Case Ref: 19 006 558 Category: Planning Sub Category: Planning applications

• The Council should remind it's planning officers of the need to consult with conservation and heritage officers where appropriate.
• The Council should remind planning officers of the need to records their reasons for reaching a view on material planning considerations, particularly where these have been raised in comments made by members of the public.
• The Council should explore whether it is possible to advertise on the Council’s website that condition discharge applications may be determined before the deadline for comments has passed. If this is not possible the Council should ensure decisions are not taken before the deadline has passed.

Case Ref: 18 004 507 Category: Children's care services Sub Category: Fostering

• The Council will review its staying put policy to ensure it clearly sets out what it will and will not pay to staying put carers and how this differs from what it pays to foster carers.
• The Council will remind staff of the need to start planning for transition to adulthood at least 12 months before a looked after child turns 18 and ensure that carers are given sufficient information to make an informed choice about whether to continue to provide care on a staying put basis.
• The Council will review its complaints process to ensure it does not exclude complaints where a person is asking the Council to exercise its discretion over how to apply a policy or when to depart from it.