Issue - decisions

1)  That the proposals set out in the SCRAIP from Planning, Transport and Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee (PTDOSC) on 16 December 2014 as attached at Appendix C to the report of the Head of Planning and Development, together with the proposed amendments to the development management policies detailed in Appendix A to the report be agreed, subject to the following amendments:-

Policy DM1 – There should be an additional amendment to Policy DM1 so that the first sentence reads – “Proposals for development on previously developed land (Brownfield land) that make effective and efficient use of land and which meet the following criteria will be encouraged and permitted”.

Policy DM4 – Paragraph iii) be removed, paragraphs xii) and xiii) be amalgamated and the rest of the paragraphs be renumbered to reflect these changes.

Policy DM10 – An additional paragraph be added – “Further consideration will be given to concerns about receptor sites and additional reference will be drafted by the Head of Planning and Development in consultation with the portfolio holder for Planning, Transport and Development”.

Policy DM23 11.124 – The final sentence of this paragraph should read “Where affordable housing is proposed or required, the housing register will provide additional guidance”.

Policy DM25 Key Issue 2 Officer Response: Replace the word ‘principal’ with the word ‘principle’ and Key Issue 8 Officer Response: remove the Planning Minister’s name

and with the exception of Policies DM13, 14 and 15 which will be subject to further consideration when transport modelling advice is available and Policy DM24 which will be subject to further consideration when updated viability information is available;

2)  That, the proposals set out in the SCRAIP from PTDOSC on 16 December 2014 (as attached to the report at Appendix C) and the proposed amendments to the infrastructure delivery policies detailed in Appendix A to the report be agreed and that the policies be approved for regulation 19 consultation in July 2015;

3)  That, the proposals set out in the SCRAIP from PTDOSC on 16 December 2014 (as attached to the report at Appendix C), and the amendments to the proposed care home policy detailed in Appendix B to the report be approved, for regulation 18 consultation in February 2015; and

4)  That it be noted that in regard to Policy DM18 – an additional representation had been received to include the James Whatman Site, at least in part, in the list of retained employment sites and that consideration should be given to this before Regulation 19 consultation is conducted; and

5)  That reference to Neighbourhood Plans and their importance in the Development Plan framework be highlighted and strengthened in the introductory narrative to the Local Plan as a whole and that publicity material associated with the Local Plan should also reference the important role of Neighbourhood Plans prominently where appropriate.