Members

Planning Committee

The Planning Committee is a sub-committee reporting to the Regeneration & Development Committee. Its principal purpose is to support the R&D Committee on all technical planning and development issues.

  

Chair

Sue Willcox, J Sainsbury plc

  

Recent issues covered include:

  • seeking amendment to the Localism Bill
  • work on the creation of plans for business neighbourhoods
  • input into the formulation of the National Planning Policy Framework and the presumption in favour of sustainable development
  • work on the future of strategic planning
  • putting forward propoasal for cutting red tape in planning
  • providing views on the implementation of the Community Infrastructure Levy
  • resisting damaging changes to the planning system like third party rights of appeal