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There was submitted a joint report by the Treasurer and the Strategic Development Plan Manager relative to the revenue estimates of the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development Planning Authority including the requisition of the constituent authorities for financial year 2021/22 and indicative planning figures for 2022/23 and 2023/24, as detailed in Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 to the report.
The report intimated that the financial environment in which the Joint Committee and constituent authorities operated continued to be characterised by significant demand and cost pressures, compounded by reducing levels of grant support. It was anticipated that the Scottish budget and local government settlement, to be announced in early 2021, might again reflect a potential core revenue grant cut for local authorities.
The constituent authority contribution had now been held at £72,438 for the last nine financial years. The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 removed the statutory requirement to prepare a strategic development plan and for 2021/22, the level of requisition would be reduced by £20,000 per constituent authority, on a one-off basis, reflecting the position whereby the ringfenced reserve being held to mitigate the costs related to the development and agreement of the strategic development plan was no longer required.
The report provided information on the assumptions that the budget had been based on and a financial overview for Clydeplan.
DECIDED:
(a) That the revenue estimates for financial year 2021/22 and the related requisitions of the constituent authorities be agreed;
(b) That it be agreed that the Strategic Development Plan Manager, in conjunction with the Treasurer, present a report to a future meeting of the Joint Committee should its remit and finances materially change; and
(c) That the indicative estimates for financial years 2022/23 and 2023/24 be noted.