Issue - meetings

The Strategic Planning Board is invited to adopt the proposed Planning Enforcement Protocol.

The Strategic Planning Board was invited to consider a draft planning enforcement policy, which would, if approved, become operational from 1 April 2009. 

An enforcement hierarchy had been set out in the document (Table 1) which would govern how complaints would be dealt with.  A Member commented that provision had not been included in the protocol to ensure that Councillors were kept informed of some forms of action being taken and to this end, it was proposed that delegated authority be given to the Head of Planning and Policy in consultation with the appropriate Portfolio Holder and Chairman of the Committee to draw up a reporting procedure for inclusion within the protocol.     

Consideration was also given as to how frequently update reports should be placed before Members and the Strategic Planning Board requested that in the first instance, an initial report be submitted to the Board’s April meeting with quarterly reports thereafter. 

The third paragraph on page four of the protocol began “Upon receipt of a reported breach”.  The Strategic Planning Board considered that it was necessary to include a point of clarification in the document to stipulate in what format(s) complaints could be submitted.        

RESOLVED:  That

a)         The Enforcement Protocol appended to the report be approved and adopted with effect from 1 April 2009; and          

b)            Delegated authority be granted to the Head of Planning and Policy in consultation with the appropriate Portfolio Holder and Chairman of the Strategic Planning Board to drawn up a reporting procedure for inclusion within the protocol.