Proposed Programme of Planning Training for Members
Argyll and Bute Council · 21 June 2023
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ARGYLL & BUTE COUNCIL Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 21st June 2023 PROPOSED PROGRAMME OF PLANNING TRAINING FOR MEMBERS 1. INTRODUCTION Over the past 10 years a series of short training sessions or occasionally workshops/site visits have been delivered for all elected Members with an aim to improve knowledge of the planning system on a wide range of issues. The training has usually taken place in the hour before the Planning, Protective Services and Licencing Committee (PPSLC), although in the past workshops and site visits have also been organised. This report seeks endorsement of the training programme from August 2023 to June 2024. Further suggestions on any additional topics from Members would also be most welcome. With this in mind slots been left vacant in order to accommodate any additional training requirements identified through the course of the year. It is intended to continue to deliver the majority of the training by way of virtual sessions associated with the PPSL calendar of meetings unless workshops are proposed which would need to be on a separate date. As before, it would not be intended to restrict the availability of training to the PPSL Committee membership and there would be an open invitation to all Council Members to attend any of the sessions. 2. SUGGESTED PROGRAMME FOR 2023/24 Date Training Proposed August 2023 Local Review Body Training to be facilitated by Legal and Regulatory Services – Half Day Workshop September 2023 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment - Mark Lodge / Kim de Buiteleir - Committee Day Training October 2023 Enforcement – Peter Bain – Committee Day Training
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November 2023 Biodiversity Net Gain – Marina Curran-Colthart - Committee Day Training December 2023 Section 36 and 37 Consultation Procedures David Moore and Arlene Knox / ECU - Committee Day Training January 2024 Housing Land Audit – Matt Watkiss - Committee Day Training February 2024 NatureScot – Role in the Planning Process – Committee Day Training March 2024 Historic Environment Scotland - Role in the Planning Process – Committee Day Training April 2024 Framing competent motions – Peter Bain - Committee Day Training May 2024 To be advised by Members June 2024 To be advised by Members 3. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that Members: i) Agree to continuing an ongoing programme of planning related training for Members of the PPSL Committee, which should also be open to any other Members not currently involved in planning decision-making; ii) Endorse the initial subject areas for training and the provisional dates for delivery, on the understanding that the programme may be varied to take account of any additional training requirements Members may wish to identify, along with any other particular training needs identified by officers as a consequence of matters emerging during the course of the year. 3. IMPLICATIONS 3.1 Policy: None 3.2 Financial: It is considered that the level of training required can be delivered internally from existing resources without recourse to having to buy in training from external providers. 3.3 Legal: None 3.4 HR : None 3.5 Fairer Scotland Duty: 3.5.1 Equalities Protected Characteristics: None 3.5.2 Socio-Economic Duty: None 3.5.3 Islands: None
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3.6 Risk: None 3.7 Customer Service: None 3.8 Climate Change: None Author of Report: Sandra Davies Date: 5/6/23 Fergus Murray Head of Development and Economic Growth