Issue - meetings

Councillor S. R. Colella, as Chairman of the Planning Policy Task Group, introduced the report and provided Members with background information on the reasons for the Task Group being set up and its terms of reference.  The Chairman also took the opportunity to formally thank Members of the Task Group, residents and officers for their support and co-operation throughout the investigation and with the preparation of the report.

The Board discussed the following areas in more detail:

• The scope of the Task Group’s investigations and make up of membership.
• The role of monitoring groups
• Mistakes which had been made by the Council in respect of the Marlbrook Tip site.
• The reports provided by Faber Maunsell.
• The role of individual officers
• The lack of clarity in respect of service requests and customer complaints.

The Board acknowledged the difficulties which had been and continued to be faced by the residents of the Marlbrook Tip site and supported the work of the Head of Planning and Regeneration in bring this matter to a satisfactory conclusion for everyone concerned.

After further discussion it was

RESOLVED that the Planning Policy Task Group Report and recommendations be submitted to the Cabinet for approval.