Decision details

Area Development Control Committees

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Decision made

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This report considers whether two Area Development Control committees should continue and for service reasons proposes one committee instead, covering the entire Medway geographical area.

Decision:

The Cabinet approved the principle of replacing the existing East and West Area Development Control committees with a single Development Control committee, with effect from May 2004.
The Cabinet noted that approval will be sought for the necessary changes to the constitution at Council, together with new terms of reference for the single committee.

Reasons for the decision:

The proposed changes to the structure of the Area Development Control committees will help address the ODPM's concerns about Medway achieving consistent performance in determining planning applications within statutory timescales.

Publication date: 17/02/2004

Date of decision: 17/02/2004

Decided at meeting: 17/02/2004 - Cabinet

Effective from: 26/02/2004

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