Decision details

That the report be noted and that approval be given to consultation with the community on the following three options:

• Business Rates – that Business Rates should be retained by the local authority to be spent on local priorities.
• Garden Developments – that Planning Policy Statement No. 3 be amended to exclude gardens from the definition of brownfield land.
• Governance – support of local authority representation on public bodies (eg Primary Care Trusts).

Recommendations agreed