Agenda

To note any changes to the membership.

To receive declarations by Members and Officers of the

existence and nature of any pecuniary interests or any other

significant interest in matters on this agenda.

To agree the minutes of the committee meeting held on 14^th September 2020.

Councillor Matthew Green, Cabinet Member for Business and Planning, to provide a verbal update to the Committee on current and forthcoming issues in his portfolio and to answer questions from Members.

Councillor Paul Swaddle, Cabinet Member for Community Services and Digital to update the Committee on current and forthcoming issues in his portfolio.

To receive a report on the Council’s approach to employment, training and skills, highlighting the work of the Westminster Employment Service particularly in the context of COVID19.

To receive a report that provides an overview of the implementation of the Planning Review programme from October 2018 to date. The Planning Review programme comprises a number of projects that in combination deliver improvements to the processes and practices of the planning service to address the recommendations made by Cabinet on 25 October 2018 in light of the Planning Advisory Service report on the function of the Planning Service, which was undertaken earlier in 2018.

To review the work programme and action tracker.