RECOMMENDED that
1) the protocol and information at Appendix 1 be adopted for use and added to the Constitution’s associated documents subject to the minor amendments noted in the preamble above (below for the purposes of this notice);
2) the implementation of the protocol be reviewed jointly by Officers and Members after 12 months;
3) training for all Members and Officers involved be provided; and
4) the resultant amendments to the Constitution, proposed at Appendix 2, be adopted.
(Officers highlighted two minor amendments to be made to the Protocol:
Page 48 – Criteria for Member Involvement in Pre-Application Planning Discussions – deletion of Point 4 as this factor was replicated elsewhere (Point 8) ; and
Page 49 – Replacement of the words “Appendix Two” with “Section One” in the first sentence headed “Either”.)