Social Value Ideas for Gedling Borough Council

Public speaking time extended

The planning committee protocol was amended to increase public speaking time to four minutes per speaker and to allow ward councillors and parish councillors to speak. This is a governance change aime…

“So in terms of the proposal um the key changes proposed to the committee protocol um as attached on page 71 of the agenda are to public speaking. So t…”

Adoption of new planning delegation rules

The committee considered and recommended constitutional changes to comply with the national scheme of delegation, which changes how planning decisions are split between officers and committee members.…

“Thank you chair and good evening everybody. As most of you are aware um government is introducing a national scheme of delegation to provide greater c…”

Gateway test for referrals

The new delegation framework introduces a gateway test for when planning applications can be referred to committee, with criteria based on significant local economic, social, environmental, or plannin…

“An application can only be referred to a committee or subcommittee where at least one of the criteria in the gateway test is met or it is an own inter…”

Delegation thresholds lowered

The revised scheme of delegation lowers the thresholds for committee consideration from 10 dwellings/5,000 sqm commercial space to 10 dwellings/1,000 sqm commercial space, with some outline schemes on…

“Turning to the scheme of delegation, uh, planning delegations have been re reviewed to reflect the requirements of the regulations. Under the existing…”

Press and public excluded for exempt items

The committee resolved to exclude the press and public under section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 for the subsequent reports, citing likely disclosure of exempt information. This is a proc…

“I have any items which I consider to be urgent. So item seven is the exclusion of the press and public. So I move that under section 100 a four of the…”

Move to exempt session

The committee agreed to exclude the press and public so it could consider an ensuing exempt report. No substantive details of the report were discussed in the public part of the meeting.

“"the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the ensuing report on the grounds that the report involves a likely disclos…”

Election of Mayor

Ron McCrossen elected as Mayor for the ensuing year. Quote: “I declare Ron McCrossen to be Mayor for the ensuing year.”

“I declare Ron McCrossen to be Mayor for the ensuing year.”

Home address disclosure change

The committee was informed that changes to the Localism Act mean councillors are no longer required to publish their home addresses on the register of interests, although they must still disclose the …

“Speaker 1: Thank you, Chair. Yes, this is just an update to members, and you will already be aware of it to a degree because you will have had e mail …”

Gift logging remains mandatory

The committee discussed whether very low-value gifts needed to be recorded, but officers confirmed that all gifts should continue to be logged regardless of value to maintain an audit trail, particula…

“Speaker 1: So, looking at the year twenty five to twenty six, there were 40 offers of gifts throughout the year, which is a slight increase from last …”

Remind councillors on gifts

Officers said they would reissue a reminder to councillors about declaring gifts and updating interests, after members suggested a prompt because low-volume items were still being recorded. The action…

“Speaker 0: Just one for me as well, which was just checking because, obviously, I don't know if it's just a judgment of how unpopular councillors are …”