Local Plan Sub-Committee - 16 June 2020 (7pm)

LOCAL PLAN SUB-COMMITTEE

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a virtual/remote meeting to be held on Tuesday 16 June 2020 at 7pm.

Members of the Local Plan Sub-Committee to be appointed at the Policy and Resources Committee meeting on 15 June 2020

Councillors:

Matthew Bedford           Chris Lloyd

Sara Bedford       Reena Ranger

Stephen Cox       Alison Wall

Steve Drury       Phil Williams

Stephen Giles-Medhurst

Joanne Wagstaffe Chief Executive

8 June 2020

(The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 made under the Coronavirus Act 2020 enable Council/Committee meetings to be held in a virtual format and enables remote attendance.

The meeting starts at 7pm and will be virtual/remote meeting in that it will be conducted at no specific location and all participants are at various locations, communicating via audio and online.

The Council welcomes contributions from members of the public to its discussion on Part I agenda items at Committee meetings.   Contributions will be limited to one person speaking for and one against each item for not more than three minutes. Please note that in the event of registering your interest to speak on an agenda item but not taking up that right because the item is deferred, you will automatically be given the right to speak on that item at the next meeting of the Committee. Details of the procedure are provided below:

Members of the public wishing to speak will be entitled to register and identify which Part I report they wish to speak on from the published agenda for the remote meeting. Those who wish to register to speak must do so by notifying the Committee Team by e-mail 48 hours before the meeting. The first 2 people to register (1 for and 1 against) will be sent a link so that they can join the meeting to exercise that right. This will also allow the Committee Team to prepare the speaker sheet in advance of the remote meeting to forward to the Chair of the meeting.

In accordance with The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 any matters considered under Part 1 business only of the meeting may be filmed, recorded, photographed, broadcast or reported via social media by any person.

Recording and reporting the Council's meetings is subject to the law and it is the responsibility of those doing the recording and reporting to ensure compliance.  This will include the Human Rights Act, the Data Protection Act and the laws of libel and defamation.

Please note that the meeting is being held virtually. The Part I business of the meeting will be live streamed at – (Link archived)

1.         APPOINTMENT OF THE CHAIR OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE

2.         APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

3.        MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Local Plan Sub-Committee meeting held on 22 January 2020.

4.         NOTICE OF OTHER BUSINESS

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 to be announced, together with the special circumstances that justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

5.         DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

6.         LOCAL PLAN: REVISED DRAFT POLICIES

This report sets out the minor changes to the draft policies that have previously been considered by the Local Plan Sub Committee for recommendation to the Policy & Resources Committee for inclusion in the new Local Plan. It also provides details of a recent MHCLG consultation on changes to the Building Regulations which may require a review of the Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Renewable Onsite Energy policy at a future date.

7.     LOCAL PLAN – TOPIC PAPER: FLOOD RISK & WATER RESOURCES

This topic paper sets out the issues which the new Local Plan will need to address in relation to flood risk and water resources and proposes policy wording to be contained within the new Local Plan.

8.      LOCAL PLAN - TOPIC PAPER: BIODIVERSITY, TREES, WOODLAND AND LANDSCAPING

This topic paper sets out the issues which the new Local Plan will need to address in relation to conserving and enhancing the natural environment in relation to biodiversity, trees, woodland and landscaping and proposes policy wording to be contained within the new Local Plan.

9.     LOCAL PLAN – TOPIC PAPER: LANDSCAPE CHARACTER

This topic paper sets out the issues which the new Local Plan will need to address in relation to landscape and proposes policy wording to be contained within the new Local Plan.

10.     LOCAL PLAN GYPSY, TRAVELLERS AND TRAVELLING SHOWPEOPLE SITES - SAFEGUARDING POLICY

To receive the Gypsy, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople sites – Safeguarding policy.

11.     LOCAL PLAN – TOPIC PAPER: HEALTH AND WELLBEING

This topic paper sets out the issues which the new Local Plan will need to address in relation to health and wellbeing and proposes policy wording to be contained within the new Local Plan.

12.     OTHER BUSINESS – If approved under item 3 above.

13.    EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If the Sub-Committee wishes to consider the remaining item in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:- “that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under paragraph (3) of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Act. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

1.      LOCAL PLAN ISSUES

To consider safeguarding of sites.

2.      OTHER BUSINESS – If approved under item 3 above.