December 2007
AGENDA
MEETING: PLANNING COMMITTEE
[Membership: R Alderson, RA Bird, J Blackie, Mrs A Brooks, SHK Butcher, G Dalton,
W Fenten, C Hammond, TRN Harrison-Topham, D Heather, C Lis, Dr KM Petyt,
S Shaw-Wright, Ms N Stedman and W Weston.]
VENUE: Yoredale, Bainbridge
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, 11 December 2007 at 10.30am
[NOTE: At the Authority meeting on 31 July it was agreed that Declarations of Interest should be taken at the start of each item rather than ‘en bloc’ at the start of the meeting.]
Business
1.Membership of the Committee – for information.
2.Minutes of the meeting held on 13 November 2007.
3.Public Question Time.
The National Park Authority has allocated up to 15 minutes at the start of meetings to allow members of the public the opportunity to ask questions and/or to make statements that relate to the work of the Committee. These may not, however, be in respect of any ‘live’ planning cases.
Written notice of all questions and/or the intention to make a statement must be received by the Chief Executive (National Park Officer) at Yoredale, Bainbridge, Leyburn DL8 3EL no later than 12 noon on the day before the meeting.
Each person will be allowed to address the meeting for up to three minutes.
4.Exclusion of the public from the meeting during the consideration of Item Nos 14 and 15 on the agenda on the grounds that they each involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 6 and 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.
5.Apologies for absence and Notices of Substitution.
6.Declarations of lobbying.
7.Item for consideration under the Committee’s reference back procedure:
8.List of applications for permission to develop and full committee report.
9.Proposed amended plans: Planning application at Grimwith Reservoir.
10.Summarising representations.
11.Review of Member ‘Call-in’ Procedures.
12.Enforcement issues:
13.Report of the Head of Planning.
PRIVATE BUSINESS – REPORTS CIRCULATED TO MEMBERS ONLY
14.Enforcement Closures report.
15.Planning Enforcement Quarterly report
16.Such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.
David Butterworth
Chief Executive
National Park Office
Yoredale, Bainbridge
30 November 2007
Notes:
(a) Tea/coffee will be available a quarter of an hour before the meeting
(b) Lunch will be provided at approximately 1.00pm for Members and Officers only.
(c) After the meeting, there will be a screening of a DVD produced by the Standards Board which is intended to illustrate the new Code of Conduct for Members, in the context of a contentious planning application. The DVD lasts approximately 30 minutes, and all members are invited (and indeed encouraged by the Standards Committee) to stay and view it.
