Issue - meetings

Exemption to the Council's Contract Procedure Rules: Section 106 and CIL Facilitated Session

Meeting: 03/03/2015 - Cabinet (Item 113)

Exemption to the Council's Contract Procedure Rules - Procurement of Specialist Planning Consultant to Facilitate Countywide Session Relating to CIL and Section 106 Contributions

Report of the Director of Services

Presented by the Regeneration and Planning Portfolio Holder

Minutes:

The Regeneration and Planning Portfolio Holder presented the report to Members.

 

He advised Members that the report before them was to inform Cabinet that officers had granted an exemption to the Contract Procedure Rules to allow the appointment of a consultant to lead a workshop for all the Housing Member authorities and partner agencies achieve a collaborative approach in the negotiation of Section 106 Agreements.

 

It was moved by Councillor T J Pendleton, seconded by Councillor R D Bayliss and

 

RESOLVED THAT:

 

The grant of an exemption to the Council’s Contract Procedure Rule 5.8 to allow the direct award of a contract for specialist consultancy services be noted.

 

Reason for decision: The CPR requires that the exercise of the Statutory Officers’ discretion to grant exemptions is reported to Cabinet.