Decisions

            R E S O L V E D – that:

A.    a consultation be undertaken as set out in paragraph 6 of the report on the proposal to replace the ward name ‘Lingfield & Crowhurst’ with ‘Lingfield, Crowhurst & Tandridge’.

B.    subject to the overall response of the consultation being in favour, authority be delegated to the Head of Legal and Monitoring Officer to write to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) to seek consent for the change of name.

            R E S O L V E D – that:

D.   Tandridge Officers are instructed, in conjunction with relevant District Councillors, to begin immediate discussions individually with every Parish Council to discuss the future of assets within their Parishes, prioritising further detailed discussions.

Note: in addition to the above resolution the Committee resolved to recommend to Council that the principles set out in section 3 of the report, as amended, are approved for use as the basis for developing the 2025/26 budget and two-year savings programme, and that Committees will be required to operate within them. As a recommendation to Full Council, this is not included in this notice.

            R E S O L V E D – that:

A.    the Climate Change Strategy and Climate Change Action Plan, recommended by the Climate Change Working Group, including changing the Council’s target to become carbon neutral to 2050 to align with the national target, be approved.

B.    the proposal to move to paperless agendas, recommended by the Climate Change Working Group, subject to approval of a capital budget for devices at a future meeting of the committee, be approved.

            R E S O L V E D – that:

B.    the budget virement for the 2024/25 pay award as set out in section 2 of the report be approved.

C.   the reprofiling and associated adjustments to the capital budget set out in section 18 of the report be approved.

R E S O L V E D – that the report be noted and the Deputy Chief Executive, given the timescales involved, be authorised to prepare a formal response to the forthcoming consultation, in collaboration with the Planning Policy Working Group and Planning Policy Officers.

R E S O L V E D – that:

A)   the report be noted; and

B)   the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Planning Policy Working Group, be given delegated authority to submit a response to the Government’s consultation paper on changes to national planning policy by 24^th September 2024.

            R E S O L V E D – that:

A)   That the Committee’s Revenue and Capital budget forecast positions as at Quarter 1 / M3 (June) 2024/25 be noted.

B)   That the virements to:

                              i.        restructure the Committee’s budget to more accurately reflect line management and planned staffing structures; and

                             ii.        distribute the £320k additional planning investment to Development Management and Enforcement

be approved.

C)   An overview of the planning team structure be provided to this committee which details current permanent and temporary staff, and open positions, to include a summary of the measures being taken to understand and mitigate the retention risks. This would detail the recruitment process and initiatives being taken to attract candidates with a report that includes the number of applications and outcome for each position.

R E S O L V E D – that the contents of this report are noted and the Air Quality Strategy (appendix 1 to the report) is approved.