Decision details

The Committee resolved:

1.    Local Plan Task Group

a)    That the Local Plan Task Group comprise of 16 members, politically proportioned consisting of the Chair and Vice Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee, the Chair of Planning and one member from each ward in the borough.

b)    To delegate authority to the Chief Executive in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee to agree the names of those ward members on the Local Plan Task Group.

c)    That the Chair and Vice Chair of the Task Group were elected by members of the Task Group at their first meeting.

d)    That brief minutes of decisions made by the Task Group were recorded and made available to all councillors on a confidential basis.

2.    Staines Development Task Group

a)    That the Staines Development Task Group comprise of the Chair and Vice Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee, the Chair of Planning, Councillor J. Sexton as Staines resident and all ward councillors for Staines, Staines South and Riverside and Laleham. 

b)    That the Chair and Vice Chair of the Task Group were elected by members of the Task Group at their first meeting.

c)    That brief minutes of decisions made by the Task Group were recorded and made available to all councillors on a confidential basis. .

3.    Community Infrastructure Levy Local Spending Boards

a)    That 5 CIL Local Spending Boards were created comprising all ward members from each locality.

b)    That the Chair of each CIL Local Spending Board was elected by the members of each respective Board.

c)    That the Committee recommend to the Spelthorne Joint Committee that the CIL Task Group includes the elected Chair of each Local Spending Board.

4.    External Opinion on Local Plan

To require the Group Head for Regeneration and Growth, in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair to seek an external opinion on the Local Plan options from a suitably qualified consultant. The Chair and Vice Chair would first seek Committee members’ views on the issues they would like considered by the consultant and what should be contained in the person specification.  Any contract awarded for this purpose not to exceed £10,000.