Agenda item

Members considered the reports within the District agenda for 5 October 2017 and made the following comments:

The Issue and Use of Section 19 and Section 22 Permits for Road Passenger Transport in Great Britain – Implications for Community Transport Schemes Within SSDC (Agenda item 6)

·         Members sought clarification about whether the two local MPs had been contacted about the matter,

·         Members requested clarification of additional services to those mentioned in the report that could also be adversely affected.

·         Scrutiny members endorsed the recommendations.

Floating Support for Vulnerable Individuals in South Somerset (Agenda item 7)

·         Scrutiny made no comments.

South Somerset Authority Monitoring Report (September 2017) (Agenda item 8)

·         Page 25 – members sought clarification that the points regarding employment would be included in the Local Plan Review.

·         Members also felt that house price information would be very relevant. It was acknowledged this Monitoring Report would be an important ‘feed-in’ document to the Local Plan review.

Local Plan Review – Issues and Options Document for Consultation (Agenda item 9)

·         Members requested that following be circulated to all members

o   the presentation from the recent member briefing

o   details of the programme for public consultation

o   the final agreed consultation document

o   the simplified accessible summary consultation document

o   copies of the individual settlement leaflets are sent to the district Councillor representing those areas

·         Some members suggested it would be useful to have an additional appendix with all the Questions duplicated and collated in one section for ease of reference.

·         Page 91, point 12 - regarding the change in the number of dwellings to 13,200, members queried how the figure compared to that in the existing adopted Local Plan, and how it would affect the status of  our five year land supply.

·         Scrutiny sought clarification that the higher delivery of housing in market towns and lower delivery in Yeovil and Chard, had been reflected in the consultation document.

·         Some members queried some parish specific detail in the consultation document where outline planning consent had recently been granted. It was queried if this made the proposed consultation document already out of date?

·         Members felt that the table on page 64 of the agenda – Figure 10.2 in the Monitoring Report should be included in the consultation document for clarity, as it detailed residential completions and commitments against the adopted Local Plan requirements.

·         Members felt many parishes would want to see clear information about the current position with the five year land supply detailed within the consultation document.

·         Scrutiny were otherwise content that the recommendation go forward.

SSDC Transformation Programme – Progress Report (Agenda item 10)

·         Members sought clarification that when staff left the authority they would no longer have access to Yammer.

·         Scrutiny requested reassurance that the new website will be user friendly and have offered to assist from a grass route perspective to provide suggestions and carry out testing.

·         Page 101 - Budget - Members queried the budget for ‘Programme Office’ and what it covered. It was also noted £21,721 had been spent under ‘misc’ which didn’t appear to have been allocated and members queried if it would come from the contingency?

·         Scrutiny queried if there were any additional risks associated with bringing forward phase 3.

·         Scrutiny sought re-assurance with regard to the number of risks categorised as Medium at this stage of the project and asked if there should be any reason for concern.

·         Members noted that Locality Working was not specifically mentioned anywhere in the report and queried if there was a reason for this? Scrutiny raised some concerns about how the aspect of Locality Working was progressing, and if all members would have the opportunity to feed into ideas about the future of Locality Working.

·         Page 107 – Scrutiny noted it would be useful if future reports could indicate if the savings per quarter were above or below target.

Community Right to Bid Half Year report – April 2017 to September 2017 (Agenda item 11)

·         Scrutiny made no comments.

District Executive Forward Plan (Agenda item 12)

·         Scrutiny made no comments.