Denkyembour District Assembly Holds 5th Spatial Planning Committee Meeting for 2022
Posted by Elvis Offei-Bekoe - 31st May 2022
On 31st May 2022, the Spatial Planning Committee of the Denkyembour District Assembly held a meeting at the District’s Conference Hall for the consideration and approval of development applications that were received within the month. Approval or disapproval of development application which forms part of the mandate of the committee was the main agenda of the meeting.
The District Chief Executive; Honourable Seth Birikorang Ofosu, the Chairman for the committee opened by the meeting by expressing his gratitude to all members for making time to attend the meeting. He then mentioned that the committee is an important committee to the assembly because they oversee the approval of development plans that in turn raise revenue for the assembly. He therefore urged the committee to try as much as possible to meet every month as stipulated by the law.
The committee then moved to the main agenda of the day which was approval of development plans within the district for the month. In all, the committee received 4 applications that were spread across the length and breadth of the district. After deliberations and discussions of the plans, members approved 4 applications.
The District Chief Executive, in other business, urged the Physical Planning Department to continue with the monitoring exercise periodically. He also advised them to give out their work plan to management so that some form of motivation could be given to the members of the taskforce. He then expressed his gratitude to all members for taking time to attend the meeting.