The Committee received a report on the work and performance of the Planning Development Management and Building Control team for the second quarter of 2025/2026 (April to September) with comparison to same quarters in the previous year.  The report focussed on planning and building control application processing performance and fee income.

The report also gave details of reviews of and proposed changes to the Planning Pre-application Service and Building Control Charges Scheme and their associated fees, the decision on which would be taken by Policy Committee on 17 November 2025.  An Appendix to the report set out the full details of the proposed changes to the fees schedule. 

The Committee requested that it received a separate update report on planning enforcement performance every six months.

Resolved –  

(1)       That the report be noted;

(2)       That the Committee receive an update report on planning enforcement performance every six months.