Decisions

Taken by the Chief Executive under Urgency Powers as decision taken that it was unsafe/unnecessary to hold a Full Council meeting during rise of Coronavirus cases (Omicron variant) in December 2021

Cabinet – 25th November 2021

197 Adoption of a Local Validation Checklist for Planning

Resolved that:
i. the proposed Local Validation Checklist be endorsed and adopted.
ii. that Local Validation Checklist be reviewed in full before the end of 2022.
iii. the Head of Planning and Development, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Development, be delegated authority to make any minor amendments to the Local Validation Checklist.

Taken by the Chief Executive under Urgency Powers as decision taken that it was unsafe/unnecessary to hold a Full Council meeting during rise of Coronavirus cases (Omicron variant) in December 2021

Cabinet – 25th November

196 Kent Music School – Supporting Relocation to Ashford

Resolved that:
i. in principle loan funding for Kent Music be approved to purchase the new facility in Javelin Way, Ashford, up to a value of £1.4m, subject to the conditions outlined in the report and the heads of terms for a loan agreement set out in Appendix A to the report, and subject to the satisfactory completion of due diligence as outlined below.
ii. the Deputy Chief Executive be authorised, in consultation with the Chief Executive, the Solicitor to the Council and the Portfolio Holder for Finance & IT, to negotiate measures and take any other steps he considers prudent in the Council’s interests in order to enable the transaction to proceed as a sound investment, and to approve final due diligence reports and a final risk analysis schedule which are satisfactory in his view. (In the event that these matters are not satisfactory, the proposal be reported back for decision by Members).
iii. authority to finalise the terms of the loan and security be delegated to the Deputy Chief Executive in consultation with the Chief Executive, the Solicitor to the Council and the Portfolio Holder for Finance & IT.
iv. the Solicitor to the Council be authorised, in consultation with the Deputy Chief Executive, to negotiate and complete all necessary legal documentation including a loan agreement and a legal charge over the facility, to put the above decision into effect.

Taken by the Chief Executive under Urgency Powers as decision taken that it was unsafe/unnecessary to hold a Full Council meeting during rise of Coronavirus cases (Omicron variant) in December 2021

Licensing Committee - 16th November 2021

Approve Minute No. 183 Statement of Principles for Gambling

Resolved that:
i. that the review of the existing statement of principles and consultation responses be noted.
ii. that the Statement of Principles for Gambling 2022 – 2025 be republished.