Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance (copy enclosed).

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance providing an update on planning enforcement matters and statistical data for September – November 2018.  It was noted that the Area Planning Committees received six monthly enforcement updates where queries regarding specific enforcement cases could be raised.

In his presentation of the report, the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance advised how the Corporate Fraud and Enforcement Team were now operating at full capacity and this had resulted in an improvement in the number of planning enforcement cases being resolved.  He drew Members’ attention to the level of activity and number of cases dealt with recently, set out in the report.

In response to a question regarding individual case information being detailed in the report, Members were advised that these cases were in the public domain and full details had been previously published.

Councillor Mrs P A Channer reported that following a recent meeting of the Area Planning Committee Chairmen, Ms Berna Casey, Committee Services Advisor was looking at dates for future enforcement meetings for each of the Area Planning Committees.  Councillor Mrs Channer advised that when held previously these had provided greater opportunity for Members to raise detailed questions in relation to specific cases as discussions were held in private session.

The Committee asked that its congratulations be passed to the Corporate Fraud and Enforcement Team for their continued hard word.

It was agreed that a further report on enforcement would be received by the Committee in three months’ time (June 2019).

RESOLVED that the contents of the report be noted with a further update provided in three months (June 2019).