Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Development and Regeneration.

Consideration was given to the report of the Director of Development and Regeneration, as contained on pages 299 to 338, which advised of new Regulations which impose a requirement on the Council to prepare and maintain a Brownfield Land Register, the consequences of placing land on Part 2 of that Register, the resulting implications for the Council and to make provision in the Council's constitution for effective decision making.

RESOLVED:   A.   That the following functions are delegated to the Planning Committee:

(i)     Power to approve sites for entry into Part 2 of the Brownfield Land Register and so grant Permission in Principle

(ii)    Power to decline to approve sites for entry into Part 2 of the Brownfield Land Register

(iii)    Power to determine applications for Permission in Principle

(iv)   Power to determine applications for Technical Details Consent

B.   That authority be delegated to the Director of Development and Regeneration to determine applications for Technical Details Consent.

(Relevant Portfolio Holder: Councillor J Hodson)

Councillor J Hodson introduced the report of the Director of Development and Regeneration which advised on the introduction of new regulations requiring the Council to prepare and maintain a Brownfield Land Register.  He referred to the implications in relation to the placing of land on part 2 of the Register and to the need for provision to be made within the Council’s Constitution in order to effect decision making in this regard.

In reaching the decision below, Cabinet considered the details as set out in the report before it and accepted the reasons contained therein.

RESOLVED  (A)    That authority be delegated to the Director of Development and Regeneration, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning, to publish, review and maintain Part 1 of the Brownfield Land Register and to propose land for inclusion in Part 2 of the Register.

                        (B)    That authority be delegated to the Director of Development and Regeneration to carry out all necessary publication, notification and consultation procedures pursuant to resolution (A) above.