Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

8.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

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.  Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting.  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 and using the public seating area, 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:

Noted.

9.

Apologies for absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Beacham, B Blake, Patterson and Waters.

10.

Urgent business

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business. Late items will be dealt with under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with at item 7 below.

Minutes:

None.

11.

Declarations of interest

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:

None.

12.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 64 KB

To approve the minutes of the meetings held on 24 April 2017 and 22 May 2017.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meetings held on 24 April 2017 and 22 May 2017 be approved as a correct record.

13.

Planning Services Work Report, including update to the Planning Protocol pdf icon PDF 235 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Emma Williamson, Assistant Director for Planning, introduced the report as set out. 

 

The Committee noted that during Quarter 1 (April-June), the number of applications had reduced, and there were fewer cases in hand which was due to a reduction in applications, and efforts made to clear old cases.  The Service was in the top quartile for majors and minors, and in the second quartile for other applications.

 

The Committee noted the update on the CIL rate for the south-eastern charging zone and the potential impact of the rise in the rate for outline applications where the new rate would be applicable for reserved matters applications.  Officers were looking at solutions to this to ensure that these applications remained viable.  It was likely that a report would be provided to Cabinet for decision in November 2017.

 

During a short discussion, the following actions were identified for Emma Williamson:

-           to circulate a note to the Committee on the process for approving memberships of Neighbourhood Forums.

-           to provide information to the Committee on the amount of s106 monies received in 2016/17.

 

Planning Protocol

Emma Williamson outlined the proposed amendments to the protocol (shown in the document by way of tracked changes).  Members made the following comments:

-           Further clarity was required in relation to Committee Members declaring interests in applications, and whether they needed to leave the meeting.  Some Members felt that if the Committee Member was not voting on an application then they should be allowed to remain in the room.

-           Advice from Legal was requested in relation to the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Planning speaking in support of any application.

-           Paragraph 1.01 to read “This protocol has been adopted by Haringey Council…”

-           Paragraph 2.21, first bullet point – how should ‘significant’ and ‘substantial’ be interpreted?

-           Clarity was sought in regard to paragraph 5.48 and the need for Members not on the Planning Committee to keep to material planning considerations.

-           Paragraph 11.04 to be reworded to make it clear that the site visit is to be carried out during daylight hours, and not the Sub-Committee meeting.

 

Members requested that a separate meeting be set up with the Lawyer who had made the comments on the Planning Protocol.

Action: Clerk

 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

14.

New items of urgent business

To consider any new items of urgent business admitted under agenda item 3 above.

Minutes:

None.

15.

Dates of future meetings

9 October 2017

22 January 2018

22 February 2018

Minutes:

9 October 2017