Issue - meetings

Six monthly report to Scrutiny Commission to inform members of planning and enforcement appeal decisions made in the first six months of 2016.

Members received a report which provided an update on planning and enforcement appeals during the first six months of 2016.

During discussion and in response to questions asked, the following points were made:

• The budget for Appeals had been reduced to £50,000 as a result of the positive work that been completed with both officers and members
• Many of the issues related to highways considerations and we now retained a Highways Consultant to assist in these matters
• The costs of the appeals did not include officer time and resource.

It was requested that future reports contain a table to show the number of decisions subject to appeal that were made by officers, the number made by members and, of these, how many were dismissed and how many allowed.

RESOLVED – The report be endorsed.