To Consider the Annual Report of :

A)   Executive Decisions taken under the Urgency Provisions

B)   Audit and Governance Committee

C)   Overview and Scrutiny Committee ( Decommissioned 15/10/2012)

D)   General Overview and Scrutiny Committee ( From 15/10/2012)

E)   Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee

F)    Regulatory Committee

G)   Planning Committee

The following Annual Reports were presented:

REPORT OF EXECUTIVE DECISIONS TAKEN UNDER THE URGENCY PROVISIONS

Item 10 A) The report was presented by Councillor JG Jarvis, the Leader of the Council.

It was moved by Councillor Jarvis and seconded by Councillor BA Durkin that the report be noted.

RESOLVED THAT: Council notes the content of this report.

REPORT OF THE AUDIT AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

Item 10B) Councillor J Stone, the Chairman of the Audit and Governance Committee presented the report and thanked the Vice-Chairman, Councillor JW Millar and the members of the Committee for all their hard work during a busy year.

Councillor Stone also thanked the members of the Standards Panel for their work, as since July 2012, the work of the Standards Panel has been in the remit of the Audit and Governance Committee.

Councillor J Stone moved the motion, seconded by Councillor JW Millar.

RESOLVED  THAT: The report be noted.

REPORTS OF THE OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY AND GENERAL OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEES

Items 10C) and 10D) were presented together by Councillor A Seldon, the Chairman of the outgoing Scrutiny Committee and Chairman of the replacement General Overview and Scrutiny Committee. In presenting the reports, Councillor Seldon thanked the Council’s Scrutiny Officer for her work and support.

Councillor A Seldon moved the motion, which was seconded by Councillor JW Millar.

RESOLVED  THAT: The reports be noted.

REPORT OF THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE

Item 10E) Councillor JW Millar presented the report and stated that although the Committee had only been in existence for a short while it was clear that not only did the right questions need to be asked but that the answers received needed to be triangulated and backed up with evidence. Councillor Millar thanked Councillor SJ Robertson, the Vice-Chairman of Health Overview and Scrutiny and the Committee as a whole in particular for the improvements based on the OFSTED work.

Councillor JW Millar moved the motion which was seconded by Councillor A Seldon.

RESOLVED  THAT: The report be noted.

REPORT OF THE REGULATORY COMMITTEE

Item 10F) Councillor JW Hope MBE, the Chairman of the Council’s Regulatory Committee presented the report and moved the motion. Councillor B.A. Durkin seconded the motion. A question was raised about the backlog of public path diversions.

RESOLVED THAT: The report be noted.

REPORT OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE

Item 10G) In presenting the report, Councillor PGH Cutter thanked the Vice-Chairman Councillor BA Durkin and the members of the Committee for their hard work in this public facing committee of the Authority.

A discussion followed in which the following points were raised:

·              That the Council is in something of a policy vacuum between the NPPF and our own SHLAA.

·              There were concerns at the cost of Council refusing applications contrary to officer recommendations.

·              Concerns at the lack of meetings held to discuss small area policies and other items.

·              A seminar on trees would be held in the near future.

·              The concern at the lack of a 2 year development land supply.

Councillor PGH Cutter moved the motion, which was seconded by Councillor JA Hyde.

RESOLVED THAT: The report be noted.