Agenda item

To consider the report of the Head of Legal & Democratic Services (attached).

The Council received a report from the Governance Working Group on the issues it had discussed at its meeting on 17 September 2021.

The Working Group had considered governance matters in relation to planning appeals, which had been referred to it by the Council in October 2021. The Group proposed the addition of a delegation to the Head of Planning to determine the strategy for planning appeals in cases where the proposed approach could be considered to undermine a decision of the Planning Applications Committee. The delegation would be exercised after consultation with the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Planning Applications Committee, along with the relevant ward councillors.

Members also considered proposed changes to Financial Regulations and Contract Standing Orders, as detailed in the agenda report.

It was moved by Councillor Alan McClafferty, seconded by Councillor Sashi Mylvaganam, and

RESOLVED that

(i)        the Scheme of Delegation of Functions to Officers at Part 3, Section B of the Constitution be updated to include the following delegation:

The Head of Planning

(ii)      Financial Regulations at Part 4, Section H of the Constitution be updated as set out at Annex A to the agenda report; and

(iii)     Contract Standing orders at Part 4, Section I of the Constitution be updated as set out at Annex B to the agenda report.