Issue - meetings

The Place Overview and Scrutiny (O&S) Committee is asked to consider and identify work priorities for its next meeting pending a wider review of its Forward Plan in dedicated workshop.

The Scrutiny Specialist presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'B' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

The Committee was asked to consider and identify work priorities for its next meeting pending a wider review of its Forward Plan in dedicated workshop.

The Committee discussed items for the next meeting in July and highlighted the Planning Reform and the use of B&Bs for families as priority areas for the next meeting.

In relation to this the Chair highlighted that there were still seven items on the future forward plan which had been identified in the previous municipal year, and that these items would need to be considered at the forward planning workshop in terms of whether they were to remain on the forward plan.

In addition the Committee were requested to consider appointments to the Tree Strategy Working Group to re-establish the membership for the new municipal year.

RESOLVED that: -

(a)             the O&S Committee considered and agreed the following priorities for its next meeting, for subsequent publication in a Forward Plan:

·                 Planning Reforms

·                 The use of B&Bs for families

(b)            Appointments be made to the Tree Strategy Working group to re-establish the membership for the new municipal year.

Voting: Unanimous