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No disclosures of interest were received.
No declarations were made.
Panel agreed the Minutes of the meeting on 16 July 2024 as an accurate record of the meeting.
No questions were received.
David Hopkins, Cabinet Member for Corporate Service and Performance and Eilian Jones, Area Team Leader, Planning and City Regeneration attended to update the Panel and answer questions. Discussion Points: · The Panel received a report on planning policies and supplementary guidance in October 2023. This update looked at four areas the Panel identified as having particular interest: o How people are encouraged to consider biodiversity within planning applications o How the planning department can help with biodiversity o How much we can do to strongly encourage builders to be more mindful of the environment while they are in the process of building o Gain clarity on whether planning can put in place policies such as all new build requiring solar panels, rainwater capture etc on a local level, or if this is all directed by Welsh Government planning policy. · Panel asked questions about reporting planning breaches, policing planning conditions, training on biodiversity, awareness of small builders to legislation, consideration of biodiversity in planning applications, Green Infrastructure Assessments, qualifications of people responsible for landscaping, encouraging renewable energy, consideration of water capacity, TAN15, removal of trees, removal of planning conditions, green infrastructure policy, enforcement, loss of biodiversity. Actions: • Update to Panel on progress in relation to publicising contact details for reporting planning breaches. • Officer to speak to Development Manager about whether there is anything else that can be done on enforcement through the planning process and feed back to the Panel.
Panel considered the work plan and noted items for the next meeting.
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