Decision details

(a)       That the Committee approve the alterations to the Planning Code of Practice as identified in tracked changes in Appendix 1 of the report;

(b)       That the Planning Code of Practice include the Public Complaints Procedure in Section 15;

(c)        That the Planning Code of Practice include a section to explain that written submissions from the applicant, the person for the application and the person against the application are able to be provided in advance of the meeting to ensure that, if any of them were unable to attend, their statement could be read out by an officer on their behalf;

(d)       That the wording “where requested such assistance is provided in a timely manner”, be included in section 2.4.2;

(e)       That the wording in 4.3.1 the wording be changed to read “either under the item for declaring interests or at the moment a Member realises they have an interest”; and

(f)        That the Planning Strategy Group consider Councillor Peers’ suggestions on informing all Members of the Planning Committee prior to the meeting of any discussions on Section 106 agreements, and whether all Members of the Committee should be asked if they agreed with the reasons for refusal once the proposer had summed up.