Decision details

To consider the annual review of the Council’s Constitution.

The Council considered the recommendation from the Cabinet on a review of the Constitution.

Resolved that Council:

·         Approves the proposed changes to non-executive functions.

·         Approves the revised Constitution subject to:

Ø  Amendments to the Planning Code (Part 5d).

Ø  To include word ‘material’ before every reference to ‘planning reasons’, and

Ø  To include a new paragraph 20 (i) which reads:

Ø  “Where the councillor who ‘called in’ an application is a member of the Planning Committee, that councillor will be given three minutes to speak following the public speakers and may then speak again as a member of the Committee during its debate on the item.”

Ø  Corrections to typographical and consistency errors throughout the document.

·         Agrees to delegate to the Monitoring Officer consequential changes to the Scheme of Delegations to Officers (part 3d) following the appointments of Group Heads.