New committee structure and office bearers

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The Highland Council has agreed a new committee structure and elected office-bearers.

There will be four strategic committees, namely: Finance, Housing and Resources; Planning Environment and Development; Transport Environmental and Community Services and Adult and Children’s Services. All of these committees will comprise 22 members and will meet 6 times each year.

An Inverness City Committee, comprising 26 members, will meet 6 times each year and a Caithness and Sutherland Area Committee, comprising 16 members, will meet quarterly. They will pilot specific responsibilities from the outset with a view to paving the way for the following area committees: - Ross and Cromarty (19 members); Nairn and Badenoch (8 members); and Lochaber and Skye (11 members). All will meet quarterly.

The Leaders of the City/Area Committees will be appointed at the first meetings.
Regulatory committees, overseeing planning and licensing issues, will see the continuation of a Planning Review Body of 9 members, meeting six-weekly; as well as a North Planning Application Committee of 17 members and a South Committee of 19 members, both meeting monthly.

Chair of Planning, Environment and Development Committee and the Planning Review Body – Thomas Prag (Inverness South); Vice Chair – George Farlow (North West and Central Sutherland).

How the Inverness Courier reported it:

...Key committee chairmanship roles went to Graham Phillips (transport, environmental and community services); Alasdair Christie (adult and children services); Thomas Prag (planning, environment and development) and Dave Fallows (finance, housing and resources).


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