Committee resolved to:
1. Not agree to using the vision dated December 2021 as a baseline benchmark against which the Regulation 19 Submission version of the Local Plan and not to make a recommendation to Council to adopt the vision for this purpose;
2. Not agree the draft provisional specification of works drawn up by the proposed ‘critical friend’ for the review;
3. Agree to issue a direct award contract to Catriona Riddell Associates (CRA) to undertake a review of the Local Plan;
4. Agree to give delegated authority to the Chief Executive and the Group Head of Corporate Governance to enter a contract with CRA;
5. This recommendation was not voted on due to the vote against recommendation 1;
6. Agree that the costs for the review would come from the Corporate Budget;
7. Agree to set a date of 14 September 2023 for an Extraordinary Council Meeting (ECM) in line with the motion agreed at the ECM on 06 June 2023;
8. Agree to note the risk considerations; and
9. This recommendation was not voted on due to the vote against recommendation 1;