Agenda

Delegated planning decisions for the week beginning 5 December 2022 are attached.  Contact for enquiries: Jean McPherson, Group Manager (Development Management) on jean.mcpherson@crawley.gov.uk.

Consideration report FIN/604 of the Head of Corporate Finance is attached.

At its meeting in April 2019 the Full Council resolved that "that all other decisions and actions during the Development Consent Order (DCO) application process, including the examination, be delegated to the Head of Economy and Planning"..  As a result of that resolution Sub-Delegation 7.w was added to the Head of Economy and Planning’s Sub-Delegation Scheme which identified this authority.

Sub-Delegation 7.w allows the Head of Economy and Planning to authorise the appointment of specialist consultants through exemption above the normal contract delegations including York Aviation to provide advice on aviation and economic matters for the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway DCO.

On 27 October 2022 the Head of Economy and Planning appointed York Aviation consultants regarding the assessment of Aviation and Economic matters for Gatwick Airport's Northern Runway proposals DCO.

The 20 July 2022 meeting of the Full Council considered a petition entitled “Petition – ‘We Need Truly Affordable, Publicly Owned Homes for Crawley People’.  One of the resolutions made regarding that item was that Councillors receive a briefing note on the background to the petition.  Therefore, a Briefing Note on the matter is attached for Councillors only.

Information on the West Sussex Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Network is attached for Councillors only.

Staff changes for November 2022 are attached for Councillors only.

Press releases are available at www.crawley.gov.uk/news