Issue - meetings
Revised Planning Code of Conduct
Meeting: 29/06/2017 - Standards Advisory Committee (Item 4)
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Minutes:
Senior Lawyer Mr Greeno presented the report which concerned the revised planning code of conduct. He advised that as part of the ongoing review of the Council’s Constitution, the review had been undertaken to consolidate information for Members of the Council’s planning committees.
The Committee discussed the report and noted the following:
The changes would support members of the planning committees, and help to foster stringent transparency in an environment where members were required to consider high value developments and where the risks to which members might find themselves exposed were notable due to planning professionals.
The Chair suggested that the code should apply to the Strategic Planning Department's Conservation and Design Advisory Panel, which provides advice on applications to planners and Planning Committee report writers and the Senior Lawyer agreed to review how this advice could be offered to these officers.
In regard to section 7 of the draft code, paragraph 7.5, the Chair considered that information on the organisations to which members should not become affiliated should be more explicit.
The written comments of Co-optee Ms Browne submitted to the Chair were also noted.
RESOLVED
1. That the revised Planning Code of Conduct in Appendix 1 of the report be noted;
2. That it be noted that Planning Code of Conduct is part of the Council’s ethical framework and should be read in conjunction with the Councillors’ Code of Conduct and the Member/ Officer Protocol;
3. That it be noted as this is a Member Code of Conduct then pursuant to the Terms of Reference for the Standards Advisory Committee that this revised Code is being brought before this Committee for consideration so that the Committee can advise Council on the adoption or revision of the Code;
4. That it be noted that the revised Code will also go to General Purposes Committee for consideration;
5. That it be note that pursuant to Part 1 Paragraph 4.02 of the Constitution the adoption and amendment of the revised Licensing Code of Conduct is a matter for Council; and
6. That the Committee’s advice on the adoption or revision of the Code be noted including whether the Development Procedure Rules should be an Appendix to the Code.