Agenda item

“That the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business below on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 3 and 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act, 1972:-

Before moving to exclude the public from the meeting, the Lord Mayor directed the Town Clerk to advise Members that the information contained within item 16(B) could now be dealt with in the public session of the meeting. It was therefore agreed that item 16(B) be dealt with at this point on the agenda.

16.                   POLICY AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE

(Mark John Boleat)

23 December 2014

(B) Delegation of Powers to London Councils Transport & Environment Committee – Report of Urgent Action Taken

We report action taken as a matter of urgency, pursuant to Standing Order No.19, in approving recommendations of the Policy and Resources Committee relative to the delegation of powers to the London Councils Transport & Environment Committee (LCTEC), viz.:

i)     expressly delegating the exercise of section 1 of the Localism Act 2011 to LCTEC for the purpose of providing an independent appeals service for parking on private land under contract to the British Parking Association on a full cost recovery basis;

ii)    confirming that the functions delegated to LCTEC to enter into the arrangements with the British Parking Association to provide the Parking on Private Land Appeals service were, and continue to be, delivered pursuant to section 1 of the  Localism Act 2011; and

iii)    the Comptroller & City Solicitor being instructed to take all relevant steps to enter into a Variation to the LCTEC Governing Agreement for these purposes. 

Read and received.