Agenda item

To receive the Minutes of the following Committees, to note the delegated decisions and to consider the adoption of those Recommendations which require approval:

(i)              Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting held on 5 October 2021                                         

 

(ii)            Audit Committee

Meeting held on 2 November 2021                                      

 

(iii)          Hub Committee

Meeting held on 2 November 2021                                      

 

Recommendations to agree:

 

HC 38/21 Planning Improvement Plan – Phase 2 Resources

 

That Council be RECOMMENDED to:

 

1.     employ six additional permanent posts (shared with South Hams District Council), being four planning specialists and two legal specialists, at an annual cost of £71,000 (the WDBC share of the costs), to be funded from additional planning income; and

 

2.     increase the staffing budget by £71,000 and to increase the planning income target for 2022/23 onwards by £71,000.

 

                        HC 41/21 Public Space Protection Order – Alcohol and Anti-Social Behaviour

 

That Council be RECOMMENDED to agree the Tavistock Meadows Alcohol and Anti-Social Behaviour Public Space Protection Order 2021 (as set out in Appendix A of the presented agenda report to the Hub Committee Meeting).

 

HC 43/21 Reports of Bodies: Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 5 October 2021

 

(ii) Lamerton Housing Report

 

That Council be RECOMMENDED to adopt a position to lobby Central Government and our local MPs to close the loophole that allows Small Business Rates Relief to second homeowners who rent their home out for 140 or more days per year.

 

(iv)          Development Management and Licensing Committee     

Meeting held on 14 September 2021     

 

Meeting held on 12 October 2021                                        

 

Meeting held on 9 November 2021                                      

 

 

 

Recommendation to agree

 

DM&L.30 Three-Yearly Review of Gambling Statement of Licensing Principles

 

That Council be RECOMMENDED to adopt the amended draft Gambling Statement of Licensing Principles (as set out at Appendix A of the published agenda report presented to the Committee) for the period from 31 January 2022 to 30 January 2025.

 

 

                             

 

 

Minutes:

CM 49/21         

 

a.    Overview & Scrutiny Committee – 5 October 2021

It was moved by Cllr M Ewings, seconded by Cllr L Wood and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that the Minutes of the 5 October 2021 meeting be received and noted”.

 

b.    Audit Committee – 2 November 2021

It was moved by Cllr M Davies, seconded by Cllr K Ball and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that the Minutes of the 2 November 2021 meeting be received and noted”.

 

c.    Hub Committee – 2 November 2021

It was moved by Cllr N Jory, seconded by Cllr C Edmonds and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that the Minutes of the 2 November 2021 meeting be received and noted, with the exception of Recommendations HC 38/21, HC 41/21 and HC 43/21.”

 

In respect of the Recommendations:

 

HC 38/21: Planning Improvement Plan – Phase 2 Resources

It was moved by Cllr N Jory, seconded by Cllr R Cheadle and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that:

 

1.      the Council employ six additional permanent posts (shared with South Hams District Council), being four planning specialists and two legal specialists, at an annual cost of £71,000 (the WDBC share of the costs), to be funded from additional planning income; and

 

2.      the staffing budget be increased by £71,000 and the planning income target for 2022/23 onwards be increased by £71,000.

 

 

HC 41/21: Public Space Protection Order – Alcohol and Anti-Social Behaviour

It was moved by Cllr N Jory, seconded by Cllr R Cheadle and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that the Tavistock Meadows Alcohol and Anti-Social Behaviour Public Space Protection Order 2021 be agreed (as set out in Appendix A of the presented agenda report to the Hub Committee Meeting).”

 

HC 43/21: Reports of Bodies: Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 5 October 2021

 

(ii) Lamerton Housing Report

 

It was moved by Cllr N Jory, seconded by Cllr R Cheadle and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that the Council adopt a position to lobby Central Government and our local MPs to close the loophole that allows Small Business Rates Relief to second homeowners who rent their home out for 140 or more days per year.”

 

d.    Development Management & Licensing Committee – 14 September 2021, 12 October 2021 and 9 November 2021

It was moved by Cllr J Yelland, seconded by Cllr D Moyse and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that the Minutes of the 14 September 2021, 12 October 2021 and 9 November 2021 meetings be received and noted, with the exception of Recommendation DM&L 30.”

 

In respect of the recommendation:

 

DM&L 30 Three-Yearly Review of Gambling Statement of Licensing Principles

It was moved by Cllr J Yelland, seconded by Cllr D Moyse and upon being submitted to the Meeting was declared to be CARRIED and “RESOLVED that the amended draft Gambling Statement of Licensing Principles (as set out at Appendix A of the published agenda report presented to the Committee) be adopted for the period from 31 January 2022 to 30 January 2025.”

 

 

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