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Background:

This report provided details of the South Thames Gateway Building Control Partnership Business Plan and Delivery Plan for 2015/2018, in accordance with the Constitution of the South Thames Gateway Building Control Joint Committee. It was noted that the partnership’s business plan would be refreshed each year to reflect changing circumstances and would outline how the building control function for the three partnership Councils would be delivered throughout that period. An Executive Summary of the Business Plan was set out in paragraph 3 of the report. It was noted that total contributions would have reduced for the current three partners by £61,472 between April 2012 and March 2016 in the current arrangement.

A Diversity Impact Assessment had been carried out on the Business Plan, details of which were set out in Appendix B to the report.

The Business Plan and Delivery Plan (Appendix A) were set out within Supplementary Agenda No. 1.

Reasons:

The Constitution of the Joint Committee requires approval of the Business Plan for the following year by the Cabinet of each Partner Authority.