Issue - meetings

A report was taken to Joint Committee on 2 October 2014 detailing the appraisal undertaken to demonstrate the benefits and implications of expanding the partnership with the inclusion of Canterbury City Council’s building control service. On 18 November 2014, Canterbury’s Executive approved the principle of their building control service joining the partnership and this report seeks Joint Committee’s approval for this expansion.

Discussion:

The Director of the South Thames Gateway Building Control Partnership introduced a report which advised that Canterbury City Council’s Cabinet had agreed in principle that its building control service should join the partnership. The report sought the Joint Committee’s approval for this expansion. Subject to the partner Councils agreeing that Canterbury City Council should join the Partnership, it was expected that the new Partnership would be in operation by 1 April 2015

The Director clarified that the figures in Appendix 1 to the report showing the contributions from Medway Council and Swale Council for 2016/17 were incorrect. This would be amended before the report was sent to each Council’s Cabinet.

A member referred to paragraph 3.9 and asked how the southern side of Sittingbourne had been defined. The Director replied that this had not yet been decided but it was likely to be the existing South Thames Gateway boundary.

Decision: 

The Joint Committee agreed to delegate authority to the Director of the South

Thames Gateway Building Control Partnership, in consultation with the Officer Steering Group and the Heads of Legal departments at the partner authorities, to take all the necessary actions to enable the proposal of Canterbury City Council being included within the South Thames Gateway Building Control Partnership by 1 April 2015.