NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

PLANNING AND REGULATORY FUNCTIONS COMMITTEE

26 July 2022

Appointment of Planning and Regulatory Functions Sub-Committee

1.0	PURPOSE OF THE REPORT
1.1	For the Committee to consider the appointment of a Planning and Regulatory Functions Sub-Committee

2.0       Background

2.1       The County Council previously agreed that applications relating to the registration of common land and town and village should be considered by the Planning and Regulatory Functions Committee by means of a Sub-Committee.

2.2       Members of the Planning and Regulatory Functions Committee who are to be involved in dealing with these matters would receive appropriate training to assist assessment against the legal criteria.

2.3       Wherever possible, the Sub-Committee dealing with applications will meet at a location in the area of the application.   

3.0       Planning and Regulatory Functions Sub-Committee

3.1       Currently no Sub-Committee has been appointed, and the responsibility for that lies with the Planning and Regulatory Functions Committee.

3.2       The Sub-Committee will consist of seven Members from the existing Planning and Regulatory Functions Committee.

3.3       To reflect proportionality the Sub-Committee will be divided as follows:-

            4 Conservative Members

            1 Labour Member

            1 Lib Dem/Liberal Member

            1 NY Independent Member

            Should any Members from the Labour, Lid Dem/Liberal or NY Independent Groups not wish to have a place on the Sub-Committee, this can then be offered to representatives of the Green Group or an unaffiliated Independent Member.

            Previously the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the main Committee have been Members of the Sub-Committee.

            The remaining Members of the Committee, and substitute Members to the Committee, will be eligible to sit as substitutes on the Sub-Committee.

3.3       The Sub-Committee will meet on an, as and when required basis, and Members will be provided with plenty of notice in respect of when a Meeting is required.

3.4       Appropriate training will be provided for all Members and Substitute Members of the Sub-Committee, as soon as this can be arranged.

4.0	RECOMMENDATION
4.1	That the Committee appoints seven Members to sit on the Planning and Regulatory Functions Sub-Committee, in line with paragraphs 3.2 and 3.3 above.

Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services)

County Hall

NORTHALLERTON

July 2022

Author of Report:                    Steve Loach

Background documents:         None