Committee Membership

Summary

Find out who is a member of each committee, panel, or group and what they are responsible for.

Membership

Cabinet
Champions
Scrutiny Committee
Accounts, Audit and Governance Committee
Licensing Appeals and Complaints Committee/Licensing & Gambling Acts Committee
Planning Committees
Sites Sub-Committee
Standards and Ethics Committee
Emmergency Committee
Neighbourhood Boards
Overview Sub Committee - Public Protection and Environment
Overview Sub Committee – Localism and Neighbourhoods
Joint Consultative Committee
Local Planning Steering Group
Loans and Grants Panel
Shared Services Joint Programme Board
Chairmen of Committees
South Norfolk Alliance

Cabinet

Within the policy framework and budget agreed by Council, the Cabinet makes most of the decisions, except for decisions which can only be made by the Planning, Licensing and Standards and Ethics Committees.

Portfolio	Member	Shadow
Leader and External Affairs	John Fuller (Chairman)	Leader - Murray Gray External Affairs - Tim East
Community Empowerment and Building the Big Society	Martin Wilby	Pauline Allen
Public Protection and Development Control	Keith Kiddie	Murray Gray
Localism	Yvonne Bendle	Vivienne Bell
Corporate Resources and Governance	Garry Wheatley	Trevor Lewis
Organisational Efficiency and Shared Services	David Bills	Murray Gray

Champions

Design	Derek Blake
Young People	Laura Webster

Scrutiny Committee (11)

Because the Cabinet has so much power and is usually single-party, the Scrutiny Committee's main role is to hold Cabinet to account. Members of the Council can "call in" Cabinet decisions before they are implemented. Scrutiny Committee often scrutinises proposed policy changes before decisions are made and advises Cabinet or Council accordingly.

(7 Conservatives / 4 Liberal Democrats)

Conservatives	Liberal Democrats
Margaret Dewsbury (Chairman)	Trevor Lewis (Vice-Chair)
Terry Blowfield	Jan Hardinge
Colin Foulger	Bob McClenning
Michael Windridge	Gerry Watt
Lisa Neal
Florence Ellis
Andrew Pond

Accounts, Governance and Audit Committee (6)

This committee scrutinises the accounts and ultimately approves them, supervises the activity of the internal auditor, considers the reports of the internal auditor and keeps the Council's governance arrangement under review.

(5 Conservatives / 1 Liberal Democrat / 1 Independent Member)

Conservatives	Liberal Democrats
Christopher Kemp (Chairman)	Trevor Lewis
David Goldson
Kay Billig
Robert Savage
Derek Blake

One Independent Member: Alan Squirrell (Vice Chairman)

Licensing, Appeals and Complaints Committee/Licensing & Gambling Acts Committee (15)

These two committees (with a common membership) recommend licensing policies to the Council. They consider individual licensing cases and hear appeals. They also hear a small number of complaints refered to them when the main complaints process has been exhusted, and decide what to do about serial complainants.

(12 Conservatives / 3 Liberal Democrats)

Conservatives	Liberal Democrats
Robert Savage (Chairman)	Jan Hardinge
Colin Gould (Vice Chairman)	Bob McClenning
Lisa Neal	Gerry Watt
Jeremy Savage
Lee Hornby
Brian Riches
David Goldson
Andrew Pond
Sue Thomson
Jenny Wilby
Garry Wheatley
Laura Webster

Planning Committees (9 Conservatives, 2 Liberal Democrats)

These committees share the work of deciding Town and County planning and building applications which have not been delegated to a planning officer. They also apply the Council's Enforcement Policy in planning cases.

Chairman for both committees: William Kemp

First Wednesday Planning Committee

Conservatives	Liberal Democrats
William Kemp (Chairman)	Vivienne Bell
Derek Blake (Vice Chairman)	Murray Gray
Christopher Kemp
Leslie Dale
Lee Hornby
Beverley Spratt
Lisa Neal
Jenny Wilby
Nigel Legg

Third Wednesday Planning Committee

Conservatives	Liberal Democrats
William Kemp (Chairman)	Pauline Allen
Joe Mooney (Vice Chairman)	Tim East
Florence Ellis
Colin Gould
Margaret Dewsbury
Terry Blowfield
John Overton
Colin Foulger
Brian Riches

Sites Sub-Committee (6)

This committee carries out site visits on behalf of the planning committees and advises them. It also determines appeals against officer decisions about Tree Preservation Orders.

(5 Conservatives, 1 Liberal Democrat)
(Members will be appointed in rotation from the membership of the Planning Committees)

Standards And Ethics Committee (3)

This committee advises Council on standards and considers complaints about the conduct of District and Parish Councillors in relation to the Code of Conduct.

(2 Conservatives / 1 Liberal Democrat / 3 Independent / 3 Parish Council representatives)

Conservatives	Liberal Democrats
Christopher Kemp	Vivienne Bell
Kay Billig

Independent members: David Jones (Chair), Amanda Montagu, and Frank James
Parish Representatives: David Hewer, Paul Bird, and David Moore

Emergency Committee (5)

During the recovery phase of an emergency, the committee may authorise actions affecting any of the Council's functions.

(4 Conservatives/1 Liberal Democrat/1 County Councillor / 6 community representatives)

Conservatives	Liberal Democrats
John Fuller (Chairman)	Murray Gray
Keith Kiddie (Vice-Chairman)
Nigel Legg
Michael Edney

Neighbourhood Boards

These boards are made up of community representatives, Parish, District and County Councillors, supported by council staff and police officers. They aim to enhance people's lives at a local level by considering and addressing local issues and to help develop the 'big society'.