Haringey Debate - The urgent need to improve planning, planning enforcement and building control in Haringey
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Minutes:
The Chief Executive outlined the procedure for the seventh occasion where the Council had a Haringey Debate.
The Opposition spokesperson – Cllr Jenks introduced the debate topic.
The Mayor welcomed Chris Mason- Chair of Crouch End and Hornsey Conservation Area Advisory Committee, and Rachella Sinclair - Secretary of the Noel Park Conservation Area Advisory Committee to the Council meeting .
Chris Mason, and Rachella Sinclair each then addressed the meeting for a period of 5 minutes.
Following their personal addresses, the Mayor thanked Chris Mason, and Rachella Sinclair for their addresses and they received a round of applause.
The Mayor then advised (at 21.33hrs) that give the lateness of the evening the debate time would be for approx 30/40 minutes and not the usual 45 minutes allowed for debates, with a maximum of 3 minutes speaking time for each speaker.
A debate then took place, with contributions from Cllr McNamara, Cllr Solomon, and Cllr Demirci. Following concerns expressed by Cllr Kober, with regard to the debate finishing after 22.00hrs, and advice given by the Monitoring Officer in respect of the Mayor’s prerogative in ruling on an extension of the debate beyond 22.00hrs the Mayor advised that in accordance with Part Four Section A –Council procedure rules – point 8.1 (i) she would extend the debate for a further 10 minutes after 22.00hrs. The Mayor also advised that she would allow the two remaining speakers to speak for 2 minutes only, followed by a 2 minute response by the Cabinet member for Planning and Enforcement – Councillor Ejiofor, with a summing up for 2 minutes by Cllr Jenks.
Councillor Schmitz spoke for 2 minutes, and Cllr Meehan declined to speak. Councillor Ejiofor then briefly commented on the detail/issues for a 2 minute period.
The Mayor asked that Councillor Jenks give his closing comments. Councillor Jenks advised that he would forego his right to speak in favour of Councillor Wilson.
The Mayor advised that there had been no notice of this intention on Councillor Jenks behalf therefore Councillor Wilson would not be allowed to speak.
The Mayor then closed the debate and thanked members for their contributions.