Issue - meetings

This report presents the minutes of recent meetings of the Local Development Framework Working Group and the Equality Advisory Group (formerly known as the Social Inclusion Working Group) and asks Members to consider the advice given by the Groups in their capacity as advisory bodies to the Executive.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the draft minutes attached at Annexes A and B to the report be noted.

                        (ii)        That the proposal of the LDF Working Group to retain the use of the existing draft Green Belt as a basis for finalising the LDF Core Strategy submission document, in line with citywide consultation responses, be endorsed.

(iii) That the specific recommendation of the Equality Advisory Group to appoint the two non-voting co-opted members nominated by the LGBT Forum, as set out in paragraphs 7 and 8 of the report, be approved.

REASON:      In accordance with the requirements of the Council’s Constitution in relation to the role of working groups.

Members considered a report which presented the minutes of the meeting of the Local Development Framework (LDF) Working Group held on 1 November 2010 and the meeting of the Equality Advisory Group (formerly the Social Inclusion Working Group) held on 11 November 2010.  An updated version of the report had been published with the agenda on 3 December 2010.

Members were invited to respond to any advice offered by the Groups in their capacity as advisory bodies to the Executive. Specifically, they were asked to endorse the proposal of the LDF Working Group to retain the existing draft Green Belt (Minute 23 in Annex A) and to approve the appointment to the Equality Advisory Group of two new, non-voting co-opted members - Simon Rodgers and Hann Bunn, representing the LGBT Forum.

Having noted the comments of the Labour Group Spokespersons on this item, it was

RESOLVED: (i)         That the draft minutes attached at Annexes A and B to the report be noted.

                        (ii)        That the proposal of the LDF Working Group to retain the use of the existing draft Green Belt as a basis for finalising the LDF Core Strategy submission document, in line with citywide consultation responses, be endorsed.

(iii) That the specific recommendation of the Equality Advisory Group to appoint the two non-voting co-opted members nominated by the LGBT Forum, as set out in paragraphs 7 and 8 of the report, be approved.¹

REASON:      In accordance with the requirements of the Council’s Constitution in relation to the role of working groups.