Issue - meetings

RESOLVED – that (A) the East Herts Green Belt Review – Parts 2 to 6, December 2013, be agreed as part of the evidence base to inform and support the East Herts District Plan; and

(B)      the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Executive Member for Strategic Planning and Transport, be authorised to make non-material, and typographical corrections to the Green Belt Review.

(see also Minute 421)

The Executive considered and approved the recommendations of the District Planning Executive Panel, at its meeting held on 3 December 2013, on the East Herts Green Belt Review – Parts 2 to 6 (December 2013).

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the East Herts Green Belt Review – Parts 2 to 6, December 2013, be agreed as part of the evidence base to inform and support the East Herts District Plan; and

(B)      the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Executive Member for Strategic Planning and Transport, be authorised to make non-material, and typographical corrections to the Green Belt Review.

(see also Minute 409)

The Panel considered a report summarising the findings of the East Herts Green Belt Review – Parts 2 to 6 (December 2013), which sought endorsement to use the Review to inform the preparation of the East Herts District Plan. 

The Panel recalled that the Review had been split into two parts, with the first part having been considered by the Panel, at its meeting held on 3 October 2013.  Part 1 of the Review had informed the Detailed Site Assessments undertaken in Part 2 of the Review, the subject of this report.  The purpose of Part 2 had been to undertake a detailed assessment of the Green Belt for the shortlisted areas of search remaining at the end of Chapter 4 of the Supporting Document.  This report also contained Parts 3 to 6, which included more information on the approach towards Major Developed Sites in the Green Belt, minor boundary amendments necessary as a result of digital mapping improvements, new or compensatory Green Belt and the approach towards safeguarding Green Belt land for future development beyond the emerging Plan period.

Members noted a number of minor corrections to various figures, as detailed in the supplementary sheets tabled.

In response to Members’ questions, Officers confirmed that the criteria and scoring used in the assessmentwere comparable to those used by other Authorities and reflected the local circumstances and relationships between East Herts towns and villages.  In respect of some confusion on the hierarchy of the maps, Officers undertook to include cross-referencing that would benefit the public. 

The Panel supported the recommendations as now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the East Herts Green Belt Review – Parts 2 to 6, December 2013, be agreed as part of the evidence base to inform and support the East Herts District Plan; and

(B)      the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Executive Member for Strategic Planning and Transport, be authorised to make non-material, and typographical corrections to the Green Belt Review.