Issue - meetings

To submit a report by the Head of Regulation and Economic Development and the Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer, as presented to the Executive on 23 July 2024.

It was unanimously RESOLVED:-

·       To delegate to the Head of Regulation and Economic Development, in consultation with the Leader (or such delegated to a Portfolio Holder as may be nominated by the Leader), to carry out all the Council’s statutory functions in relation to any development which is a National Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) and requires a Development Consent Order (DCO) as defined under Act Planning 2008 as amended by the Secretary of State;

·       The Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Head of Regulation and Economic Development, to update section 3.5.3.10 of the Constitution to reflect the delegation given by the decision;

·       Permission to deviate from the requirements of the Council’s Welsh Language Policy to allow the Welsh translation of the Council’s comments to be sent to the Planning Inspectorate after their submission in English.  (This exception is required because the NSIP examination timetable does not include sufficient time for the Council’s comments to be translated by the submission date).

The report of the Head of Regulation and Economic Development and the Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring as presented to the Executive on 23 July, 2024 was presented for the Council’s acceptance.

The Leader said the report requests a Scheme of Delegation in relation to the Council carrying out its statutory functions in relation to any development which is a National Significance Infrastructure Project (NSIP).  The Council through the Energy Island Programme (EIP) is engaging with a range of developers that are interested in constructing and operating low carbon developments on the Island which were highlighted within the report. Due to the examination timetable being set by the Planning Inspectorate it is not possible to align the deadlines for the Council to submit representations and evidence with the Council’s committee cycle. For this reason, it is requested that the Council supports a scheme of delegation that allows the Head of Regulation and Economic Development to carry out all statutory functions of the Council in relation to NSIP. The examination timetable confirmed by the Planning Inspectorate does not allow sufficient time for the translation of the Council’s submission by the submission date hence the request to depart from the requirements of the Council’s Welsh Language policy to allow for the Welsh translation of the Council’s submissions to the examination process to follow after the submission date. This will not affect the Council’s compliance with the statutory service delivery of Welsh Language standards which provide for the Welsh/bilingual communication with the public and other persons in Wales. A Welsh version of the Council’s submissions will be provided at all times and no documentation will be published or made available publicly until a Welsh translation is available.

It was unanimously RESOLVED:-

·      To delegate to the Head of Regulation and Economic Development, in consultation with the Leader (or such delegated to a Portfolio Holder as may be nominated by the Leader), to carry out all the Council’s statutory functions in relation to any development which is a National Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) and requires a Development Consent Order (DCO) as defined under Act Planning 2008 as amended by the Secretary of State;

·      The Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Head of Regulation and Economic Development, to update section 3.5.3.10 of the Constitution to reflect the delegation given by the decision;

·       Permission to deviate from the requirements of the Council’s Welsh Language Policy to allow the Welsh translation of the Council’s comments to be sent to the Planning Inspectorate after their submission in English.  (This exception is required because the NSIP examination timetable does not include sufficient time for the Council’s comments to be translated by the submission date).