Decision details

Arising from a recommendation of the Standards Committee Hearing Panel:

"We further make the following recommendations to the authority: that the procedures and operating principles of the Chairman’s Delegation Meeting be reviewed within three months of today, this review to include the consideration of provision of officer support from either Legal or Democratic Services, or both.  This should be achieved by the establishment by the Monitoring Officer of an officer working group, reporting to a task and finish group of the Scrutiny and Overview Committee and to the Standards Committee at its September 2009 meeting." 

The Committee resolved

1. to abolish the Chairman’s Delegation Meeting;

2. that a revised delegation procedure be considered at the Planning Committee meeting on 4 November 2009, and introduced as soon thereafter as is practical, subject to review after 12 months’ operation;

3. that until such revised delegation procedure has been adopted by the Planning Committee, Chairman’s Delegation meetings will continue;

4.     that parish councils be invited to submit their further comments at the end of the period of 12 months referred to in (2) above; and

5.     that, so as to ensure continuity and flexibility of service, Development Control Team Leaders be given the same degree of delegated responsibility as the Corporate Manager (Planning and Sustainable Communities) and Development Control Manager.