Issue - meetings

Minute 60 refers

RESOLVED – that (A) the issues raised in Chapter 15 (Retail and Town Centres) of the draft District Plan Preferred Options, as now detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report be received and considered;

(B)      Officers’ responses to the issues  referred to in (A) above, as now detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report be agreed;

(C)      the further amendments in respect of Chapter 15 (Retail and Town Centres) of the draft District Plan Preferred Options, as detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report, be received and considered; and

(D)      the draft revised Chapter 15 (Retail and Town Centres), as detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘C’ to the report be agreed as a basis for inclusion in the final draft District Plan, with the content being finalised when the consolidated plan is presented in September 2016.

(see also Minute 177)

Minute 4 refers

The Executive considered and supported the recommendations of the District Planning Executive Panel meeting held on 24 May 2016, on the issues raised in Chapter 15 (Retail and Town Centres) of the draft District Plan Preferred Options.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the issues raised in Chapter 15 (Retail and Town Centres) of the draft District Plan Preferred Options, as now detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report be received and considered;

(B)      Officers’ responses to the issues  referred to in (A) above, as now detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report be agreed;

(C)      the further amendments in respect of Chapter 15 (Retail and Town Centres) of the draft District Plan Preferred Options, as detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report, be received and considered; and

(D)      the draft revised Chapter 15 (Retail and Town Centres), as detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘C’ to the report be agreed as a basis for inclusion in the final draft District Plan, with the content being finalised when the consolidated plan is presented in September 2016.

(see also Minute 75)

The Panel considered a report on issues raised through the Preferred Options consultation in connection with Chapter 15 (Retail and Town Centres) of the draft District Plan Preferred Options, together with Officers’ responses to those issues.  The Panel was advised why further amendments to Chapter 15 were required in terms of ensuring that the final draft District Plan incorporated the most up to date policy position and the latest available evidence.  The proposed draft revised Chapter was presented for consideration before subsequent incorporation into the final draft District Plan.

In response to Members’ comments on the two existing neighbourhood centres in Bishop’s Stortford, Officers provided clarification on their role and the process for monitoring changes over time.

In response to a Member enquiry as to whether the inclusion of a new neighbourhood centre south of Whittington Way meant that the decision on the site allocation had already been taken, Officers explained that this was not the case, and that it did not predetermine the Council’s final decision with regards to this site.

The Panel supported the recommendations, as now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the issues raised in Chapter 15 (Retail and Town Centres) of the draft District Plan Preferred Options, as now detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report be received and considered;

(B)      Officers’ responses to the issues  referred to in (A) above, as now detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report be agreed;

(C)      the further amendments in respect of Chapter 15 (Retail and Town Centres) of the draft District Plan Preferred Options, as detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ to the report, be received and considered; and

(D)      the draft revised Chapter 15 (Retail and Town Centres), as detailed in Essential Reference Paper ‘C’ to the report be agreed as a basis for inclusion in the final draft District Plan, with the content being finalised when the consolidated plan is presented in September 2016.