Minutes: 25 April 2023

Tuesday, 25 April 2023

12th Meeting, 2023

Start time: 09:30am

End time: 11:50am

Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room

Published: Friday, 28 April 2023

Minutes

1. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take items 4, 5 and 6 in private.

2. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee took evidence on the Town and Country Planning (Development Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 from—

Joe FitzPatrick, Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning, Kristen Anderson, Principal Planner, Andy Kinnaird, Head of Transforming Planning and Carrie Thomson, Head of Development Planning & Housing, Scottish Government.

3. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015:

The Committee took evidence from—

Joe FitzPatrick, Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning, David Milne, Team Leader, Public Service Reform and Community Planning, and Andrew Connal, Team Leader, Public Service Reform and Community Planning, Scottish Government;

Councillor Steven Heddle, Vice President, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA); Simon Cameron, Chief Officer, Workforce and Corporate Policy Team and Lucy Devlin,Policy Assistant, Workforce and Corporate Policy Team, COSLA.

4. Subordinate legislation (in private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

5. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015 (in private):