Agenda and draft minutes

Strategic Planning Committee
Monday, 15th May, 2023 8.30 pm

Venue: Tottenham Town Hall, Town Hall Approach, London N15 4RY

Contact: Felicity Foley, Committees Manager 2919, Email: felicity.foley@haringey.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	FILMING AT MEETINGS View the background to item 1. Please note this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on. By entering the ‘meeting room’, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings. The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual, or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council. Minutes: The Chair referred to the notice of filming at meetings and this information was noted.
2.	APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE View the background to item 2. To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillor George Dunstall.
3.	DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST View the background to item 3. A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered: (i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and (ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room. A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure. Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct Minutes: There were no declarations of interest.
4.	URGENT BUSINESS View the background to item 4. The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with under item 7 below). Minutes: There were no items of urgent business.
5.	DEPUTATIONS / PETITIONS / PRESENTATIONS / QUESTIONS View the background to item 5. To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B, paragraph 29 of the Council’s constitution Minutes: There were no deputations / petitions / presentations / questions.
6.	ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PLANNING SUB-COMMITTEE 2023/24 PDF 290 KB View the background to item 6. To establish a Planning Sub-Committee for the 2023/24 Municipal Year. Additional documents: Appendix 1 , item 6. PDF 113 KB Appendix 2 , item 6. PDF 125 KB Minutes: The Committee considered the report which sought to establish a Planning Sub-Committee for the 2023/24 Municipal Year, including noting the terms of reference for the Planning Sub-Committee. It was noted that the proposed membership of the Strategic Planning Committee for 2023-24 was decided at the Full Council meeting on 15 May 2023, immediately prior to this meeting of the Strategic Planning Committee. The proportional split of the Strategic Planning Committee was 10 Labour councillors and 1 Liberal Democrat councillor and the membership was: Councillor Barbara Blake (Chair), Councillor Reg Rice (Vice-Chair), and Councillors Nicola Bartlett, John Bevan, Cathy Brennan, George Dunstall, Scott Emery, Emine Ibrahim, Sue Jameson, Sean O’Donovan and Alexandra Worrell. It was proposed that the Strategic Planning Committee agreed that the membership of the Planning Sub-Committee was the same as the Strategic Planning Committee. It was highlighted that, should the membership change, the membership of the Planning Sub-Committee would continue to be the same as the Strategic Planning Committee. RESOLVED 1. To note the terms of reference of the Strategic Planning Committee and Planning Sub-Committee as set out within the Council’s Constitution, attached as Appendix 1 to the report. 2. To agree the establishment of a Planning Sub-Committee with the same membership as the Strategic Planning Committee. 3. To note the Strategic Planning Protocol as set out within the Council’s constitution, attached as Appendix 2 to the report.
7.	NEW ITEMS OF URGENT BUSINESS View the background to item 7. Minutes: There were no items of urgent business.
8.	DATES OF FUTURE MEETINGS View the background to item 8. To note the dates of future meetings: 20 June 2023 13 November 2023 19 February 2024 Minutes: To note the dates of future meetings: 20 June 2023 13 November 2023 19 February 2024