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Delegated decisions by the Head of Development Services
The reports in this section cover those matters considered by the Head of Development Services, in consultation with the Chairman of Planning Committee. These are only specific applications under a temporary additional responsibility to enable applications to be determined during the current response to Covid-19.
This authority is time limited up to Council on 2 September 2020.
The applications that can be determined are those falling under delegation DS(70) of the Council's Constitution as follows:
(i) Applications where a written request is received from a member of Warwick District Council within the specified consultation period i.e. 21 days. that Committee referral is required. Such requests should clearly state the reasons why a Committee referral is required.
(ii) Applications where 5, or more valid representations are received where these are contrary to the officers’ recommendation unless the Head of Development Services is satisfied that the plans have been amended to address the concerns raised so that there are no more than four contrary representations.
(iii) Applications where the recommendation of the Head of Development Services i.e. Grant/Refuse is contrary to the representations made by a Parish/Town Council, i.e. Object/Support, except in the following circumstances:
a. the Head of Development Services is satisfied that the plans have been amended to address the concerns of the Parish/Town Council;
b. where the representations made by the Parish/Town Council do not raise any issues which are material to the planning assessment of the particular application; or
c. where the concerns of the Parish/Town Council have been previously considered as part of the assessment of an extant permission on the site and there has been no change in circumstance.
(v) Applications known to be submitted by or on behalf of a Warwick District Councillor, Warwick District Council employee or former employee of the Council, or the spouse/partner of any such person.
(vi) Applications submitted by Warwick District Council or Warwickshire County Council, other than for approval of routine minor developments.
(vii) Where applications are to be refused and enforcement action is being recommended, following consultation with the Chair and Vice Chair of the Committee and the relevant ward member(s) except in the circumstances where the Head of Development Services considers it appropriate for that matter to be determined by Planning Committee.
(viii) Applications where an Environmental Impact Assessment has been provided.
NB: these are additional delegations to those held by the Head of Development to determine planning applications.
Finance and Audit Scrutiny Committee
The prime purpose of the Committee is to hold the Executive to account and review specific issues within service areas but with a focus on use of resources.
Housing Appeals Review Panel
These Panels are responsible for considering appeals made against the Council with regard to specific Housing decisions. They ceased to operate on 1 May 2017 following a decision by Council in April 2017.
Joint Appointments Committee
The purpose of the Joint Committee with Stratford-on-Avon District Council is to enable the two Council’s to undertake joint recruitment process for Chief Officers of the Council’s.
The purpose and functions of the Joint Appointments Committee are :
(a) To agree the procedures for the appointment to any roles listed in (b)
(b) To appoint Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive’s, Programme Director for Climate Change and Heads of Service (“Chief Officers”) in line with adopted procedures; and
(c) To recommend to Council the appointment of the Head of Paid Service, Monitoring Officer or Chief Finance Officer in line with adopted procedures.
There will be 12 members on the Committee with 6 Councillors from each authroity.
Licensing Committee (1973 - 2001)
This is the Old Licensing Committee established prior to the Local Government Act 2000. Documents are available on line for August 1999 to 21 March 2001.
Planning Committee (1999 to 2005)
Planning Committee for Warwick District 1 June 2000 to 31 December 2004. Documents are currently in the process of being made available on line.
Planning Sub Committee
Documents are available to view for meetings that took place between 13 July 1999 and 8 May 2000.
Regulatory Committee
The main function of the Regulatory Committee was to consider matters relating to the licensing function of the Council except those licences under the Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005.
Standards Committee
The Standards Committee main purpose is to promote and maintain high standards of conduct and governance within the Council and within the Parish and Town Councils within the District.
Hearing Panel
To determine cases of potential breaches of the Code of Conduct
Urgent Delegated Executive Decisions
These are urgent decisions being considered by the Chief Executive under his delegated authority to take such decisions in between meetings of the Executive. These are being made available online in advance of the decision date to enable all Warwick Councillors to pass comments or ask questions. This is a temporary process while the current restrictions on movement are in place and before the Council moves to remote/virtual meetings
Urgent Delegated Planning Decisions
At the 20 October Council meeting, it was agreed to delegate authority to the Manager Development Services to issue the decisions for the applications on the agenda for Planning Committee on 21 October 2021, subject to them receiving the views of the Planning Committee, in the form of a vote, via a remote meeting on MSTeams.
The documents below provide the records for this process.