Decision details

(Report of Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health)

The report provided an update on the activities undertaken by the Planning Enforcement Team over the past 12 months, with particular reference to the effectiveness of the adopted Planning Enforcement Plan and the publication of additional guidance in respect of the issuing of Cautions.  Additionally, the report sought approval to the adoption of a Tree Protection Enforcement Protocol.

Following consideration by the Planning and Transportation Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure resolved that:

(1)   the principle of a Tree Protection Enforcement Protocol be adopted subject to

-        consideration by the Cabinet of any necessary amendments to the draft document to reflect all feedback from the Planning and Transportation Advisory Board to ensure it was fit for purpose; and

-        a 6-month review period following the successful appointment to the Tree and Landscape Officer post;

(2)   the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health be granted delegated authority to approve the final protocol in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning and Infrastructure; and

(3)   the Simple Cautions and Planning Enforcement Guidance Note, as attached at Annex 2 to the report, be adopted.