Agenda and draft minutes

To receive any apologies for absence.

No apologies for absence were received at the meeting.

To elect a Chair for the meeting.

It was proposed by Cllr S Bartlett and seconded by Cllr S Flower

Decision

That Cllr N Ireland be elected the Chair for the remainder of the meeting.

To disclose any pecuniary, other registrable or non-registrable interests as set out in the adopted Code of Conduct. In making their decision councillors are asked to state the agenda item, the nature of the interest and any action they propose to take as part of their declaration.

If required, further advice should be sought from the Monitoring Officer in advance of the meeting.

No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests were made at the meeting.

To consider a report of the Recruitment and Marketing Consultant.

The committee received a report setting out the recruitment campaign and the process for the selection of the Corporate Director for Planning.

To consider any items of business which the Chairman has had prior notification and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b) of the Local Government Act 1972. The reason for the urgency shall be recorded in the minutes.

There were no urgent items to report.

To consider passing the following recommendation:  

Recommendation  

That in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public from the meeting for the business specified in item(s) No 6 because it is likely that if members of the public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph(s) 1 & 3 of Part 1 of schedule 12A to the Act and the public interest in withholding the information outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information to the public.  

The public and the press will be asked to leave the meeting whilst the item of business is considered. (Any live streaming will end at this juncture).  

Reason for taking the item in private

Paragraph 1 - Information relating to any individual.  

Paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

It was proposed by Cllr N Ireland and seconded by Cllr S Flower

Decision

That the press and the public be excluded for the following item(s) in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of paragraph 3 of schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).

To make the appointment of the Corporate Director – Planning.

The committee interviewed five shortlisted candidates for the post. Each candidate participated in a question-and-answer session. The committee members independently assessed and scored each candidate’s performance.

Following the interviews, the committee received feedback from the stakeholder panel meeting in respect of each candidate. Following deliberations the committee reached a decision.

It was proposed by Cllr S Flower and seconded by Cllr N Ireland

Decision

(a)           That the preferred candidate be appointed to the position of Corporate Director of Planning.

(b)           That authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Economy & Environment to finalise terms and conditions of employment.

Post meeting note:

The Panel determined that one candidate was appointable and an offer was made. However, the candidate has since chose not to accept the offer. Consequently, a further recruitment and selection process would be required to be undertaken.