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DECISION TAKEN:
 
a)   
Standard contract procedures are waived and pursuant to Contract
Procedure Rule 33.2 (g) Cabinet agrees a report from an Executive
Director or the Chief Executive detailing a case where it is to the
advantage of the Council that these rules should be waived.
 
b)   
Cabinet approves the direct award of contract to Land Use
Consultants Ltd to continue the Green Belt Review (Stage 4) which
forms part of the evidence base for the Local Plan Review
 
                       
REASON FOR DECISION
As part of providing the necessary evidence
base for the Welwyn Hatfield Local Plan, a Green Belt Review was
undertaken. The study consisted of three stages. The Local Plan
Inspector was satisfied that the three stages of the study taken
together represented adequate and proportionate evidence on the
Green Belt (para 256; Report on the Examination of the Welwyn
Hatfield Local Plan (2016), Sept 2023). Stage 4 of the Green Belt
Study will build on the previous three studies as a continuing
piece of work.