Agenda and draft minutes

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To receive any apologies for absence.

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Blake and Dunstall.

Councillor Rice, as Vice-Chair of the Committee, chaired the meeting in Councillor Blake’s absence,

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of urgent business.  (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with under item 9 Below).

There were no items of urgent business.

There were no declarations of interest.

To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, Section B, paragraph 29 of the Council’s constitution

There were no deputations/ petitions/ presentations/ questions.

To confirm and sign the minutes of the Strategic Planning Committee meeting held on 20 February 2023 and 15 May 2023as a correct record.

RESOLVED

To confirm and sign the minutes of the Strategic Planning Committee held on 23 February 2023 and 15 May 2023 a correct record.

To consider a report on the work of Planning and Building Control for 2022/23.

Officers introduced the report as set out in the agenda pack.

The following was noted in response to questions from the Committee:

-          There were thresholds to determine what level an application should be treated as.  Major applications were applications with 10 or more residential units, 1000sqm of floor space, or a site over 0.5 hectares.  There were further subcategories – minor applications, certificates of lawfulness and approvals of details

-          It was appreciated that Local Plans were not necessarily the most agile vehicles and there was not the opportunity to update them on a regular basis.  The aim was to future proof the plan to cover future developments.  

-          There was a narrow set of legal criteria that Neighbourhood Forums were required to meet.

RESOLVED

To note the report.

Bryce Tudball introduced the report as set out in the agenda pack.

The following was noted in response to questions from the Committee:

-       In regard to small sites metric, the guidance and legislation was in the early stages.  It was expected to be in place in 2024, but there would not be time to update the local validation list to reflect this metric.

RESOLVED to

1.            Consider and provide comment on the proposed draft Local Validation List for planning applications set out in Appendix 1 2.3 Notes that a final draft version of the List will be published for consultation for four weeks during June/July 2023.

2.            Note that the Assistant Director for Planning, Building Standards and Sustainability has delegated authority to approve the final List following consultation. This will include consideration of any consultation comments received and will be in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing Services, Private Renters and Planning.

There were no new items of urgent business.

To note the dates of future meetings:

13 November 2023

19 February 2024

13 November 2023

19 February 2024