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(i)       note the contents of this report;

(ii)       note that future reports on developer obligations will be prepared annually as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year in accordance with the emerging requirements of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019; and

(iii)      instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning, to monitor risks associated with the Developer Obligations process and to highlight these to the Chief Officer - Finance so that an assessment of financial risk can be carried out and included in the Councils financial performance and budget reports.

With reference to article 4 of the minute of meeting of Council on 10 March 2021, the Committee had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning which (1) summarised the status of the developer obligations fund at 30th September 2021; (2) provided an overall summary of the extant developer obligations which the Council had entered into with developers; and (3) provided an update on the receipt and spend of developer obligations during the first nine months of the 2021 calendar year.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the contents of this report;

(b)      note that future reports on developer obligations will be prepared annually as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year in accordance with the emerging requirements of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019; and

(c)      instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning, to monitor risks associated with the Developer Obligations process and to highlight these to the Chief Officer - Finance so that an assessment of financial risk can be carried out and included in the Councils financial performance and budget reports.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.