Purpose

On 20 July 2023 the Tourism
Review Working Party was set up by the Overview and Scrutiny Panel.
The working party was tasked with a review of the negative impact
of tourism on the district and how the Council could mitigate that
impact on local communities.
 
In August 2023 the Tourism
Review Working Party commenced the planned review. This led to some
findings and recommendations being identified through a report
which was adopted by the Overview and Scrutiny Panel on 16 April
2024 and considered by Cabinet on 25 April 2024.
 
At the meeting on 25 April this
year the outcome report from that review was brought to Cabinet for
its consideration. Cabinet agreed that officers bring back a report
back to Cabinet after studying the various implications of the
recommendations of the Tourism Review Working Party. A report was
therefore brought to Cabinet on 28 November 2024 for
decision.

Decision

Cabinet agreed to defer providing a response
to the Scrutiny report findings and recommendations in order to get
officer advice on the cost implications of those recommendations. A
detailed response will be brought back to Cabinet before the end of
the third quarter of this year.