Further to my last technical note advising that Thomas Glen had been appointed as Chief Executive of Perth & Kinross Council, I can now confirm the interim organisational arrangements, which will apply from Monday 4 October 2021.

1. The purpose of this technical note is to provide Elected Members with information regarding the established process for naming a school, as requested by Council at its meeting on 29 June 2021.
    
2. The process for naming a new school is governed by Procedural Manual No. 3/32, which details the consultation, decision-making process.
    
3. Procedural Manual No. 3/32 is attached for information.

1. The purpose of this Technical Note is to provide Elected Members with an update on the resurfacing works at Colquhoun Park.

Background Information:

1.         The purpose of this technical note is to provide Members with an update on  recent Appeal decision and new Appeals lodged with the Scottish Government. This information  would have normally been provided with the Planning Board papers.  As the scheduled Planning Board meeting of 14^th September 2021 is not required it was agreed to circulate this update as a technical note.

2.         Please see attached the following report:

• Updated Planning Appeals and Other Matters

1. The purpose of this Technical Note is to advise Councillors of the latest position with respect to the appeal relating to the site known as Bearsden Golf Course (TP/ED/19/0067) (DPEA ref PPA-200-2061)

1. The purpose of this technical note is to provide Elected Members information regarding a change to the School Calendar which is published on the Council Website school-holidays
    
2. An error has been identified with the published version of the calendar.  The version stated that the schools final day of term was Wednesday, 22 December and schools closed on Thursday, 23 December 2021 through to pupils return on 5 January 2022.
   

The cafes at the Leisure Centres have remained closed since the reopening of the centres.  Two of the facilities (Allander and Kirkintilloch Leisure Centre) are being utilised as mass vaccination sites and the café facilities at these venues will remain closed until these are no longer operating as vaccination sites.

The Leisuredrome café reopened on a limited hours basis on 23 August following an extensive risk assessment process.  The café initially opened from 10.00am – 4.00pm on week days and this will be reviewed going forward with the potential to include weekend access.

1. The purpose of this technical note is to provide the technical reports which are normally provided with the Planning Board papers. As the scheduled Planning Board meeting of 14^th September 2021 is not required it was agreed to circulate these papers as a technical note.
    
2. Please see attached the following reports:

• Planning Appeals and Other Matters
• Delegated Decisions Report
• Delegated Decisions List

1. The purpose of this technical note is to update members on the location and unit numbers for affordable housing within the Council’s Affordable Housing    Investment Programme 2016-2021.
2.  The details are contained within the following table:

1.         The purpose of this technical note is to advise members of the launch, on 1 September 2021, of an East Dunbartonshire Foodbank pilot project, which will provide a new mobile foodbank facility, and be available weekly in the car park of Hillhead Community Centre, Wednesdays 3- 4pm, for the coming months.