Issue - meetings

This report seeks agreement to the draft South Thames Gateway Building Control Partnership’s Business Plan and Delivery Plan. 

Discussion:

The Director of the South Thames Gateway Building Control Partnership introduced the report which set out the draft Business Plan (dated 8 September 2014 Version 1) and Delivery Plan for 2015-2018 (dated 8 September 2014 Version 1). He advised the Joint Committee that following discussions between partner organisations and with staff, additional wording had been suggested and was included as a supplementary report, tabled at the meeting.

The Director set out the process for approval of the Partnership’s Business Plan and timing required to ensure that each Partner Authority is able to incorporate associated budget requirements into financial planning processes for the subsequent year.

The Joint Committee acknowledged that further work would be undertaken in relation to refining the detail of various elements within the draft plans in order to incorporate comments and suggestions from partner organisations, as appropriate.

Decisions:

The South Thames Gateway Building Control Joint Committee:

(a)               approved the draft Business Plan (dated 8 September 2014 Version 1) and Delivery Plan for 2015-2018 (dated 8 September 2014 Version 1) as set out at Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 of the report, subject to the inclusion of the additional words set out in Supplementary Report No 1;

(b)               agreed to send the revised draft Business Plan and Delivery Plan to each Partner Authority for comments.

Reasons for decisions:

The Joint Committee has a duty under the Memorandum of Agreement to formally consult with partner authorities on the draft Business Plan.