The Chair of the Economy and Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee will present the report of the Place Overview Committee’s ‘New Housing Developments Task and Finish Group’.

RESOLVED: 

To accept the recommendations of the New Housing Developments Task and Finish Group and request that an action plan for delivery of these recommendations be proposed by July 2023.

Councillor Joyce Barrow presented the report of the Place Overview Committee, setting out the findings and evidence-based recommendations of the New Housing Developments Task and Finish Group.  She thanked members and officers who had participated and supported the work and drew attention to the key learning points the group had established.

The report was welcomed by all members and it was hoped that it would be possible for an action plan to be produced quickly, if possible in time for consideration at the first meeting of the Economy and Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee who would then go on to monitor implementation going forward.  Following discussion of the report a member of the council went on to speak of his concerns in relation to amendments to original planning conditions. 

The Leader requested that a briefing session for members on building control be arranged as soon as possible, as well as included in the induction programme following the next election.

The Cabinet welcomed the extremely helpful report and all the recommendations within it and thanked all who had contributed to it.

RESOLVED: 

To accept the recommendations of the New Housing Developments Task and Finish Group and request that an action plan for delivery of these recommendations be proposed by July 2023.