Issue - meetings

(i)         to approve the submission of the Public Bodies Duties Climate Change Report as set out within the appendices to Scottish Government; 

(ii)        to authorise the Chief Executive to sign off the submission; and

(iii)       to instruct the Interim Head of Planning and Sustainable Development to report back to this Committee in early 2018 with an action plan to improve performance and reporting.

The Committee had before it a report by the interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure which sought approval of the mandatory Public Bodies Duties Climate Change report submission to the Scottish Government to ensure compliance with the requirements of Part 4 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)       approve the submission of the Public Bodies Duties Climate Change Report as set out within the appendices to Scottish Government;

(b)       authorise the Chief Executive to sign off the submission; and

(c)        instruct the Interim Head of Planning and Sustainable Development to report back to this Committee in early 2018 with an action plan to improve performance and reporting.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.