Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Director – Regeneration & Environment seeking approval of the Proposed Submission Area Action Plan for public consultation and submission to the Secretary of State for public examination.(Report No.85A)

Members are asked to note:

·                The Proposed Submission Document was considered and recommended on to Council for approval, publication and submission for public examination by Cabinet on 22 October 2104.  (Key Decision – Reference Number 3975)

·                A copy of the full Proposed Submission Document is available (for reference) in the Members Library, Group Offices and also with this agenda on the Democracy Page of the Council’s website.

Councillor Sitkin moved and Councillor Savva seconded a report from the Director of Regeneration and Environment (No.85A) seeking approval of the proposed submission Central Leeside Area Action Plan and supporting documents.

NOTED

1.      The recommendations within the report had been considered and referred onto Council for approval by Cabinet on 22 October 14.

2.      The background to preparation of the Area Action Plan, as detailed in section 3 of the report.

3.      The key projects that were relevant to Central Leeside and the wider area, as detailed within section 4.2 of the report, for which the Area Action Plan would provide the policy and planning delivery framework.  These included not only the Meridian Water development but also significant changes to the transport infrastructure.

4.      The thanks expressed to officers and other key stakeholders for their work in developing the Action Plan.

5.      The next steps in the development of the Plan and submission process, as detailed in section 5 of the report, which would include a further period of public consultation on the proposed Submission Area Action Plan.

Following a short debate the recommendations in the report were approved unanimously, without a vote.

AGREED

(1)       To approve the Proposed Submission Central Leeside Area Action Plan for publication and thereafter a statutory period of public consultation and submission to the Secretary of State for public examination.

(2)     To note that Cabinet had:

(a)     Agreed to delegate authority to the Cabinet Member for Economic Development to agree the publication of the Sustainability Appraisal and Equality Impact Assessment of the Proposed Submission Central Leeside Area Action Plan.

(b)     Agreed to authorise the Director of Regeneration & Environment to make appropriate changes to the Submission version of the Central Leeside Area Action Plan and undertake any further consultation required, in the run up to and during the public examination process into the document, in response to representations received, requests from the Planning Inspector, and emerging evidence, guidance or legal advice, with any changes of a substantive nature to be considered by the Local Plan Cabinet Sub-Committee.