Planning committee
Membership and meetings of the committee
The planning committee has ten members, they are:
- Councillor Dave Irving (chair)
- Councillor Pamela Clein (deputy chair)
- Councillor Barbara Collinge
- Councillor Andrew Makinson
- Councillor Nadia Stewart
- Councillor Violet Bebb
- Councillor John McIntosh
- Councillor Irene Rainey
- Councillor Anna Rothery
- Councillor Lynnie Williams
View the agendas and minutes of this committee
The role of the committee
The planning committee carries out:
- those functions relating to town and country planning and development control as specified in Part A of Schedule 1 of the Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000 (as amended) (the Functions Regulations)
- all other matters relating to the discharge of the council's functions under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Area) Act 1990 and the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 that are not functions of the council's executive in accordance with the constitution and responsibilities 3-5 and schedules 2-4 of the Functions Regulations
- those functions relating to the preservation of trees and hedgerows as specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Functions Regulations
- the functions of obtaining information under section 330 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and section 16 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 as to interests in land
- the discharge of the associated powers referred to in Regulations 2(2), 2(3) and 2(4) of the Functions Regulations in so far as they relate to the functions described above.