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Minute of Special Meeting of Climate Change and Sustainability Committee of 19 December 2022 for Approval

Perth and Kinross Council · 15 February 2023
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 
Minute of hybrid meeting of the Special Climate Change and Sustainability
Committee held in the Council Chambers Meeting Room on 19 December 2022 at
10.30am. 
Present: Councillors H Anderson, L Barrett, D Cuthbert, D Illingworth, N Khogali,
G Laing, T McEwan, C Reid, G Stewart, R Watters and J Welch; R Oram. 
In Attendance: B Renton, Executive Director (Communities) and P Dickson
(Communities); A Taylor, A Brown and M Pasternak (all Corporate and Democratic
Services). 
Councillor R Watters, Convener, Presiding. 
1. WELCOME AND APOLOGIES 
Councillor R Watters welcomed everyone to the meeting. 
2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST 
There were no Declarations of Interest made in terms of the Councillors’ Code
of Conduct. 
3. THE FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2009:
PUBLICATION OF FINAL REPORTS (CYCLE 1) AND LOCAL FLOOD
RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS (CYCLE 2) 
There was submitted a report by the Head of Environmental and Consumer
Services (22/307) (1) providing an update on the recent national public consultation
on flood risk management, the publication of SEPA’s Flood Risk Management Plans
and (2) seeking approval of the content of the Final Reports and Local Flood Risk
Management Plans before the publication date of 31 December 2022. 
Resolved:
(i) The progress made on delivering the Local Flood Risk Management Plans
published in June 2016 as set out in the Cycle 1 Final Reports detailed in
Report 22/307, be endorsed.
(ii) The content of the Cycle 1 Final Report on the Local Flood Risk Management
Plan for the Tay District and the Council’s input to the Cycle 1 Final Reports
for the Forth, the Forth Estuary and the Tay Estuary & Montrose Basin
Districts, as detailed in Report 22/307, be approved.
(iii) The content of the Cycle 2 Local Flood Risk Management Plan for the Tay
District and the Council’s input to the Cycle 2 Local Flood Risk Management
Plans for the Forth, the Forth Estuary and the Tay Estuary & Montrose Basin
Districts, as detailed in Report 22/307, be approved.
(iv) The Executive Director (Communities) be authorised to carry out final minor
amendments to the presentation of the above Cycle 1 Final Reports and
Cycle 2 Local Flood Risk Management Plans prior to final publication on 21
December 2022, if required.

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(v) The proposed arrangements for publication of the Cycle 1 Final Reports and
Cycle 2 Local Flood Risk Management Plans, be approved. 
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