Agenda, decisions and minutes

Venue: Remote attendance meeting

Contact: Sharon Thomas / 01352 702324  Email: sharon.b.thomas@flintshire.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

20.

Declarations of Interest (Including Whipping Declarations)

To receive any Declarations and advise Members accordingly.

Decision:

None.

Minutes:

None.

21.

Dispensations

Minutes:

The Deputy Monitoring Officer provided background information to the dispensation request from Councillor Mike Peers (who was not present) relating to his personal planning application 061720.  Having previously been granted permission on an existing planning application on his property, Councillor Peers’ subsequent application for an amendment to that extension had been granted under the delegated decision process in error, as applications by elected Members should be determined by the Planning Committee.

 

To rectify the matter, the item was to be submitted to a forthcoming meeting to enable the Planning Committee to endorse or revoke the planning permission which had been given.

 

As a member of the Planning Committee, Councillor Peers was seeking dispensation to write and speak to officers on the matter and to write and speak and/or answer questions when the application was heard by the Planning Committee, but to leave before the debate and vote.

22.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ACCESS TO INFORMATION) ACT 1985 - TO CONSIDER THE EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

Decision:

That the press and public be excluded from the meeting as the item was considered to be exempt by virtue of paragraph 18C of Part 4 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

Minutes:

At this point, the Chairman proposed that the meeting move into closed session - as provided for under the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985.  This was seconded by Julia Hughes.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the press and public be excluded from the meeting as the item was considered to be exempt by virtue of paragraph 18C of Part 4 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

23.

Dispensations pdf icon PDF 1 MB

To receive any requests for dispensations.

 

Members of the press/public will be able to remain at the meeting whilst an application for dispensation is presented to the Committee and will be able to return to hear the Committee’s decision.  However, under Paragraph 18C Schedule 12A Local Government Act 1972 the Committee will exclude the press and public from the meeting whilst it deliberates on any application for a dispensation.

Decision:

That Flintshire County Councillor Mike Peers be granted dispensation under paragraphs (d) and (f) of the Standards Committee (Grant of Dispensations) (Wales) Regulations 2001 to write and speak to officers and to write to Council/Committee meetings but to leave before the debate and vote on planning application 061720.  This allows for making verbal and written communications on the matter to officers of Flintshire County Council provided there is at least one witness when speaking to officers, thereby ensuring that there are at least three people involved in the conversation which should be minuted.  The dispensation to be granted for 12 months, ceasing on 29 November 2021 and to extend to any application which, in the opinion of the Monitoring Officer, is substantially similar.

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That Flintshire County Councillor Mike Peers be granted dispensation under paragraphs (d) and (f) of the Standards Committee (Grant of Dispensations) (Wales) Regulations 2001 to write and speak to officers and to write to Council/Committee meetings but to leave before the debate and vote on planning application 061720.  This allows for making verbal and written communications on the matter to officers of Flintshire County Council provided there is at least one witness when speaking to officers, thereby ensuring that there are at least three people involved in the conversation which should be minuted.  The dispensation to be granted for 12 months, ceasing on 29 November 2021 and to extend to any application which, in the opinion of the Monitoring Officer, is substantially similar.

24.

Members of the Press and Public in Attendance

Minutes:

There were no members of the press or public in attendance.