Decision details

RESOLVED that Cabinet –

(a)       acknowledges Communities Scrutiny Committee’s conclusions, its concerns and recommendations following its review of the Cabinet decision of 15 February 2022 in relation to a ‘Proposed Scheme of Delegated Decision Making for Land Acquisition (Freehold and Leasehold) for Carbon Sequestration and Ecological Improvement Purposes’;

(b)       agrees to reconsider its original decision, with a view to expediting the decision making process for purchasing land, and as part of that review will consider and take into account the recommendations made by the Scrutiny Committee as set out in paragraph 3.2 of the report, and

(c)        officers be asked to bring a report back to Cabinet on that review to be considered by Cabinet in October.