Agenda item

To consider a joint report proposing amendments to the Scheme of Delegations.

PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

PORT HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

(Christopher Michael Hayward)

(Wendy Mead O.B.E)

28 November 2016

Update to the Scheme of Delegations

The Court of Common Council had previously delegated some of its functions to the Planning and Transportation and the Port Health and Environmental Services Committees and, to facilitate the administration of these functions, some of those matters relating to transportation and public realm, town planning, and building control had in turn been delegated by the Committees to the Director of the Built Environment and the District Surveyor, as set out in the Scheme of Delegations previously approved by the Court.

Minor modifications to relevant legislation and the responsibilities of the Director and District Surveyor having since taken place, the Court was now asked to approve amendments to the Scheme of Delegations to reflect these changes. These had been summarised in the table of proposed revisions attached at Appendix A to the report and were reflected in the revised Scheme at Appendix B, and it was recommended that the revised delegations as set out be approved accordingly.

Resolved – That the revised Delegations to the Director of the Built Environment and the District Surveyor, including the addition of the functions under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 to be delegated to the District Surveyor, be approved by the Court of Common Council.