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Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Delivery of the Planning Service
RESOLVED That the report on the Delivery of the Planning Service be noted.
Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Delivery of the Planning Service
RESOLVED (a) That the Committee note the efforts undertaken by Officers to improve performance and reduce backlogs and acknowledged that, given the scale of the task and the lack of experienced staff, this would take some time. (b) That the Committee note that performance in some areas will decrease in order to improve the backlog situation. (c) That the Head of Planning write to Welsh Government to request an increase to fees associated with planning applications and Developments of National Significance. [The meeting adjourned for a short break at this juncture.]
Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Delivery of the Planning Service
RESOLVED That the Committee note the significant efforts and progress made by Officers to improve performance and reduce backlogs but acknowledge that this is being achieved in the context of a lack of experienced planning staff, reduced senior officer resource and other ongoing challenges. [Councillors Brian Hall and Vanessa Thomas left the meeting at this juncture] [SS1]You haven’t put bullet points for the other minutes, so need to be consistent
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