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A report from the Head of Development Management is attached to provide an update as to the implementation of the National Scheme of Delegation for determination of Planning Applications.

A further report from the Head of Development Management was submitted informing the Planning Control Committee of significant national changes to the way planning applications must be determined by local planning authorities in England.  These changes were detailed in the report considered by Committee at its last meeting on the 1^st September 2026 wherein the Committee resolved to note the report and to request that Full Council amend the Council’s Constitution in line with the requirements of The Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026.  These Regulations were made on the 15^th July 2026 and come into force on the 31^st October 2026.

Delegated decision:

That the Planning Control Committee recommended to Full Council the proposed amendment to the Place Directorate Scheme of Delegation as set out in Appendix A of the report attached to the agenda pack.