Issue - meetings

To consider the Planning Service Peer Review action plan.

RESOLVED to approve the Planning Service Action Plan (relating to resources).

Members considered the report of the Portfolio Holder for Environmental Services which set out an action plan for improvements to the service made in the light of the recommendations of a peer review. The report was also being considered by the Governance, Audit and Performance Committee and by the Planning Committee. 

In response to a Member question, the Portfolio Holder for Environmental  Services said the review was not to assess public views on how the Council dealt with planning applications at, but was to gauge the quality of performance and decision-making from a professional point of view.

RESOLVED to approve the Planning Service Action Plan (related to resources).