RESOLVED:

3.1 To approve the submission of the Council’s response to Government’s national planning reform consultations (Planning Reform Working Paper: Speeding Up Build Out; Technical Consultation on Implementing Measures to Improve Build Out Transparency; Planning Reform Working Paper: Reforming Site Thresholds; and Reform of Planning Committees: Technical Consultation), as set out in Appendix 1 to this report.

3.2.That authority be given to the Service Director - Legal and Governance in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning to agree any additional changes to the Council’s response to Government’s national planning reform consultations, ahead of their submission to Government.