Issue - meetings

Minute 220 refers

RESOLVED – that (A) the Material Changes to the Draft Topic Assessments attached at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ of the report submitted, be supported as replacements to those reported to the Local Development Framework Executive Panel on 29 March 2012, subject to a period for Member comment until 31 August 2012; and

(B)      their use be supported as an element of the emerging Supporting Document to the draft District Plan: Part 1 – Strategy.

(see also Minute 235 above)

Minute 8 refers

The Executive considered the recommendations of the District Planning Executive Panel made at its meeting held on 26 July 2012 in respect of the Material Changes to Draft Topic Assessments.

The Executive Member for Strategic Planning and Transport urged all Members to use the consultation period until the end of August 2012, to check and challenge any of the traffic light assessments for their areas. 

The Executive supported the recommendations as now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the Material Changes to the Draft Topic Assessments attached at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ of the report submitted, be supported as replacements to those reported to the Local Development Framework ExecutivePanel on 29 March 2012, subject to a period for Member comment until 31 August 2012; and

(B)      their use be supported as an element of the emerging Supporting Document to the draft District Plan: Part 1 – Strategy.

(se also Minute 223 below)

The Panel considered proposed updates concerning material changes made to the Draft Topic Assessments, which would form part of the emerging Supporting Document to the draft District Plan: Part 1 - Strategy.  These updates replaced the iterations that were reported to the Local Development Framework Executive Panel on 29 March 2012.  A schedule of the proposed material change revisions to the Draft Topic Assessments was detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ of the report submitted. 

Officers advised that the assessment criteria for the ‘Land Availability’ Topic Assessment had been slightly changed from assessing land availability for 500 dwellings at a density of 20 dwellings per hectare (dph) to 25dph.  This density was considered to be a more realistic planning assumption for development of this scale and was more consistent with criteria used in the Strategic Land Availability Assessment.

Other revisions had also been made in respect of Highways Infrastructure and the ‘Noise Impacts’ Topic Assessment.  The Maintaining Tranquillity Topic Assessment (which assessed noise and light impacts) had been deleted in its entirety. 

In response to a request from Councillor J Wing, an additional recommendation providing Members with time to comment on the Material Changes until the 31 August 2012, was supported.

The Panel supported the recommendations as now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the Material Changes to the Draft Topic Assessments attached at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ of the report submitted, be supported as replacements to those reported to the Local Development Framework ExecutivePanel on 29 March 2012, subject to a period for Member comment until 31 August 2012; and

(B)      their use be supported as an element of the emerging Supporting Document to the draft District Plan: Part 1 – Strategy.