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Agenda

Venue: Council Chamber, Council Offices, Woodgreen, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 1NB. View directions

Contact: Democratic Services 

Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Chair

Purpose:

 

To appoint a Chair for the Civic Year 2024/25.

 

Recommendation:

 

That a Chair of the Development Control Committee be elected for the Civic Year 2024/25.

 

2.

Appointment of Vice Chair

Purpose:

 

To appoint a Vice-Chair for the Civic Year 2024/25.

 

Recommendation:

 

That a Vice-Chair of the Development Control Committee be elected for the Civic Year 2024/25.

 

3.

Apologies for Absence

To receive any apologies for absence.

4.

Appointment of Sub Committees Lowlands and Uplands pdf icon PDF 82 KB

Purpose:

 

To invite the Development Control Committee to appoint members to the Lowlands Sub-Committee and the Uplands Sub-Committee for the 2024/25 municipal year.

 

Recommendations:

 

That the Development Control Committee resolves to:

  1. Agree that seats on the Lowlands Sub-Committee and the Uplands Sub-Committee will be allocated based on ward rather than political balance, in accordance with Section 17 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;
  2. Appoint the Chair of the Development Control Committee to the Lowlands Sub-Committee and the Uplands Sub-Committee;
  3. Appoint Members of the Development Control Committee who represent wards in the Lowlands area of the district to the Lowlands Sub-Committee as set out in Annex B; To Follow.
  4. Appoint Members of the Development Control Committee who represent wards in the Uplands area of the district to the Uplands Sub-Committee as set out in Annex B; To Follow.
  5. Agree that the Vice Chair of the Development Control Committee will attend meetings of the Sub-Committee they are not appointed to as a non-voting member;
  6. Note that any Member of a Member’s political group, having undertaken planning training, is permitted to substitute for a Member of a planning sub-committee, in accordance with the wishes of the Member being substituted;
  7. Note that the provisions for substitutions on planning committees and sub-committees will be considered by the Constitution Working Group, including specifically whether substitutions should be allowed from outside of a Member’s political group.