Issue - meetings

(1)       The Committee agreed to recommend to the County Council that its Terms of Reference should be amended to enable the gating orders function to be carried out by Member Panels.

(2)       RESOLVED that:-

(a)       the following operational proposals for dealing with applications to make, vary or revoke Gating Orders be noted:-

(i)         Gating Orders that meet all of the necessary legislative criteria and are brought forward with the support and assistance of the Local Crime Reduction Partnerships will by sympathetically considered;

(ii)        Gating Orders will be limited in extent to that which is necessary to address the problem, ie., public use will as far as possible be retained;

(iii)       a review period will be set for any Gating Order made and be recorded with the Gating Order in the Register of Gating Orders;

(iv)       consultation will as a matter of policy include all those organisations prescribed by legislation to receive copies of path orders;

(v)        representations will be invited from other individuals and bodies who wish to be notified of proposed Orders;

(vi)       Planning Inspectorate Inspectors will be appointed to hear any Gating Order Public enquiries; and

(vii)      the resource impacts of Gating Orders will be kept under review and activity in this area will be limited to that which can be met within existing budget allocations; and

(b)       the County Council be recommended to alter the Terms of Reference of the Committee to enable the setting up of Member Panels to consider the Gating Orders function.