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(i)            to approve the Participation Requests Procedure at Appendix 1;

(ii)           to delegate authority to the Head of Communities and Housing to implement and manage the Participation Request procedure;

(iii)         to delegate authority to all Chief Officers, following consultation with the relevant committee convenor(s) and where relevant local members to determine Participation Requests and the outcome improvement processes to apply and to report back to Committee where necessary; and           

(iv)         to delegate authority to the Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructurefollowing consultation with the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to review and amend the Participations Requests Procedure as required and within the scope of legislation.

The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure which asked the Committee to approve the delegation of powers to Heads of Service across the Council to make decisions regarding participation requests.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee –

(a)          Approve the Participation Requests Procedure at Appendix 1;

(b)          Delegate authority to the Head of Communities and Housing to implement and manage the Participation Request procedure;

(c)          Delegate authority to all Chief Officers, following consultation with the relevant committee convenor(s) to determine Participation Requests and the outcome improvement processes to apply; and    

(d)          Delegate authority to the Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructurefollowing consultation with the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to review and amend the Participations Requests Procedure as required and within the scope of legislation.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to agree recommendations (a), (b) and (d); and

(ii)                    to revise (c) to read: to delegate authority to all Chief Officers, following consultation with the relevant committee convenor(s) and where relevant local members to determine Participation Requests and the outcome improvement processes to apply and to report back to Committee where necessary.