68 Decisions made under delegated powers between 14 May and 4 November 2012
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To inform the Regulatory Committee of
decisions made under delegated powers by the Head of Development
Management and the Chair of the Regulatory Committee.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Committee considered a report, previously
circulated, which set out details of decisions made under delegated
powers between 14 May and 4 November 2012.
- The Committee discussed whether
these figures should come to the Committee on a more frequent
basis, however it was noted that the same information was
circulated to all Members on a weekly basis, for their
information.
- In response to a request from the
Committee, it was agreed that the information could be provided in
a spreadsheet format, to enable the data to be searched and / or
reorganised according to the specific information sought.
- The Committee asked about
‘observations to other boroughs’, and it was confirmed
that this was where a scheme was of such scale in one borough that
neighbouring London boroughs were consulted on the
application.
- In response to a question regarding
applications affecting properties owned by the Council in other
boroughs, it was confirmed that this would be handled by the
Council’s Properties Department, and in such cases the
Council would not be acting as the Local Planning Authority.
- It was agreed that a sampling
exercise of delegated decisions would be useful, and it was agreed
that a report on the principles of undertaking such an exercise
should form the basis of a report to the Committee at a future
meeting.
- It was suggested that the
information in the report might be more useful in a solely
electronic format, given that the information was for noting only,
however after some discussion, the Committee on balance felt that
the report should be retained.
- A report was requested for a future
Committee on the issues taken into account where a delegated
decision to grant permission was taken in respect of an application
that conflicted with planning policy; it was noted that this issue
was covered in the ‘how the planning application process
works’ item, later on the agenda.