Councillors
Panels
The Council is the main scrutiny and debating forum for issues affecting the Council
area and for the provision of democratic leadership and promotion of the area’s
well-being. It exercises Strategic Leadership for the area and promotes the Council’s
core values.
Appeals Panel
About the Committee
The determination of appeals in terms of the Council’s approved Disciplinary and
Grievance Procedures, Finance, Rating, Education, Access to Records, Placing Requests,
Exclusion, Maintenance Allowance Appeals, Road Traffic Orders, Allocations and other
Housing Appeals, etc.
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Scrutiny Panels
To help the Council scrutinise the activities of the Leadership Panel and hold it
to account for its performance, the Council has established independent scrutiny
arrangements.
These are Standing Scrutiny Panels comprising Corporate and Community Planning,
Community Services and Development and Environment. These Panels can call-in any
of the decisions taken by the Leadership Panel to enable broader discussion, consideration
and investigation of these decisions and if considered necessary refer them to the
full Council for final deliberation. The Scrutiny Panels can also carry out more
in-depth investigations into any aspect of the Council's operation through scrutiny
reviews that are agreed by the Council in advance through an annual work-plan.
The Council is required to establish an Audit Committee and the Council has agreed
that the Corporate and Community Planning Scrutiny Panel will carry out these functions.
Scrutiny and Governance Management Panel
About the Committee
The role of the Scrutiny and Governance Management Panel is established within the
Council’s Standing Orders and includes:
- keeping under review the performance and operation of Scrutiny within the Council;
- keeping under review the Council’s Delivering Good Governance Framework; and
- preparing and submitting to this Council an Annual Report.
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General Purposes Panel
About the Committee
To approve attendance of Members at appropriate conferences and seminars, within
budget.
To deal with applications for grants and to determine requests for Civic Hospitality,
Civic Gifts and related matters.
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Leadership Panel
About the Committee
The Leadership Panel has a strategic role focusing on policy development, policy,
service review and strategic management of the Council’s services. The Leadership
Panel does not generally deal with operational matters or consider reports which
are for information only. The Leadership Panel will direct and supervise the discharge
of functions of the Council as an Education Authority every second meeting.
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Rural Panel
About the Committee
To develop and review Council Strategy for the rural areas of South Ayrshire.
To oversee the use of the Rural Communities’ budget, including the Rural Grants
Scheme.
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Local Review Body
About the Committee
Where an application for planning permission for local development has been determined
by an appointed officer in accordance with the Council's Planning Scheme of Delegation,
the applicant will be entitled to seek a review of that decision by the Local Review
Body ("Review Body"). Similarly, if an application which falls within
the scope of the Scheme of Delegation for decision by an appointed officer has not
been determined within the prescribed period (2 months) the applicant may seek
a review by the Review Body of that "deemed refusal".
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