Issue - meetings

Minutes (attached) to be noted.

The Minutes are noted.

Councillor Mildren addressed Cabinet.  He queried the appropriateness of a proposed option outlined in the minutes and was informed that this had been a specific comment made by a representative of and relating to Daventry District Council.

Councillor Clarke addressed Cabinet commenting on what he saw as a democratic deficit in the requirement to note decisions agreed in the name of Northampton Borough Council, when the council’s representatives on the Board were all members of the Administration.  He felt that other councillors might have opinions on, for example, the distribution of development in the county.

It was pointed out that the views of the WNJSPC were not necessarily those of Northampton Borough Council and that members of the public could put their views to the Joint Planning Unit.

As Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regeneration and a representative of NBC on the WNJSPC, Councillor Church advised Councillor Clarke to attend the public meetings of the Committee to gain a clearer understanding of the depth of discussion that took place before decisions were made.  He then explained the background to one of the decisions referred to by Councillor Clarke.

RESOLVED

That the minutes be noted.