Issue - meetings

The minutes of the Planning Committee meetings held on 7^th July and 29^th July 2025 were submitted for Members’ consideration.

During consideration of this item, Councillor S. Nock commented - that he felt it was important to include details of the public speakers comments within the minutes. He stated that the inclusion of these comments might be useful to provide context in instances when a Planning application was subject to an appeal or Judicial Review in the future.

The Legal Advisor to the Council’s Planning Committee read out the following statement in response to this query. The statement read as follows:

“The minutes of Planning Committee meetings are produced in accordance with professional minute writing standards. Traditionally, detailed information has not been included in minutes of Planning Committee meetings relating to contributions made during public speaking as no new information should be introduced at this stage and all contributions should already be in the public domain to view on the planning portal on the Council’s website. However, it is proposed that during the forthcoming PAS (Planning Advisory Service) review of the Planning Committee, this matter should be raised so that arrangements at the Council can reflect the most up to date advice on best practice.”

RESOLVED that the minutes of the Planning Committee meetings held on 7^th July and 29^th July 2025, be approved as a true and accurate records.