Business, Infrastructure and Growth Committee

 

 

 

Decisions taken at the meeting held on Thursday, 12 September 2024.

 

 

Meeting Time:

7.00 pm

 

Meeting Venue:

Council Chamber, Knowle Green, Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1XB

 

 

 

 

PRESENT:   Councillor Howard Williams (Chair), Councillor Chris Bateson, Councillor Sean Beatty, Councillor Malcolm Beecher, Councillor Tony Burrell, Councillor Darren Clarke, Councillor Michele Gibson, Councillor Suraj Gyawali and Councillor Anant Mathur

 

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1.            Apologies and Substitutes

 

Apologies were received from Councillor Boughtflower and Councillor Islam.

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2.            Minutes

 

The minutes of the meeting held on 06 June 2024 were agreed as a correct record.

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3.            Disclosures of interest

 

There were none.

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5.            Forward Plan

 

The Sub-Committee resolved to note the Forward Plan.

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6.            Development Site, Delivery Prioritisation

 

The Committee resolved to recommend to Council to:

  1. Approve the introduction of a Development Delivery Strategy.
  2. Approve the form and content of the draft Development Delivery Strategy attached to this report.
  3. Approve the prioritisation list of development site delivery.

4.    Approve that the prioritisation list of development site delivery shall form part of the Development Delivery Strategy.

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NOTES:-

 

(1)          Members are reminded that the “call-in” procedure as set out in Part 4b of the Constitution, shall not apply to the following matters:

 

(a)         Urgent decisions as defined in Paragraph 9. of the Call-in Scrutiny Procedure Rules;

(b)         Decisions to award a contract following a lawful procurement process;

(c)          Those decisions:

                                i.          reserved to full Council

                               ii.          on regulatory matters

                              iii.          on member conduct issues.

 

(2)          Those matters to which Note (1) applies, if any, are identified with an asterisk [*] in the above Minutes.

 

(3)          Within three working days of the date on which this decision is published, not less than three members from two or more political groups by submission of the standard call-in pro-forma, may ask for that decision to be referred to a meeting of the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee for review (call-in). The completed pro-forma must be received by the Proper Officer by 5pm three working days after publication of the decision.

 

(4)          The members exercising the right of call-in must not be members of the Committee which considered the matter.

 

(5)          When calling in a decision for review the members doing so must demonstrate the following exceptional circumstances:

 

a.    Evidence which suggests that the decision maker, did not take the decision in accordance with the principles set out in Article 11 (Decision Making); or

 

b.    Evidence that the decision fails to support one or more of the Council’s Corporate Plan priorities to the detriment of the majority of the Borough’s residents; or

 

c.    Evidence that explicit Council Policy or legal requirements were disregarded.

 

(6)          Once the request for ‘call-in’ has been deemed valid by the Monitoring Officer the matter will be suspended until the call-in procedure has been exhausted.

 

(7)          The Chief Executive, in consultation with the relevant officer, will determine if the interests of the Council or Borough would be prejudiced by a delay in implementing a decision such that the call-in cannot wait until the next ordinary meeting of the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee.

 

(8)          Where the call-in cannot wait until the next ordinary meeting, the Monitoring Officer will arrange an extraordinary meeting of the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee to review the decision subject to call-in at the earliest possible opportunity.

 

(9)          In exceptional cases, where there is clear evidence that a delay to the implementation of a decision would lead to a specific and significant financial or reputational harm to the Council, a call-in request may be refused by the Chief Executive following consultation with the Chair and Vice-Chair of Corporate Policy and Resources Committee.

 

(10)       In reviewing a matter referred to it under the call-in scrutiny procedure rules, the Corporate Policy and Resources Committee shall follow the procedure for dealing with call-in scrutiny at its meetings as set out in Part 4b of the Constitution.

 

(11)       The deadline of three working days for "call in" in relation to the above decisions by the Committee is the close of business on 17 September 2024.