Issue - meetings

Summary of Planning Performance by Quarter.

The Committee received and noted a report providing a summary of Planning Performance by quarter.

The following matters were considered:

a)            Planning Performance 2021. A Member of the Committee noted that planning performance was low in 2021 and queried whether it was to do with staff resources. The Head of Development Management and Planning Enforcement confirmed it was during the pandemic and multiple lockdown periods. He also noted it was the same period the Council was threatened with designation by Central Government. The Chair confirmed it was a combination of factors, from COVID, to resourcing issues, and the threat of designation from Central Government. The Chair highlighted that officers have turned it around to get to the positive position the Council is in now. The Chair expressed their thanks to officers for all their hard work.