Consideration was given to recommendation HP 23/26 of the Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee of 14 December 2023 in respect of the review of the Planning Performance Agreement Protocol (PPA) and fee charging schedule for 2024/25.
Due regard was given to the views of the Scrutiny Select Committee, the financial and value for money considerations and legal implications. Cabinet welcomed the introduction of an ‘inception meeting’ to support the Planning Performance Agreement Protocol and recognised that, whilst fees were set on a cost recovery only basis, the current fee schedule did not recover the full costs of the service. Therefore, Cabinet supported the revised charging schedule for 2024/25 (attached at Annex 3).
RESOLVED: That
(1) the amendment and publication of the Planning Performance Protocol (attached at Annex 1) be approved;
(2) the inception meeting (attached at Annex 2) be adopted; and
(3) the updated Planning Performance Agreement charging schedule for 2024/25 (attached at Annex 3) be adopted.