Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance, (copy enclosed).

The Council considered the report of the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance seeking approval of modifications made in the Examiner’s Report for the Langford and Ulting Neighbourhood Plan (attached as Appendix 1 to the report) and to proceed the Neighbourhood Plan to Referendum.

The report provided background information regarding the Langford and Ulting Neighbourhood Plan including:

·                  the regulatory process that had to be followed

·                  the Local Planning Authorities role;

·                  consideration of the Examiner’s report and proposed modifications (the draft decision statement was attached at Appendix 2 to the report);

·                  the referendum (the Neighbourhood Plan incorporating the Examiner’s modifications was attached at Appendix 3).

It was noted that once a Decision Statement is approved and published, a Neighbourhood Plan was given significant weight in decision-making, for determining planning applications within its Neighbourhood Area.

The Chairman put the recommendations set out in the report and these were duly seconded.

It was noted that the Examiner’s modifications had to be agreed to meet the requirements and move forward.  Members paid tribute to the people involved in putting the Plan together and the importance of neighbourhood plans was highlighted.

RESOLVED

(i)               that the Examiner’s modifications be agreed and that subject to these modifications the Neighbourhood Plan is determined to meet the Basic Conditions and other legislative requirements;

(ii)              that the draft Decision Statement attached at Appendix 2 to the report be approved to be published on the Council’s website; and

(iii)            that the Langford and Ulting Neighbourhood Plan be agreed as modified (at Appendix 3 to the report) enabling it to proceed to a local Referendum based on the boundary of Langford and Ulting Neighbourhood Area as recommended by the Examiner.