Issue - decisions

Review of the Planning Service

Cabinet is RESOLVED to:

receive and consider the report, together with any comments or recommendations from the Scrutiny Committee;
note the improvement actions implemented to date;
approve the recommendations of the report, as amended if agreed under (a) above, for implementation towards an improved planning management service;
acknowledge the recommendations directed to the Cabinet and its Executive Members and requests the Chief Executive and the Leader to bring forward proposals to address these recommendations;
consider any consequential resource implications as part of consideration of the Council budget for 2022-23;
require a progress report to Cabinet on implementation of the recommendations no later than six months from this meeting; and
refer the report to the Planning Committee for its information and consideration.