Decision details

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)    RECOMMENDS TO COUNCIL that the Council’s Constitution be amended to reflect the proposed changes as set out in the Appendix attached hereto this report;

(b)    further RECOMMENDS TO COUNCIL that the implementation of the new Council Procedure Rule 12 be reviewed after six months’ operation;

(c)    supports the proposal that the Planning Committee continues its current practice of undertaking a site visit in respect of all planning applications that are submitted to it for its consideration and requests Full Council to do likewise;

(d)    requests the Monitoring Officer to amend the Council’s procedure for Planning Committee Site Visits, as set out in the Members’ Planning Code and Protocol (in Part 6 of the Constitution) to appropriately reflect the matters raised by the Review of the Constitution Portfolio Holder Working Party; and

(e)    further requests the Monitoring Officer to submit the Site Visit Procedure, as amended, to Full Council for its approval and adoption, following consultation, as appropriate and necessary, with the Planning Committee and the Standards Committee.