The Development & Conservation Portfolio Holder presented the report on proposed amendments to current CIL governance arrangements which had been agreed by Members in July 2017 and were reviewed annually to ensure that they were still fit for purpose. The report set out some suggested changes following feedback received from Members and Officers and the new Chairman and Vice Chairman of the CIL Spending Board.  She advised that the Development & Conservation Advisory Committee had considered the same report.

Public Sector Equality Duty

Members noted that consideration had been given to impacts under the Public Sector Equality Duty.

Resolved: That the proposed changes to the CIL Spending Board governance arrangements as set out in the report, be agreed subject to necessary minor textual corrections and subject to Appendix A to the report, at paragraph 5.14, sixth bullet point being amended to read ‘Whether sufficient evidence has been provided to show that funding from other sources has been maximised and that this will normally include a majority of funding from other sources.’