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Commercial Unit Lease Renewal

Meeting: 20/07/2023 - Council (Item 22)

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This report provides Full Council with an opportunity to consider recommendations from the Constitution Committee from their meetings held on 17 October and 5 December 2022.

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Minutes:

Members considered a report that had been referred from previous meetings of Full Council, presenting recommendations from Constitution Committee meetings held in October and December 2022.

 

Whilst the Constitution Committee no longer existed, its recommendations still required consideration.

 

Having been proposed and seconded, upon being put to the vote the motion was AGREED:

 

DECISION:

 

That the Council:

 

1.    Approves the inclusion of the following wording as part of Paragraph 5 (Public Speaking) of the Planning Procedure Rules as set out in Part 4 (Rules of Procedure) of the Constitution:

 

“The relevant Ward Councillor is defined as Councillors representing those wards in which a planning application falls or adjacent wards.”

 

2.    Approves the inclusion of the following paragraph in the Planning Scheme of Delegation set out in Part 3 (Responsibility for Functions) of the Constitution:

 

“(2)    Any application at the discretion of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Planning Committee in accordance with the Local Code of Good Practice.”