Outstanding Business Statement
Perth and Kinross Council · 19 November 2025
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ECONOMY & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE OUTSTANDING BUSINESS STATEMENT (OBS) (Report No. 25/309) Please note that this statement sets out outstanding decisions of this committee along with an update and estimated completion date. Actions which are overdue are shaded for ease of reference. Where an update reflects that an action is complete then the Committee’s agreement will be sought to its removal from the OBS. No Minute Reference Subject Title Outstanding Action Update Lead Officer /Service Action Due / Complete Action Expected 27. 28 May 2025 Item 8 School Exclusion Zone Update Committee to consider, in conjunction with relevant officers, a refresh or review of Safer Routes to School Plans to reflect new residential developments. Climate Change funding has recently been awarded to support a wider piece of work around school road safety and sustainable travel which will include a review of existing school travel plans. There will be a particular focus on early years to promote and encourage more sustainable travel methods with the potential for spend to save investment through reduced home to school transport costs. This is a medium-term project which would aim to report back on findings by summer / autumn 2026. David McArthur / Craig Daly DUE Summer / Autumn 2026
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No Minute Reference Subject Title Outstanding Action Update Lead Officer /Service Action Due / Complete Action Expected 28. 28 May 2025 Item 8 School Exclusion Zone Update Update on the public consultation exercise on the proposed changes to the Viewlands school exclusion zone. To ensure all parties have an opportunity to comment on the proposed Viewlands school exclusion zone, further consultation will be undertaken with parents and residents from the start of September and conclude by the end of the month. This will involve e-mail to parents and a maildrop to residents within and adjacent to the trialled zone. The proposal is for the access restriction to be reduced in area to cover those streets closer to the campus. Responses would be collated in early October and with a report presented to E&I on 19 November 2025. The Road Safety Team will be liaising with the Head Teachers from the end of August about possible engagement with school pupils in early Daryl McKeown / Craig Daly COMPLETE 19 November 2025
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No Minute Reference Subject Title Outstanding Action Update Lead Officer /Service Action Due / Complete Action Expected September. A progress meeting is also scheduled with the Ward Councillors for the end of August. Discussions have taken place with Police Scotland about an enforcement strategy should the new exclusion zone be installed. This would include an information campaign by PKC at the start of each term followed by enforcement, although this latter part will be subject to Police resources 29. 27 August 2025 Item 5 Advertisement Control Non- Statutory Planning Guidance Use of illuminated advertising for Council events and local tourism to be explored. Updates provided by Dante Sosa, Planning Officer and Serge Merone forwarded to Committee Members via email on 6 October 2025. S Merone / D Sosa COMPLETE 19 November 2025 30. 27 August 2025 Item 7 Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Supplementary Guidance Communication Strategy to include newspaper coverage with PKC postal address for response to ensure capture of rural communities. An advertisement for the renewable’s consultation including the postal address was placed in the Perthshire Advertiser on 19 September 2025. S Merone / R Wills COMPLETE 19 November 2025
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No Minute Reference Subject Title Outstanding Action Update Lead Officer /Service Action Due / Complete Action Expected 31. 27 August 2025 Item 7 Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Supplementary Guidance Mechanism for securing community benefit contributions to be explored. As part of the Scalable Cities project, a website will be launched early 2026 to support community groups develop and implement community energy projects. We will include a section on community benefits and best practice for negotiations between community groups and developers. This will include developing and implementing their own community energy projects and also advice on how to work with developers to benefit from energy projects in their local area. S Merone / S MacDonald COMPLETE 19 November 2025