How confident are you in your planning decisions? Making robust planning decisions which can be defended to the public and at appeal can be challenging. However, we are here to support planning committee members on this via some new half-day sessions – what’s more, we will come to you. The sessions will enable you to … Continued
Please see the link below following up on the Secretary of State’s Commitment to lay the Regulations prior to the end of 2014: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/5/contents/made
Just a brief message to wish all ADSO Members and all our partners best wishes for the festive season. Have a well earned break and we look forward to further developing the association in 2015. John Austin on behalf of the ADSO Board
Due to the recent website security issues there has been a delay in posting the resources from the Annual Conference 2014. They can now be accessed via this link: http://www.adso.co.uk/?page_id=2723
At the final Board meeting of the year on Friday 12 December 2014, the ADSO Board got into the Christmas spirit and supported national Christmas jumper day raising over £50 for charity. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best for the festive period.
The first course of the 2015 ADSO Training Programme is now live and open for bookings. The Adaptable and Effective Scrutiny Officer course is being run in 3 locations across the county in January 2015. Further details about the locations and how to book your place is available via the ADSO website at this link: … Continued
Following last years #askpickles session, a 2014 session will take place on 16 December 2014. Further details can be found via the link below: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/communities-and-local-government-committee/news/askpickles-2014/ ADSO has some success in raising the issue of electronic agenda summons last year but unfortunately, the legislation required has not yet been enacted. As such, we will be using … Continued
The ADSO Awards 2014 were held as part of the ADSO 2014 Conference held at Birmingham City Football Club on 20th and 21st November 2014. The quality of applications was extremely high and ADSO is pleased to announce that this years’ winners were: ADSO Team of the Year for Boroughs and Districts – Newcastle Under … Continued
The ADSO Business Plan for 2014-2017 has now been published. It can be viewed via this link on our website: http://www.adso.co.uk/?page_id=3324
ADSO would like to congratulate another learner in their qualifications success. Eliott Ridington from Cornwall Council has recently achieved his Certificate in Democratic Practice. Well done Elliot!