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The Independent Person, or if that person is unable to act a reserve Independent Person, shall have the right to attend all meetings of the Hearings Advisory Sub-Committee as an observer but may not vote or participate in the decision making.

This Code applies to Councillors at all times that they are involved in the planning process. This would include, where applicable, when part of decision making meetings of the Council in exercising the functions of the Planning Authority or when involved on less formal occasions, such as meetings with officers or the public and consultative meetings. It applies as equally to planning enforcement matters or site specific policy issues as it does to planning applications.

If a Councillor or an officer submit their own proposal to the Council which they serve, they must take no part in its processing or the decision making process.

means the committee who has delegated decision making powers for the Fund in accordance with Section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 (i.e. the Pensions Committee at LBTH).

The Mayor or Executive may contract out to another body or organisation functions which may be exercised by an officer and which are subject to an order under section 70 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, or under contracting arrangements where the contractor acts as the Council’s agent under usual contracting principles, providing there is no delegation of the Council’s discretionary decision making.

The Agency Adviser must be a social worker with at least five years relevant post qualifying experience. The adviser is not a panel member and cannot take part in the decision making process.

Ensuring that all panel members participate fully and, where possible, a consensus is reached on decision making;

The Mayor has delegated to officers decision making powers in relation to executive functions as set out at Parts B and D of the Council’s Constitution.

Part C – Decision Making

3. The Sub-Committee may delegate decision making to individual officers, provided that the extent of this delegation is made clear and that it is minuted properly. Delegations agreed by the Sub-Committee will be listed at the bottom of the Terms of Reference in respect of decisions from May 2021