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Audit and Procurement Committee

The Council first appointed an Audit Committee in May 2009. The Committee reports directly to the full Council.

The membership of the Committee must reflect the political make-up of the Council and does not include Cabinet Members. Although its members can also be members of Scrutiny Boards, the Chair and Deputy Chair must not be the Chair or Deputy Chair of a Scrutiny Board.

The Committee considers issues relating to:

• the Council's Internal and External Audit functions
• the Council's accounts
• the Council's "whistleblowing" and anti-fraud and anti-corruption policies
• the monitoring of the development and operation of the Council's risk management arrangements

Details

• Dates, times and location of meetings [https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?GL=1]
• Membership of the Audit and Procurement Committee [https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=553]

Licensing and Regulatory Committee

The Licensing and Regulatory Committee makes decisions on various licensing matters (such as alcohol, public entertainment, gambling, taxis and private hire) and on various public protection prosecutions brought by the City Council. The Committee has 14 councillors and meets every four weeks.

Sometimes, sub-committees will be arranged to look at particular licensing applications, for example where there have been objections from local residents or the police.

• Dates, times and location of meetings [https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeId=146]
• Membership of the Licensing and Regulatory Committee [https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=146]

Planning Committee

From major schemes like the Friargate development to people who want to make changes to their homes, our Planning Committee works through a whole range of planning requests. The Committee has 11 councillors and meets every three weeks. 

• Dates, times and location of meetings [https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeId=147]
• Membership of Planning Committee [https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=147]
• Planning Committee procedure rules [https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/documents/s54087/Planning Committee Procedure Rules.pdf]
• Watch upcoming and previous meetings [https://coventry.public-i.tv/core/portal/home]

If you have a query about a planning application please see the planning applications pages [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/planningapplications]. Governance Services are unable to assist with any queries relating to planning applications.

Ethics Committee

The Council has a Code of Conduct [/downloads/download/723/standards_committee_and_complaints] for councillors.

If you have a complaint about a councillor, you should complete this councillor complaint form [/councillorcomplaint], which will then be sent to the Council’s Monitoring officer. See how the Council deals with complaints about councillors [/downloads/file/13267/complaints_protocol].

If you are unable to complete the online form, or need assistance in doing so, please contact the Monitoring officer.

• Dates, times and location of meetings [https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeId=161]
• Membership of Ethics Committee [https://edemocracy.coventry.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=161]

Decisions of the Ethics Committee

• Final Decision Notice - 30 November 2015 and 29 February 2016 [/downloads/file/23279/final_decision_notice_-_30_november_2015_and_29_february_2016]
• Decision Notice - 9 December 2016 [/downloads/file/23280/decision_notice_-_9_december_2016]
• Final Decision Notice - 17 March 2017 [/downloads/file/23949/final_decision_notice_-_17_march_2017]
• Final Decision Notice, Cllr A – 6 November 2018 [/downloads/file/28459/final_decision_notice_cllr_a_-_6_november_2018]
• Final Decision Notice, Cllr W – 6 November 2018 [/downloads/file/28458/final_decision_notice_cllr_w_-_6_november_2018]
• Final Decision Notice, Cllr W – 27 November 2019 [/downloads/file/31520/final_decision_notice_cllr_w_-_27_november_2019]
• Final Decision Notice, Cllr K - 8 July 2022 [https://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/file/38708/final-decision-notice-cllr-k-8-july-2022]