Decision details

Having considered an open officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Housing, Councillor Paul Bell, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) temporary modifications be authorised to the Council’s Statement of

Community Involvement (SCI) for a further 6 month period to enable the

following:

•           Threshold for applications being required to go to Planning Committee

for decision to be raised from 3 to 5

•           Any application with an amenity society objection to be subject to case

review with Chair to determine whether it is referred to planning committee for

a decision

•           Any application with 5-9 objections to be subject to case review with

Chair to determine whether it is referred to planning committee for a decision

•           Invitations to planning committee meetings and other communications

and information (including publication of agendas) relating to planning

committee meetings be carried out electronically wherever possible

•           Make it explicit that people wishing to speak at planning committee

meetings will need to register to speak in advance of the meeting and will

need to submit written copies of their speeches in advance of the meeting

•           A new online format for Local Meetings to be developed and

implemented

•           Make any necessary amendments regarding the publication of

agendas and decisions

(2) changes be reviewed again at the end of the 6 month period referred to.

(3) the contents of the draft Addendum to the SCI (Appendix 1), and the

reasons for these amendments, as set out in Section 4 be noted; and

(4) the draft Addendum to the SCI (Appendix 1) be approved for non-statutory

public consultation.