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Scrutiny Item Request from Councillor S J N Morgan

Meeting: 19/06/2025 - Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 118)

Member Scrutiny Item Request - Councillor S J N Morgan - Planning Appeal involving Land at Church Road, Wickham Bishops

To receive and note the above item and agree for it to be added to the Committee’s Scrutiny Workplan.

Minutes:

The Committee noted that Councillor S J N Morgan had submitted a scrutiny request on the above matter and that in accordance with the agreed procedure this would be referred to the Committee’s Working Group for an initial assessment and report back to the Committee. Councillor Morgan advised that Mr Bass had outlined the main points of his scrutiny request, which centred around how arrangements for providing a response to the Planning Inspectorate’s request for a view in the light of modification to the National Planning Policy Framework had resulted in a change to the Planning Department’s handling of this appeal. He advised that the matter would be considered by the Working Group the following week.