1. Minutes - to approve as a correct record and authorise the Chairman to sign the minutes of the meeting of the Group held on 25 February 2010;
2. Urgent Business – brought forward at the discretion of the Chairman;
3. Division of Agenda – to consider whether the discussion of any item of business is likely to lead to the disclosure of exempt information;
4. Declarations of Interest – Members are invited to declare any personal or prejudicial interests, including the nature and extent of such interests, they may have in any items to be considered at this meeting;
5. Wind Turbines – to consider a report which advises Members on the policy position for wind turbines and the issues they raise for the Local Planning Authority;
(NB: In view of the amount of printing involved the appendix for this report has only been circulated to the Members of the Environment Policy Development Group and the Lead Executive Members. Further copies are available on request from Member Support Services).
6. Implementation of charges for the Private Water Supplies Regulations 2009 – to consider a report which asks Members to agree new charges to discharge duties arising from Private Water Supplies Regulations 2009;
7. Discussion on the findings of the Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) Overview and Scrutiny Report
Paper A: Supporting information on the Overview and Scrutiny Review at South Hams District Council – February 2010;
Paper B: Summary of recommendations of the review;
Paper C: Part 2 - Articles of the Constitution: Article 6 Scrutiny and the Policy Development Groups;
Paper D: Part 4 – Rules of Procedure: Scrutiny and Policy Development Group procedure rules;
Paper E: Extract from notes of Political Structures Working Group 19 May 2010 – Item 2 Initial Findings on the CfPS Overview and Scrutiny Report
Paper F: Extract from the minutes of the Scrutiny meeting held 27 May 2010;
Paper G: Example of a Scrutiny Guide in setting work programmes and undertaking reviews – Asking the Right Questions, Canterbury Council;
(NB: Interested Members are advised that full copies of the CfPS report are available on request from Member Support Services).
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