The Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report providing information on how the Planning Service had performed over the past six months in terms of meeting government set targets for dealing with planning applications and success at planning appeals.  Detail on the types of applications handled and appeal decisions for Quarters 1 & 2 (the period 1 April 2020 – 30 September 2020) were provided with comparison data from the previous year.

The report noted that it been a challenging year for officers with new processes and procedures for working remotely in addition to getting used to a raft of changes introduced by government.  However, Reading’s Planning Service had still managed to perform well, working with applicants and consultees in similar circumstances, to meet MHCLG’s performance criteria as shown on tables set out in the report.

Resolved - That the contents of the report be noted.