Decision details

·        To agree revenue carry forward requests to be recommended to Council for approval.

·        To seek approval from Council to rephase capital spending from 2011/12 into 2012/13. 

Matter for Decision:  

To agree a summary of the 2011/12 outturn position (actual income and expenditure) for services within the Planning and Sustainable Transport portfolio, compared to the final budget for the year. The position for revenue and capital is reported and variances from budgets are highlighted, together with explanations. Requests to carry forward funding arising from certain budget underspends into 2012/13 are identified.

It should be noted that the report reflects the reporting structure in place prior to the recent changes in Executive reporting responsibilities.

Decision of Executive Councillor for Planning and Climate Change:

              i.      Agreed  the carry forward request for £30,270 as detailed in Appendix C of the report, is to be recommended to Council for approval.

            ii.      Agreed to seek approval from Council to carry forward  capital resources to fund rephased net capital spending of £135,000 from 2011/12 into 2012/13, as detailed in Appendix D of the report.

Reason for the Decision:

As set out in the Officer’s report.

Any Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:

Not applicable.

Scrutiny Considerations:

The committee received a report for the Accountant regarding the 2011/12 Revenue and Capital Outturn, Carry Forwards and Significant Variances.

Members questioned the unexpected swings of income and expenditure related to growth sites and the impact this had on staffing costs. The Head of Planning responded and stated that planning fee income budgets are set following discussions with developers and their best estimate of when developments would proceed. However, this was not an exact science.

The committee resolved by 4 vote to 0 to endorse the recommendations.

The Executive Councillor approved the recommendation.

Conflicts of interest declared by the Executive Councillor (and any dispensations granted)

Not applicable.