Issue - meetings

The Chairman submitted a report setting out the Committee’s future work programme for 2014/15, the detail of which had been set out in Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report now submitted.

Councillor J Ranger commented that a good issue for scrutiny would be the emerging District Plan.  The Scrutiny Officer advised caution in that Members would be walking a fine line in terms of what they would be able to scrutinise in respect of the District Plan.

Following comments from Councillors J Ranger and T Page, the Chairman stated that financial implications of planning appeals and the income and expenditure of the Development Management function could be added to his list for potential future topics for the work programme and he would take the topic away to discuss in more detail.

In response to a comment from Councillor J Wing in respect of economic development, the Chairman reminded Members that a report would be submitted to the July meeting of the Committee relating to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP).  He stated that economic development was on his list for potential future topics for the work programme.

The Chairman reminded Members that they might wish to consider extending invites to Executive Members to address the Committee on specific agenda items.  He advised that Councillor M Tindale could attend the August meeting in respect of the Medium Term Financial Strategy.

The Committee approved the 2014/15 work programme, as now detailed.

RESOLVED – that the work programme, as now detailed, be approved.