Agenda item - Chair's Communications

3.1      The Chair gave the following communication:

We’ve got 3 items to consider today. 

We’re being asked to formally agree to establish a task & finish group to look at short term lets. There is a scoping report providing more information about the issue and suggesting some areas of enquiry. There’s also some draft Terms of Reference. I don’t want to spend too much time on this issue today, as the task & finish group will be looking at this issue in-depth. However, if members have any ideas about aspects of short term lets they think the group should look at, or people they should talk to, this is an opportunity to say. 

We’re also looking at problems associated with wood burners and what the council can do to tackle this issue. I think this is a real opportunity for scrutiny members to make suggestions to Cabinet ahead of winter, and if possible, I’d like committee members to agree some formal recommendations. 

Finally, we have a paper outlining the process for the refresh of City Plan. I do think this is something the committee should be involved in, but we’re right at the start of the refresh process and I think the big question for us is when would be the best point to get involved.