REMITS

Strategy Committee

General

To monitor the Parish Plan and other activity in each case as the Council may from time to time direct.

To consider long-term issues relating to traffic and transport as they affect or may affect the parish or any parts of it.

To develop partnership working with other agencies/authorities.

To develop long-term planning policies, including Local Development Framework. And Affordable Housing

To report to Council in a format that the Council may from time to time direct.

Duties

To draft the Parish Plan in consultation with such Committees, parishioners or groups and with such expert advice as the Council may from time to time direct.

To present it to Council with a copy to the Finance and Administration Committee (for its components to be costed).

To monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Parish Plan to establish that it is being implemented efficiently and effectively and remains relevant to Maresfield Parish and its residents: likewise for any other activity referred to it by the Council.

To identify measures to alleviate the adverse impact of traffic and to improve public and other transport for parishioners.

To make recommendations for the revision of the Parish Plan from time to time and in consultation with such Committees, parishioners or groups and with such expert advice as the Council may from time to time direct.

 Authority

To deal with issues within its remit, save where major decisions are required in which case the matter should be referred to Council for its approval. "Major decisions" is incapable of precise definition, but comprehends

·         Financial impact (by reference to absolute amount, departure from budget and risk)

·         Long-term impact

·         Parish-wide impact

·         Expectation of strong public feeling

[These are matters for judgement; often to be decided by the Chairman of a committee, or sometimes that chairman and the chairman of Council – each having in mind what they think Council would want.]

To sanction small items of expenditure (up to £500 any one item), but not exceeding in aggregate £2,000 in any year, in any case subject to the expenditure being within a budget heading in that year.