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Decision Maker: Planning Sub-Committee (Heavy Woollen Area)
Made at meeting: 13/02/2020 - Planning Sub-Committee (Heavy Woollen Area)
Decision published: 18/02/2020
Effective from: 13/02/2020
Decision:
Application approved (delegated).
Wards affected: Heckmondwike;
Decision Maker: Planning Sub-Committee (Heavy Woollen Area)
Made at meeting: 13/02/2020 - Planning Sub-Committee (Heavy Woollen Area)
Decision published: 18/02/2020
Effective from: 13/02/2020
Decision:
Approved (delegated).
Wards affected: Denby Dale;
Decision Maker: Planning Sub-Committee (Heavy Woollen Area)
Made at meeting: 13/02/2020 - Planning Sub-Committee (Heavy Woollen Area)
Decision published: 18/02/2020
Effective from: 13/02/2020
Decision:
Application refused.
Wards affected: Batley East;
Decision Maker: Planning Sub-Committee (Heavy Woollen Area)
Made at meeting: 13/02/2020 - Planning Sub-Committee (Heavy Woollen Area)
Decision published: 18/02/2020
Effective from: 13/02/2020
Decision:
Application deferred.
Wards affected: Dewsbury West;
Decision Maker: Planning Sub-Committee (Heavy Woollen Area)
Made at meeting: 13/02/2020 - Planning Sub-Committee (Heavy Woollen Area)
Decision published: 18/02/2020
Effective from: 13/02/2020
Decision:
Approved (delegated).
Wards affected: Dewsbury West;
Decision Maker: Appeals Panel
Made at meeting: 23/01/2020 - Appeals Panel
Decision published: 17/02/2020
Effective from: 23/01/2020
Decision Maker: Appeals Panel
Made at meeting: 23/01/2020 - Appeals Panel
Decision published: 17/02/2020
Effective from: 23/01/2020
Decision:
Determined
Decision Maker: Appeals Panel
Made at meeting: 23/01/2020 - Appeals Panel
Decision published: 17/02/2020
Effective from: 23/01/2020
Decision:
No interests were declared.
Decision Maker: Appeals Panel
Made at meeting: 23/01/2020 - Appeals Panel
Decision published: 17/02/2020
Effective from: 23/01/2020
Financial Procedure Rules Section 11.1 requires that fees &
charges are to be reviewed at least once per annum. Service
Directors have the authority to amend fees & charges in line
with the annual budget strategy or raise charges by the consumer
price index.
Any proposals outside these parameters require the approval of the
appropriate Strategic Director, relevant Portfolio Holder (s) and
Chief Finance Officer.
The Review of Fees and Charges includes the following
services:
• Cleansing
• Environmental Health
• Parks & Open Spaces
• Highways
• Highways Registry and Local Land Charges
• Housing Services
• Transport Services
• Community Buildings
• Bereavement
• Museums
• Libraries
• Town Centre Outdoor Spaces
• Town Halls
• Registrars
• Licencing
• Building Control
• Planning
• Car Parks
Consultation, briefing and engagement with services and cabinet
portfolio holders covered a number of areas that included: the work
undertaken to pull together an overall baseline of the
council’s fees and charges; the proposed increase in animal
welfare licence fees; the three fold increase in enquiries and
workload in responding to legislative requirements. Other areas
covered included: Food Safety Advice; Environment Health
Consultancy; Pest Control; Traffic Management Permit Fees; Housing
Immigration Property Fees; Taxi re-test and cancellation fees;
Wedding Packages; Registrars; and planning pre-application
fees.
Decision Maker: Service Director - Finance, IT and Transactional Services
Decision published: 17/02/2020
Effective from: 27/01/2020
Decision:
The annual review of the above fees &
charges have been considered in accordance with Financial Procedure
Rule 11.1 and agreed.
Lead officer: Philip Deighton
Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 12/02/2020 - Council
Decision published: 13/02/2020
Effective from: 12/02/2020
Decision:
In regards to Agenda Item 5 (Minute No.108 refers); (i) A table of granted dispensations was tabled (attached). Further to the table submitted, Councillor Paola Davies and Councillor Habiban Zaman had been granted dispensation as property owners.
Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 12/02/2020 - Council
Decision published: 13/02/2020
Effective from: 12/02/2020
Decision:
That the Minutes of Council held on 15January 2020 be approved as a correct record.
Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 12/02/2020 - Council
Decision published: 13/02/2020
Effective from: 12/02/2020
Decision:
Apologies for absence were received on behalf of Councillors Mahmood Akhtar, Martyn Bolt and John Taylor
Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 12/02/2020 - Council
Decision published: 13/02/2020
Effective from: 12/02/2020
Decision:
The Council Monitoring Officer reminded Council of the restrictions applying to voting under Section 106 of the Local Government Act 1992, in respect of Agenda Item 5 (Minute No.108 refers).
The Mayor referred to a charity event being held on 29 February and encouraged all Members to attend and support the event.
Decision Maker: Council
Made at meeting: 12/02/2020 - Council
Decision published: 13/02/2020
Effective from: 12/02/2020
Decision:
Budget Motion approved.
In accordance with the requirements of Council Procedure Rule 19 (7), the decision was taken by Recorded Vote as follows;
FOR: Councillors Masood Ahmed, Gulfam Asif, Aafaq Butt, Nosheen Dad, Paul Davies, Eric Firth, Steve Hall, Erin Hill, James Homewood, Mayor (Mumtaz Hussain), Yusra Hussain, Manisha Kaushik, Viv Kendrick, Musarrat Khan, Fazila Loonat, Gwen Lowe, Naheed Mather, Peter McBride, Richard Murgatroyd, Darren O’Donovan, Shabir Pandor, Carole Pattison, Mussarat Pervaiz, Amanda Pinnock, Mohammad Sarwar, Cathy Scott, Will Simpson, Mohan Sokhal, Graham Turner, Sheikh Ullah, Harpreet Uppal, Rob Walker, Lesley Warner, Habiban Zaman.(34 votes)
AGAINST: Councillors Karen Allison, Bill Armer, Donna Bellamy, Cahal Burke, Andrew Cooper, Paola Davies, Richard Eastwood, Donald Firth, Charlotte Goodwin, Michelle Grainger-Mead, Charles Greaves, David Hall, Lisa Holmes, Christine Iredale, Vivien Lees-Hamilton, John Lawson, Susan Lee-Richards, Aleks Lukic, Terry Lyons, Bernard McGuin, Andrew Marchington, Alison Munro, Nigel Patrick, Andrew Pinnock, Kath Pinnock, Elizabeth Smaje, Anthony Smith, Richard Smith, Kath Taylor, Mark Thompson, Michael Watson, Paul White (32 Votes)
Decision Maker: Licensing Panel
Made at meeting: 05/02/2020 - Licensing Panel
Decision published: 12/02/2020
Effective from: 05/02/2020
Decision:
That the application to vary of Premises License on behalf of The Shoulder & Mutton, 59 Lea Green, Mirfield, WF14 0AE be granted as stipulated in the application with amendments to the licence conditions as follows:
- That the Licensee shall notify Environmental Health and Licensing of any international sporting events in a different time zone which falls outside of permitted hours one week prior to the event
- That the existing Annex 2 and Annex 3 conditions be removed, apart, from the use of CCTV to cover all licensable activity areas, the public entrances to the premises, foyers and any external drinking and smoking areas
- The external area of the premises shall be monitored on a regular basis to ensure that the licensing objective in respect of public nuisance is being adhered to
- That no customer shall be allowed to use any external area of the premises after 22:00, except for customers permitted to temporarily leave the premises to smoke
- Drinking shall not be permitted outside the premises after 22:00
Decision Maker: Licensing Panel
Made at meeting: 05/02/2020 - Licensing Panel
Decision published: 12/02/2020
Effective from: 05/02/2020
Decision:
No questions were asked
Decision Maker: Licensing Panel
Made at meeting: 05/02/2020 - Licensing Panel
Decision published: 12/02/2020
Effective from: 05/02/2020
Decision:
No deputations and petitions were received
Decision Maker: Licensing Panel
Made at meeting: 05/02/2020 - Licensing Panel
Decision published: 12/02/2020
Effective from: 05/02/2020
Decision:
That all agenda items be considered in public session
Decision Maker: Licensing Panel
Made at meeting: 05/02/2020 - Licensing Panel
Decision published: 12/02/2020
Effective from: 05/02/2020
Decision:
No interests were declared