The Director of Public Health/Head of Policy and Performance presented the Terms of Reference of the Policy and Performance Committees, as set out in Article 6 of the Council’s Constitution, which had recently been revised and updated in response to the need to improve the Council’s corporate governance and decision making. The report also highlighted the specific Service Areas which fell within the remit of the Regeneration and Environment Policy and Performance Committee and the Director indicated that greater detail was provided in the Scrutiny Briefing Pack that had been circulated to Members (see minute 5 post) –

Environment and Regulation

·  Waste & Environment

·  Parks & Countryside

·  Highways Management

·  Traffic & Transport

·  Regulation

·  Trading Standards

·  Environmental Health

·  Waste & Environment

Housing and Community Safety

·  Housing Strategy

·  Housing Renewal, including Private Sector Housing

·  Supporting People

·  Community Safety

Regeneration

·  Regeneration & Economic Development

·  Business Support

·  Town Centres

·  Local Enterprise Partnership

·  Planning

·  Building Control

·  Cultural Services

Tourism

The Chair indicated that, in order for the Committee to work effectively, there would be a need for a significant amount of scrutiny work to be undertaken by Members outside the Committee either by way of individual investigation to be reported back to the Committee, or by targeted task and finish groups with a specific remit and able to focus on detail, in order to get to the heart of the Committees brief.

Resolved – That the Committee’s Terms of Reference and specific Areas of Responsibility, be noted.