Issue - meetings

(i)       to note the verbal update provided on item 7 (Building Energy Efficiency) by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, that the building performance policy and standards were currently being updated in accordance with the national standards which had recently been produced, and that a report would be presented to a future meeting on progress and any changes which might be required;

(ii)       also in relation to item 7, to note that the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning would circulate information to Members outwith the meeting on the timeline for the production of the Local Heat & Energy Efficiency Strategy;

(iii)      to note that officers had advised there might be a delay to item 26 (Den Burn Restoration Project), depending on when the results of funding applications were received, as that would affect whether a meaningful update could be provided to Committee in November;

(iv)      to agree to remove items 49 (Road Safety Plan 2023-2027), 54 (Wellington Road Multimodal Corridor), 59 (Carbon Budget Monitoring) and 64 (EV Infrastructure Joint Procurement Exercise) for the reasons outlined in the planner; and

(v)      to otherwise note the business planner.

The Committee had before it the business planner, as prepared by the Interim Chief Officer – Governance.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note the verbal update provided on item 7 (Building Energy Efficiency) by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, that the building performance policy and standards were currently being updated in accordance with the national standards which had recently been produced, and that a report would be presented to a future meeting on progress and any changes which might be required;

(ii)       also in relation to item 7, to note that the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning would circulate information to Members outwith the meeting on the timeline for the production of the Local Heat & Energy Efficiency Strategy;

(iii)      to note that officers had advised there might be a delay to item 26 (Den Burn Restoration Project), depending on when the results of funding applications were received, as that would affect whether a meaningful update could be provided to Committee in November;

(iv)      to agree to remove items 49 (Road Safety Plan 2023-2027), 54 (Wellington Road Multimodal Corridor), 59 (Carbon Budget Monitoring) and 64 (EV Infrastructure Joint Procurement Exercise) for the reasons outlined in the planner; and

(v)      to otherwise note the business planner.