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(Public Pack)Agenda Document for Scottish Borders Council, 30/03 Public Document Pack SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL THURSDAY, 30TH MARCH, 2017 A MEETING of the SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL will be held in the COUNCIL CHAMBER, COUNCIL HEADQUARTERS, NEWTOWN ST. BOSWELLS on THURSDAY, 30TH MARCH, 2017 at 10.00 AM J. J. WILKINSON, Clerk to the Council, 23 March 2017 BUSINESS 1. Convener's Remarks. 2. Apologies for Absence. 3. Order of Business. 4. Declarations of Interest. 5. Minute (Pages 1 - 10) 2 mins Consider Minute of Scottish Borders Council held on 2 March 2017 for approval and signing by the Convener. (Copy attached.) 6. Committee Minutes 5 mins Consider Minutes of the following Committees:- (a) Audit & Risk 16 January 2017 (b) Cheviot Area Forum 1 February 2017 (c) Planning & Building Standards 6 February 2017 (d) LLP Strategic Governance Group 7 February 2017 (e) Police, Fire & Rescue and Safer Communities Board 10 February 2017 (f) Executive 14 February 2017 (g) Selkirk Common Good Fund 15 February 2017 (h) Scrutiny 16 February 2017 (i) Civic Government Licensing 17 February 2017 (j) Lauder Common Good Fund 21 February 2017 (k) Hawick Common Good Fund 21 February 2017 (l) Teviot & Liddesdale Area Forum 21 February 2017 (m) Peebles Common Good Fund 1 March 2017 (n) Tweeddale Area Forum 1 March 2017 (o) Berwickshire Area Forum 2 March 2017 (p) Planning & Building Standards 6 March 2017 (q) Jedburgh Common Good Fund 7 March 2017 (r) Executive 7 March 2017 (s) Community Planning Strategic Board 9 March 2017 (t) Galashiels Common Good Fund 9 March 2017 (u) Eildon Area Forum 9 March 2017 (v) Pension Fund 16 March 2017 (w) Executive 21 March 2017 (Please see separate Supplement containing the public Committee Minutes.) 7. Committee Minute Recommendation (Pages 11 - 12) 5 mins Consider the recommendation made by the Executive Committee 21 March 2017 (Copy attached.) 8. Open Questions 15 mins 9. "Places, People & Planning" A Consultation on the Future of the 10 mins Scottish Planning System (Pages 13 - 114) Consider report by Service Director Regulatory Services. (Copy attached.) 10. SESTRAN - Move Towards a Model 3 Transport Partnership (Pages 115 15 mins - 148) Consider report by Service Director Regulatory Services. (Copy attached.) 11. Equality Mainstreaming Report and Equality Outcomes 2017 -2021 20 mins (Pages 149 - 240) Consider report by the Chief Executive. (Copy attached.) 12. Charity Reorganisation Update (Pages 241 - 250) 10 mins Consider report by Chief Financial Officer. (Copy attached.) 13. Hawick Action Plan (Pages 251 - 264) 10 mins Consider report by Corporate Transformation and Services Director. (Copy attached.) 14. Consultation on possible amendment to Councillors Code of Conduct 5 mins (Pages 265 - 268) Consider report by Service Director Regulatory Services. (Copy attached.) 15. Early Retirement/Voluntary Severance (Pages 269 - 274) 5 mins Consider report by Chief Executive. (Copy attached.) 16. Any Other Items Previously Circulated 17. Any Other Items Which the Convener Decides Are Urgent 18. Private Business Before proceeding with the private business, the following motion should be approved:- “That under Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 7A to the aforementioned Act.” 19. Minute (Pages 275 - 278) 1 mins Consider private Section of Minute of Scottish Borders Council held on 2 March 2017. (Copy attached.) 20. Committee Minutes Consider private Sections of the Minutes of the following Committees:- (a) Planning & Building Standards 6 February 2017 (b) LLP Strategic Governance Group 7 February 2017 (c) Selkirk Common Good Fund 15 February 2017 (d) Scrutiny 16 February 2017 (e) Civic Government Licensing 17 February 2017 (f) Hawick Common Good Fund 21 February 2017 (g) Peebles Common Good Fund 1 March 2017 (h) Planning & Building Standards 6 March 2017 (i) Pension Fund 16 March 2017 (j) Executive 21 March 2017 (Please see separate Supplement containing private Committee Minutes.) 21. Committee Recommendation (Pages 279 - 280) 2 mins Consider recommendation made by the Pension Fund Committee on 16 March 2017. (Copy attached.) NOTES 1. Timings given above are only indicative and not intended to inhibit Members’ discussions. 2. Members are reminded that, if they have a pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in any item of business coming before the meeting, that interest should be declared prior to commencement of discussion on that item. Such declaration will be recorded in the Minute of the meeting. Please direct any enquiries to Louise McGeoch Tel 01835 825005 email [email protected] This page is intentionally left blank Agenda Item 5 SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL MINUTE of MEETING of the SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL held in Council Headquarters, Newtown St. Boswells on 2 March 2017 at 10.00 a.m. ------------------ Present:- Councillors G. Garvie (Convener), S. Aitchison, W. Archibald, M. Ballantyne, S. Bell, J. Brown, K. Cockburn, M. Cook , A. Cranston, V. Davidson, J. Fullarton, I. Gillespie, B. Herd, G. Logan, W. McAteer, S. Marshall, J. Mitchell, D. Moffat, S. Mountford, A. Nicol, D. Parker, D. Paterson, F. Renton, S. Scott, R. Smith, G. Turnbull, T. Weatherston. Apologies:- Councillors C. Bhatia, J. Campbell, G. Edgar, J. Greenwell, R. Stewart, J. Torrance, B. White. In Attendance:- Chief Executive, Depute Chief Executive (People), Depute Chief Executive (Place), Corporate Transformation and Services Director, Service Director Assets and Infrastructure, Service Director Regulatory Services, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Officer Roads, Clerk to the Council. ---------------------------------------- 1. POLICE SCOTLAND The Convener welcomed Chief Superintendent Ivor Marshall to the meeting. Chief Superintendent Marshall was the commanding officer of J Division which included the Scottish Borders Council area and gave Members a presentation on current policing in the area and the vision for the service going forward. He thanked the Police, Fire & Rescue and Safer Communities Board of the Council for their support. Policing covered a wide area from international matters including terrorism to local rural issues. Chief Constable Gormley had set out a 10 year Strategy 2016-2026 which was divided into a series of 1, 3 and 5 year delivery plans and he urged Members to take part in the consultation on these plans. The key elements were prevention, protection, communities, cybercrime, growth of knowledge and innovation for the service of the future. A study of how police officers spent their time had revealed that only 20% of their time was dealing with crime and the remaining 80% dealing with other issues such as sudden deaths, missing people etc. which highlighted the importance of a partnership approach. A sustainable operating model which focussed on outcomes was needed. Chief Superintendent Marshall commented on recent improvements at the Bilston Glen Centre and outlined recent activities in the force area. He then answered Members’ questions on matters including the provision of statistics, future use of Hawick Police Station and the police estate review, responses following the reporting of crime, confusion over which contact number to use, and policing of social media. The Convener thanked Chief Superintendent Marshall for his presentation. DECISION NOTED the presentation. 2. MINUTES The Minutes of the Meetings held on 22 December 2016 and 9 February 2017 were considered. DECISION AGREED that the Minutes be approved and signed by the Convener. 3. COMMITTEE MINUTES The Minutes of the following Committees had been circulated:- Peebles Common Good Fund 23 November 2016 Tweeddale Area Forum 23 November 2016 Page 1 Berwickshire Area Forum 1 December 2016 Cheviot Area Forum 7 December 2016 Pension Fund Committee 8 December 2016 Pension Board 8 December 2016 Galashiels Common Good Fund 8 December 2016 Eildon Area Forum 8 December 2016 Teviot & Liddesdale Area Forum 13 December 2016 Lauder Common Good Fund 14 December 2016 Civic Government Licensing 16 December 2016 Local Review Body 19 December 2016 Planning & Building Standards 9 January 2017 Executive 17 January 2017 Teviot & Liddesdale Area Forum 17 January 2017 Civic Government Licensing 20 January 2017 Local Review Body 23 January 2017 Scrutiny 26 January 2017 Innerleithen Common Good Fund 26 January 2017 Executive 31 January 2017 Jedburgh Common Good Fund 1 February 2017 Kelso Common Good Fund 1 February 2017 DECISION APPROVED the Minutes listed above subject to paragraph 3 below. 4. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS 4.1 Tweeddale Area Forum With reference to paragraph 3 of the Minute of the Tweeddale Area Forum held on 23 November 2016, Council was asked to approve a number of recommendations relating to the A72 Action Sub-Committee and its continuation after the Council elections in May. DECISION AGREED:- (a) the Tweeddale Area Forum, or its successors, create an action group, in the next Council term, comprising of Councillors (both local and with relevant portfolios), Community Councillors, and other interested parties such as local parliamentarians, and the group should also take into account how future works on the A72 could benefit business development in Tweeddale, such as cycling tourism; (b) the replacement of the existing anti-skid surfacing at the approaches to The Nest Roundabout be considered in future Road Maintenance Programmes; (c) Officers be asked to investigate the provision for
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