Planning Applications Panel: Appointment of Member

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A decision made 13 February 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2012-0011
Decision Summary Title:	Planning Applications Panel: Appointment of Member		Date of Decision Summary:	6 February 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Director of Development Control		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Membership of the Planning Applications Panel		Date of Written Report:	N/A
Written Report Author:	Director of Development Control		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: To appoint, in accordance with Article 9A(2) of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002, as amended, a Member of the Planning Applications Panel until 31 December 2014
Decision(s): The Minister for Planning and Environment approved the report for an additional Member of the Planning Applications Panel and requests the Greffier of the States to arrange for proposition to be lodged.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 provides that there should be a Planning Applications Panel comprising up to 9 States Members; and that its members will be appointed by the States on the nomination of the Minister for Planning and Environment. As agreed by the States Assembly on 18 January 2012 Members agreed the membership of the Panel of 6 States’ Members. The Minister now seeks to appoint a further Member to the Panel bringing the total to 7 Members.
Resource Implications: There are no resource implications
Action required: Request the Greffier of the States to make the necessary arrangements to enable an additional Member of the Planning Applications Panel (PAP) to be lodged in the States
Signature: Deputy R Duhamel		Position: Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):