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RESOLVED –

 

1)   
That the Scheme of Delegation to the
Strategic Director (Growth and Regeneration), as set out at
Appendix A, be approved and effective from 10 November
2023.

2)   
That the Scheme of Delegation to the
Strategic Director (Environment and Climate Change), as set out at
Appendix F, be approved and effective from 10 November
2023.

3)   
That approval be given to (i) renaming
‘Strategic Planning Committee’ to ‘Strategic
Planning Committee (Major Planning Applications)’, and
(ii) the revised terms of
reference as set out at Appendix B, effective from 10 November
2023.

4)   
That, pursuant to (3 above), it be
noted that the membership and composition of the Committee shall be
unchanged for the remainder of this municipal year.

5)   
That the revised terms of reference for
the existing two planning sub-planning committees (Heavy Woollen
Area and Huddersfield Area), as set out at Appendix C, be approved
and effective from 10 November 2023 to 9 February 2024.

6)   
That approval be given to the
disestablishment both Heavy Woollen Area Planning Sub-committee and
Huddersfield Area Planning Sub-Committee with effect from 9
February 2024.

7)   
That approval be given to (i) the
establishment a new planning committee to be named ‘District
Wide Planning Committee’, to be effective from 9 February
2024, and (ii) the terms of reference as set out at Appendix
D.

8)   
That approval be given to the
composition of the ‘District Wide Planning Committee’
as set out at Appendix B (effective from 9 February 2024), namely 9
Members of the Council on a ratio of 5:3:1.

9)   
That Group Business Managers be
delegated authority to nominate the membership of the District Wide
Planning Committee.

10)That authority be
delegated to the Service Director (Legal, Governance and
Commissioning) to make consequential changes to the Constitution
(including Scheme of Delegation at Appendix A and Appendix
F(subject to amendment, as recommended by Corporate Governance and
Audit Committee, as set out in this report), Strategic Planning
Committee (Major planning applications) Terms of Reference at
Appendix B, and revised Terms of Reference for Heavy Woollen and
Huddersfield Planning Sub-Committees at Appendix C) as set out in
this report and to implement the recommendations, to be effective
from 10 November 2023.

11) That authority be delegated to the Service Director
(Legal, Governance and Commissioning) to make consequential changes
to the Constitution (including Dis-establishment of the Heavy
Woollen and Huddersfield Sub-Planning Committees, establishment of
the District-Wide Planning Committee at Appendix A, D and F, and
Protocols for Planning Committee at Appendix E (subject to
amendment as recommended by Corporate Governance and Audit
Committee, as set out in this report) to implement the
recommendations to be effective from 9 February 2024.