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Consideration was given to the proposal to
replace the Non-Amendments Policy and adopt a new procedure on
amendments to planning applications set out in Annex 1.
 
Following the request of the Housing and
Planning Scrutiny Select Committee of 3 December 2024, the Cabinet
Member for Planning had consulted with Officers on the amendments
as set out in Annex A. 
 
Whilst Cabinet supported the amendments at
Annex A, on the grounds that it was not within the power of
Planning Committees to force an applicant to make an amendment, it
was proposed by Cllr  Boughton and
seconded by Cllr  Taylor that the
following change be made:
 

·      
Minor amendments will be encouraged following a deferral at an Area
Planning Committee, especially on the grounds articulated by
Members for a deferral.
 
RESOLVED: 
That
 

(1)            
subject to updated wording of one sentence from ‘Minor
amendments will be accepted where requested by a majority of votes
at an Area Planning Committee, to ‘Minor amendments will be
encouraged following a deferral at an Area Planning Committee,
especially on the ground articulated by members for a
deferral’, the procedure set out in Annex 1, as amended in
Annex A, be adopted
 

(2)            
the Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee be asked to
review the progress of the new procedure after 6 months of
operation.