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The Cabinet is the driving force of the Society. It consists of the President, Senior Vice President, Junior Vice President, Immediate Past President, Vice Presidents Emeritus, Secretary and Publicity Officer together with the Committee Chairpersons (or other nominated representative) and a member nominated by each of the Society's 9 Regional Groups. The Cabinet also has the power to co-opt any other members deemed appropriate.
Meetings of the Cabinet are help approximately 5 times a year, see the Events Schedule for details.
The composition of the Cabinet for 2008/09 can be found on the key contacts list
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Cabinet Work Programme 2008/09
This promises to be another busy year, given the Government's new legislative programme, and the major pieces of work that are still going through the system. One of the President’s objectives for this year is to ensure that we are well prepared to effectively engage in the programme and therefore he proposed that each member of Cabinet takes responsibility for a piece of legislation, to act as the focal point for the Society, and to co-ordinate activity in providing an input when required; progress will be monitored through the Cabinet meetings.
The table below identifies the legislative programme of interest to the Society, and the agreed Cabinet 'lead':
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LEGISLATION |
CABINET LEAD |
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Planning Reform Bill |
Phil Kirby |
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Climate Change Bill |
tba |
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Business Rates Supplements Bill |
tba |
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Floods and Waters Bill |
tba |
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Marine and Coastal Access Bill |
Mike Holmes |
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Heritage Protection Bill |
Paul Watson |
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Community Empowerment, housing and Economic Regeneration Bill |
Paul Watson |
In addition further areas of activity are on-going or are likely to require the Society's input and again a Cabinet 'lead' has been agreed for each of these.
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NON-LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY |
CABINET LEAD |
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Killian-Pretty Review |
Phil Kirby |
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Guidance on RSS review on housing targets |
Stuart Hylton |
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Homes and Community Agency |
Mike Holmes |
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Skills and Capacity Programmes |
Hilary Herbert |
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Eco-towns |
David Hackforth |
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Planning Policy Statement 6 (consultation) |
Dave Wood |
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National Improvement and Efficiency Prospectus of good measures for local government |
Steve Oxenham |
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National Planning Policy Review |
Dave Wood |
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Community Infrastructure levy |
Graham Jones |
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