Strategic Planning Committee

 

Members must have received planning training before attending the Committee to taking an active part in the meeting/voting.

 

Membership

 

 

Councillors Names

 

Political Group

1

FOSTER, Richard

 

Conservatives and Independents

2

HUGILL, David

 

Conservatives and Independents

3

JONES, Tom

 

Conservatives and Independents

4

LEE, Andrew

 

Conservatives and Independents

5

MANN, John

 

Conservatives and Independents

6

PARASKOS, Andy

Chair

Conservatives and Independents

7

PEACOCK, Yvonne

 

Conservatives and Independents

8

SWIERS, Roberta

 

Conservatives and Independents

9

BROWN, Andy

 

Green Party

10

CATTANACH, John

 

North Yorkshire Independent

11

PACKHAM, Bob

Vice Chair

Labour

12

SWANNICK, Neil

 

Labour

13

GOSTLOW, Hannah

 

Liberal Democrats and Liberal

14

TIMOTHY, Andrew

 

Liberal Democrats and Liberal

15

MCCARTNEY, John

 

North Yorkshire Independent

 

Delegated Powers

 

The Strategic Planning Committee is responsible for the following except where delegated to an Officer:

 

*(a)  to exercise the powers and duties of the Council as Planning Authority in relation to all functions relating to town and country planning and development management as specified in, but not limited to Schedule 1 to the Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities)(England) Regulations 2000 in relation to the following matters:

 

·         Significant planning applications relating to minerals or waste.

 

·         Significant planning applications relating to energy or physical infrastructure accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement and where it is intended to recommend approval.

 

·         Planning applications for more than 500 houses and where it is intended to recommend approval.

 

·         Planning applications which are defined as a departure from the adopted Development Plan for which the Secretary of State must be consulted and where it is intended to recommend approval.

 

·         Planning applications where the Corporate Director of Community Development considers the application to raise significant planning issues or to raise significant strategic planning issues that affect more than one area committee geography.

 

(b)    Responses as a statutory consultee to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project for which a development consent order is being sought under the Planning Act 2008.

 

There shall be no referral down of applications from Strategic Planning Committee to Area Planning Committees.