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RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meetings held on 28 April 2025 and 2 June 2025 be approved as a correct record, subject to the amendment on the latter.
RESOLVED: That subject to the additional changes, the Committee approves the alterations to the Planning Code of Practice as identified in tracked changes shown in Appendix 2 to the report.
RESOLVED: That the changes shown in Appendix 1 are approved, together with the amendments agreed by the Committee.
RESOLVED: That the Forward Work Programme be updated.
RESOLVED: That Julia Hughes be appointed Chair of the Committee.
RESOLVED: That Mark Morgan be appointed Vice-Chair of the Committee.
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Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meetings held on 28 April 2025 and 2 June 2025 be approved as a correct record, subject to the amendment on the latter.
Accuracy: Mark Morgan had been present at the June meeting but was omitted from the attendance list. Matters Arising: - it was agreed that timings allocated for items (discussed under minute number 79) would be shown on future agendas of the Committee. RESOLVED: That the minutes of the meetings held on 28 April 2025 and 2 June 2025 be approved as a correct record, subject to the amendment on the latter.
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None received.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: That subject to the additional changes, the Committee approves the alterations to the Planning Code of Practice as identified in tracked changes shown in Appendix 2 to the report.
The Chief Officer (Governance) presented the report (agenda item 8) to consider proposed changes to the Planning Code of Practice, following a review by the Planning Strategy Group which took into account comments made by Audit Wales during a recent audit. The following amendments were agreed: • Consistent reference to ‘the Committee’ throughout the document; • Consistent reference to ‘his/her’ in paragraphs 2.3.2 and 4.2.3; • Paragraph 4.2.3 to be strengthened to reflect more clearly that a Member with an interest should not seek to improperly influence another Member acting on their behalf; • Typographical error in paragraph 9.2.3; and • To remove the word ‘either’ in paragraph 12.7. In addition, the Chief Officer would confirm that all the recommendations made by Audit Wales had been accepted by the Planning Strategy Group in reviewing the document. The recommendation in the report was supported, subject to the additional changes agreed by the Committee. RESOLVED: That subject to the additional changes, the Committee approves the alterations to the Planning Code of Practice as identified in tracked changes shown in Appendix 2 to the report.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: That the changes shown in Appendix 1 are approved, together with the amendments agreed by the Committee.
The Chief Officer (Governance) presented the report (agenda item 9) to consider further changes to the Flintshire Standard following review in April. Typographical errors in paragraphs 1.01, 1.02, 1.03 (v) and 4.03 of the covering report would be corrected prior to submitting to the Constitution and Democratic Services Committee. The following presentational changes would be made to the Flintshire Standard: • Paragraphs 10a and 10c to refer to the acronym ‘PSOW’ as full wording for the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales shown in paragraph 7. • Consistency in paragraph indentation throughout the document. Subject to the above changes, the recommendation in the report was supported. RESOLVED: That the changes shown in Appendix 1 are approved, together with the amendments agreed by the Committee.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: That the Forward Work Programme be updated.
The current Forward Work Programme was considered and the following changes agreed: • Review of Hearing protocol for Code of Conduct complaints - September. • Suggested training topics to be forwarded to the Monitoring Officer. • Protocol for Dispensations - November. • Review of Flintshire Standard - January or March 2026. • National Standards Conference to be removed from ‘reports to be scheduled’. RESOLVED: That the Forward Work Programme be updated.
The Chair provided feedback from the meeting of the Forum held on 23 June.
The Chief Officer (Governance) provided feedback from the meeting held on 28 May. An Ethical Liaison Meeting would be arranged following the completion of the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) peer sessions in October, with the outcome to be reported back to the Standards Committee.
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