08 Jan 2019
To: All Members of the Exmoor National Park Authority
A meeting of the Exmoor National Park Authority will be held in the Committee Room, Exmoor House, Dulverton on Tuesday 8 January 2019 at 10.00am.
The meeting will be open to the press and public subject to the passing of any resolution under s.100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972.
There is Public Speaking at this meeting, when the Chairman will allow members of the public two minutes each to ask questions, make statements, or present a petition relating to any item relevant to the business of the Authority or relating to any item on the Agenda. Anyone wishing to ask questions should notify the Corporate Support Officer by 4pm on the working day before the meeting of the agenda item on which they wish to speak, indicating a brief summary of the matter or matters to be raised (contact Hazel Malcolm on 01398 322251 or email hmalcolm@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk).
The meeting will be video and audio recorded. By entering the Authority’s Committee Room and speaking during Public Speaking you are consenting to being video and audio recorded.
Members of the public may use Facebook and Twitter or other forms of social media to report on proceedings at this meeting. Anyone wishing to film part or all of the proceedings may do so unless the press and public are excluded for that part of the meeting or there is good reason not to do so. As a matter of courtesy, anyone wishing to film proceedings is asked to advise the Chairman so that those present may be made aware.
Sarah Bryan
Chief Executive
A G E N D A
The first section of the meeting will be chaired by Mr R Milton, the Chairman of the Authority. If the Chairman is absent, the Deputy Chairman shall preside.
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Declarations of Interest/Lobbying of Members/Unaccompanied Site Visits
Members are asked to declare:-
(1) any interests they may have in relation to items on the agenda for this meeting;
(2) any lobbying by anyone concerned with a planning application and any unaccompanied site visits where contact has been made with any person concerned with a planning application.
3. Chairpersons’s Announcements
4. Minutes (1) To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Authority held on 4 December 2018 (Item 4).
(2) To consider any Matters Arising from those Minutes.
5. Public Speaking: The Chairperson will allow members of the public to ask questions, make statements, or present a petition. Questions of a general nature relevant to the business of the Authority can be asked under this agenda item. Any questions specific to an agenda item can be posed when that item is considered subject to the discretion of the person presiding at the meeting.
National Park area including determination of planning applications. This section of the meeting will be chaired by Mr M Dewdney (Deputy Chairperson (Planning)). If the Deputy Chairperson (Planning) is absent, the Deputy Chairperson of the Authority shall be preside.
6. Development Management: To consider the report of the Head of Planning and Sustainable Development on the following:- Please Note - For this meeting there are no Planning Applications to be considered.
7. Application Decisions Delegated to the Chief Executive: To note the applications determined by the Chief Executive under delegated powers (Item 7).
8. Site Visits: To arrange any site visits agreed by the Committee (the reserve date being Friday 1 February (am)).
The remaining section of the meeting will be chaired by Mr R Milton, Chairperson of the Authority. If the Chairperson is absent, the Deputy Chairperson of the Authority shall preside.
9. Exmoor Consultative & Parish Forum: To receive and note the draft minutes of the meeting of the Exmoor Consultative and Parish Forum held on 15 November 2018. (Item 9).
10. Personnel Update
Leaver - Stephanie Wade – Assistant Planning Officer – 31.01.19
11. Any Other Business of Urgency
12. White Rock Cottage and the former Simonsbath School: To consider the report of the Head of Conservation and Access (Item 12)
Further information on any of the reports can be obtained by contacting the National Park Authority at the address and telephone numbers at the top of the agenda. Details of the decisions taken at this meeting will be set out in the formal Minutes which the Committee will be asked to approve as a correct record at its next meeting. In the meantime, details of the decisions can be obtained from Judy Coles, Corporate Support Officer, at Exmoor House.
AUDIO RECORDING
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If you have any difficulty downloading the audio recording, please contact Judy Coles on 01398 322250 or jcoles@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk.
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