Local Plan Sub-Committee - Thursday 8 August (7pm)

NOTICE AND AGENDA

For a meeting to be held in the Penn Chamber, Three Rivers House, Rickmansworth, on Thursday 8 August 2019 at 7pm.

Members of the Local Plan Sub-Committee:-

Sara Bedford (Chairman)      Chris Lloyd

Matthew Bedford      Reena Ranger

Stephen Cox      Alison Wall

Stephen Giles-Medhurst      Phil Williams

vacancy

David Hill, Interim Chief Executive

31 July 2019

The Local Sub-Committee welcomes contributions from Members of the public to its discussion on agenda items. 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 Policy and Resources Committee. Details of the procedure and the list for registering the wish to speak will be available for a short period before the meeting.

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1.  APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.  MINUTES

To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Local Plan Sub-Committee meeting held on 15 July 2019.

3.  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.

4.  DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

To receive any declarations of interest.

5.  LOCAL PLAN TOPIC PAPER: WATERWAYS

This topic paper sets out the issues which the new Local Plan will need to address in relation to the Grand Union Canal and to a lesser extent development proposals adjacent to other waterways and proposes policy wording to be contained within the new Local Plan.

6.  LOCAL PLAN TOPIC PAPER: HERITAGE AND THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT

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

7.  LOCAL PLAN TOPIC PAPER: WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RECYCLING

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

8.  LOCAL PLAN TOPIC PAPER: LOCAL DISTINCTIVENESS AND PLACE SHAPING

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

9.  LOCAL PLAN TOPIC PAPER: GROUND CONDITIONS, CONTAMINATION AND POLLUTION

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

10.  LOCAL PLAN TOPIC PAPER: OVERARCHING POLICY ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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

11.  LOCAL PLAN TOPIC PAPER: ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION

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

12.  LOCAL PLAN TOPIC PAPER: RENEWABLE AND LOW CARBON ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS

This topic paper sets out the issues which the new Local Plan will need to address in relation to large scale renewable and low carbon energy developments and proposes policy wording to be contained within the new Local Plan.

13.  OTHER BUSINESS if Approved under Item 3

14.  EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

If the 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.”

(Note: If other confidential business is approved under item 3, it will also be necessary to specify the class of exempt or confidential information in the additional items.)

1.  LOCAL PLAN

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