Planning appendix A

Committee report · Full Council · Wed 23 Sep 2026 · Hastings Borough Council · agenda item 7 · the whole meeting

In plain English

Each sentence was checked against the passage it cites; how the checking works.

Proposed · This went to the meeting on Wed 23 Sep 2026. What was decided is in that meeting's minutes.

This appendix sets out proposed changes to Hastings Borough Council's Constitution to replace its local Scheme of Delegation for planning with the National Scheme of Delegation. p1 p2

Under the proposals, Ward Member call-in and Chair call-in rights to refer planning applications to Planning Committee would be removed. p3 p4

3 further sentences of this summary were held back by verification and are not shown. We only publish claims that survived checking against the cited passages.

Show the 4 passages this is based on

p1Appendix A Schedule of Proposed Constitutional Amendments National Scheme of Delegation for Planning Functions Summary of Changes Area Current Position Proposed Position Reason for Change Planning Delegation Framework Local Scheme of Delegation.
p2National Scheme of Delegation. Compliance with the National Planning Scheme of Delegation.
p3Ward Member Call-In Available. Removed. National legislation no longer permits local call-in arrangements.
p4Chair Call-In Available. Removed. Replaced by the statutory Gateway Test process.

Places and organisations it names

Hastings Borough Council

Other papers for this meeting

1. Treasury Management Update 2026-27 Q1 · Committee report
Full Council agenda · Committee agenda
Appendix 1 Draft Local Plan - Pre Submission (Regulation 19) September 2026 · Committee report
Appendix 2 Policies Map to the Proposed Submission (Regulation 19) Hastings Local Plan · Committee report
Appendix 3 Regulation 18 consultation Report 2026 · Committee report
Appendix A CLO MO Emergency Powers · Committee report
Cabinet agenda 07.09.26 · Committee report
Council Pre-Submission Local Plan Regulation 19 Report · Committee report
FC Constitution CLO Mo Em Powers cover report 23.09.26 · Committee report
Final National scheme of delegation report V2 Legal Amends 15.09 · Committee report
Minutes Public Pack, 15/07/2026 Full Council · Committee report
Questions from Councillors under Rule 12 · Committee report
Questions from Members of the Public under Rule 11 · Committee report

The council's document is the record; this page collects what Open Hastings knows about it. If something here is wrong, it is corrected in place and logged on the about page.