The Committee is asked to note any apologies for absence and substitutions received from Members.

To confirm and sign as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting of the Standards Committee, held on Thursday, 24 October 2024.

Councillors are invited to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests, Other Registerable Interests of Non-Registerable Interests, and the nature of it, in relation to any item on the agenda.

Subject to providing two working days’ notice, a Member of the Committee may ask the Chairman of the Committee a question on any matter in relation to which the Council has powers or duties which affect the Tendring District and which falls within the terms of reference of the Committee.

This report is submitted to the Committee to enable it to consider the Planning Probity Protocol following consultation with the members of the Planning Committee, the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Planning, Planning Officers and the Independent Persons. The report also sets out the outcome of the consultation and a revised Planning Probity Protocol for approval and recommendation to Full Council for its adoption.

For the Standards Committee to determine whether to respond to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (“the government’s”) consultation on the Standards and Conduct framework, on behalf of Tendring District Council.

To present the Standards Committee with a report on the opportunity to reflect on the internal consultation recently undertaken on the Standards Hearing Procedure and to endorse further work from Officers on reviewing the associated Complaints Procedure and production of a flow chart to assist once a matter is referred for hearing.

The Committee will receive the Monitoring Officer’s update regarding standards complaints.