Would it be good to have a designated council officer to deal with mobile phone mast issues?
A. David Davies, Head of Planning Services – A development control officer has become a telecoms expert and deals with the operators’ annual roll-out plan. This is not an explicit role but we could review this. END OF WITNESS SESSION PANEL DEBATE AND CONCLUSIONS The Panel debated the issues raised and concluded six themes, listed in the headings below, on which to advise the Council Executive. The following recommendations will be forwarded to the Council Executive for consideration at their meeting on 15th January 2003. RECOMMENDATIONS The Corporate Issues & Partnerships Overview & Scrutiny Panel recommended that the Council Executive: ECONOMIC/ BUSINESS (1) Should recognise the importance of new technology as a driver to local knowledge-based businesses and would not wish to put unnecessary barriers in the way of supporting the local economy; (2) Agree that it is important for the Council to promote and investigate the use of Broadband technology for the benefit of the local economy
