Portsmouth City Borough Council
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Meeting
Cabinet Member for Planning Policy & City Development - Portsmouth City
Meeting Times
Scheduled Time
Start:
Wednesday, 9th November 2022
4:00 PM
Wednesday, 9th November 2022
4:00 PM
End:
Wednesday, 9th November 2022
8:00 PM
Wednesday, 9th November 2022
8:00 PM
Actual Time
Started:
Wednesday, 9th November 2022
4:00 PM
Wednesday, 9th November 2022
4:00 PM
Finished:
Wednesday, 9th November 2022
8:05 PM
Wednesday, 9th November 2022
8:05 PM
Meeting Status
Status:
Confirmed
Confirmed
Date:
09 Nov 2022
09 Nov 2022
Location:
Council Chamber - The Guildhall, Portsmouth
Council Chamber - The Guildhall, Portsmouth
Meeting Attendees
Cabinet Member
Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Leisure & Sport
Agenda
1
Apologies for absence
Minutes
There were no apologies for absence.
2
Record of Previous Decision Meeting - 14 October 2022
A copy of the minutes of the previous meeting held on 14 October 2022 is attached.
Attachments:
- Document PPCD Minutes 14.10.22 01 Nov 2022
Minutes
The minutes of the previous meeting held on 14 October 2022 were agreed by the Cabinet Member
3
Declarations of interest
Minutes
There were no declarations of interest.
4
Scheme of Delegation for Planning Decision Making
Purpose
The purpose of this report is to seek approvals to amendments to the Scheme of Delegation to ensure the Planning Committee time is utilised efficiently to deal with important, strategic or especially contentious applications as quickly as possible.
Recommendations
That the scheme of delegation for planning decision making be amended by:
(i) The deletion of paragraph 53 of Part 2 Section 5B (Director of Regeneration) of the constitution; and
(ii) The amendment of paragraph 57 of Part 2 Section 5B (Director of Regeneration) of the constitution so that the threshold applied to a requirement for Committee determination is where six or more adverse representations based on material planning considerations have been received.
The purpose of this report is to seek approvals to amendments to the Scheme of Delegation to ensure the Planning Committee time is utilised efficiently to deal with important, strategic or especially contentious applications as quickly as possible.
Recommendations
That the scheme of delegation for planning decision making be amended by:
(i) The deletion of paragraph 53 of Part 2 Section 5B (Director of Regeneration) of the constitution; and
(ii) The amendment of paragraph 57 of Part 2 Section 5B (Director of Regeneration) of the constitution so that the threshold applied to a requirement for Committee determination is where six or more adverse representations based on material planning considerations have been received.
Attachments:
- Document PPCD meeting 09.11.2022 - Planning Scheme of Delegation report - FINAL 01 Nov 2022
- Document APP1 - Options for Committee backlog and Scheme of delegation FINAL 01 Nov 2022
- Document APP2 - Call-in report - Options for Increasing Planning Committee Capacity 01 Nov 2022
- Document APP3 - PPCD Scrutiny Call-in Recommendations_v2.0 01 Nov 2022
- Document APP4 - G&A&S report - Options for Increasing Planning Committee Capacity 01 Nov 2022
Minutes
After an introduction by the Assistant Director for Planning & Economic Growth the Cabinet Member invited comments prior to making his decision.
Whilst he believed that the aspiration was for funding to be sourced to allow the option for additional Planning Committee meetings to be considered, Cllr Brent understood that this had been explored and that no funding was available.
The Cabinet Member:
RESOLVED that the scheme of delegation for planning decision making be amended by:
(i) The deletion of paragraph 53 of Part 2 Section 5B (Director of Regeneration) of the constitution; and
(ii) The amendment of paragraph 57 of Part 2 Section 5B (Director of Regeneration) of the constitution so that the threshold applied to a requirement for Committee determination is where six or more adverse representations based on material planning considerations have been received.
These decisions had previously been the subject of a call-in, which had been considered and upheld by the Scrutiny Management Panel. Following this, a referral had been made by the Cabinet Member to the Governance & Audit & Scrutiny Committee for consideration in advance of the decision being taken. The decisions were therefore not subject to further call-in and took immediate effect.
Whilst he believed that the aspiration was for funding to be sourced to allow the option for additional Planning Committee meetings to be considered, Cllr Brent understood that this had been explored and that no funding was available.
The Cabinet Member:
RESOLVED that the scheme of delegation for planning decision making be amended by:
(i) The deletion of paragraph 53 of Part 2 Section 5B (Director of Regeneration) of the constitution; and
(ii) The amendment of paragraph 57 of Part 2 Section 5B (Director of Regeneration) of the constitution so that the threshold applied to a requirement for Committee determination is where six or more adverse representations based on material planning considerations have been received.
These decisions had previously been the subject of a call-in, which had been considered and upheld by the Scrutiny Management Panel. Following this, a referral had been made by the Cabinet Member to the Governance & Audit & Scrutiny Committee for consideration in advance of the decision being taken. The decisions were therefore not subject to further call-in and took immediate effect.
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