Decision details

To consider draft amendments to the current scheme of delegation, which forms part of the Council’s Constitution, so that officers have the powers to determine a range of applications and Planning Committee reaches robust decisions on schemes of an appropriate scale and nature.

The Planning Portfolio Holder approved, as the basis for consultation with parish councils, local members, the Planning Committee and members of the public, Appendix A of the report from the Planning and New Communities Director, subject to

1.     The amendment of the first bullet point to extend the period within which local Members can request that applications be referred to Planning Committee from 21 days to 28 days

2.     The sixth bullet point being expanded so as to state, “The application is one that in the opinion of officers, in consultation with the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, should be determined by Committee because of special planning policy considerations, complexity, or of significant and / or strategic importance to an area beyond both the specific site and parish.