To receive apologies for absence.

To receive details of members nominated to attend the meeting in place of a member of the committee.

To receive declarations of interests in respect of Schedule 1, Schedule 2 or Other Interests from members of the committee in respect of items on the agenda.

The deadline for the submission of questions for this meeting is 9.30 am on Tuesday 6 September 2022.

Questions must be submitted to councillorservices@herefordshire.gov.uk.  Questions sent to any other address may not be accepted.

Accepted questions and the responses will be published as a supplement to the agenda papers prior to the meeting.  Further information and guidance is available at

www.herefordshire.gov.uk/getinvolved

To receive any written questions from members of the public.

To receive any written questions from members of the council.

This report provides a summary of the role of scrutiny committee, in accordance with the council’s Constitution and the key strategic objectives for the committee, in accordance with the overall strategic objectives for scrutiny agreed by the Scrutiny Management Board on 16 June 2022.

This report presents the Connected Communities Scrutiny Committee Annual Work Plan 2022-2023, drawn up in consultation with members of the committee, now for review and agreement by the committee.

To provide the response to the Connected Communities Scrutiny Committee, the successor committee to the General Scrutiny Committee (GSC), on the executive response to the recommendations made by the GSC on 21 March 2022.  The recommendations made by the committee followed the Planning Advisory Service (PAS) Peer Review on the Planning Service in November/December 2020.

The dates for scheduled meetings for the remainder of the 2022/23 municipal year:

Friday 14 October 2022, 2.30 pm

Monday 12 December 2022, 9.15 am

Monday 13 February 2023, 9.15 am