the expected timescale in 2018, and was included in the new Work Programme for completion in the Spring of 2019. However, in view of the extensive work involved in reviewing the Code, the Committee was asked to agree to the extension of this deadline to Autumn 2019. 

 

Councillor Clark made a general point that some applications submitted to Planning Committees were submitted in the name of the Agent rather than the Applicant and Members may therefore be unaware of a disclosable interest in a particular application under consideration. Councillor Clark asked that an applicant’s identity be also included in reports so that Members were clear about whether a declaration of interest was required.

 

Resolved:

 

That

 

a)    the progress against the Work Programme approved in 2017 be noted;

 

b)    the proposed Work Programme for 2019 be approved.

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