Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Mayor,
the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:
(1) temporary modifications be made to the Council’s Statement of
Community Involvement (SCI) 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
• Above changes to working practices to be reviewed after a 3 month
period following introduction.