Issue - meetings

That the Commuted Sums Advisory Panel be disbanded with immediate effect.

The Executive considered a report proposing that the Commuted Sums Advisory Panel be disbanded.  The Advisory Panel had been in existence for over a year however it had only been called upon to meet once and because its recommendation was above the £100,000 threshold the final decision had to be made by the Executive.  It was therefore felt that the Panel process was duplicating the work of the Executive and thereby delaying decisions on the release of commuted sums for the delivery of much-needed affordable housing.

RESOLVED: That the Commuted Sums Advisory Panel be disbanded with immediate effect.