Issue - meetings

Minute 62 refers

RESOLVED – that (A) the issues raised in respect of Chapter 17 (Transport) of the draft District Plan Preferred Options, as now detailed in 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 17 (Transport) 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 17 (Transport) 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 6 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 17 (Transport) of the draft District Plan Preferred Options.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the issues raised in respect of Chapter 17 (Transport) of the draft District Plan Preferred Options, as now detailed in 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 17 (Transport) 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 17 (Transport) 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 17 (Transport) together with Officers’ responses to those issues.  The Panel was advised why further amendments to Chapter 17 (Transport) 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 regarding strategic transport schemes and the potential impact of proposed development in adjoining local authority areas on East Herts, Officers explained the role of East Herts Council in the context of engaging in the Hertfordshire County Council’s 2050 Transport Vision for the county.  The Officers further explained that the HCC transport model took into account neighbouring authorities’ individual positions, both within Hertfordshire and also beyond, this being informed by Essex County Council’s modelling data being utilised in the HCC model.  The Panel Chairman commented that the Council needed to have the evidence in place to support strategic changes. 

In response to a Member’s comment in relation to a “light rail” at Buntingford, the Officer explained that this issue had been taken into account as a submission in respect of HCC’s 2020 Vision but that at the present time, the HCC’s preferred schemes were not yet available.  HCC intended that public consultation on the 2050 Vision would take place in the summer.  The issue of sustainable transport modes was discussed along with parking standards and the need for a revised Vehicle Parking SPD.  The Officer explained that the Council had recently revised its parking standards, which would be included as an Appendix to the District Plan and that the Vehicle Parking SPD would be revised in due course.

The Panel supported the recommendations as now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the issues raised in respect of Chapter 17 (Transport) of the draft District Plan Preferred Options, as now detailed in 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 17 (Transport) 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 17 (Transport) 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.