Issue - meetings

The purpose of this report is to seek the Executive’s approval of the Climate Change and Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), and that it is recommended to Full Council for formal adoption as a material planning consideration.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Executive recommends to the Council that the Climate Change and Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) be adopted, and that the Council subsequently adopts the SPD.

RESOLVED that

1)         the Joint Strategic Director for Place in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Economic Development review and amend any typographical errors and other non-substantive elements of the document that need correcting; and

2)         the Executive recommends to Council that the Climate Change and Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) be approved, and adopted as a material planning consideration.

Reason: The SPD provides further guidance on the implementation of Local Plan Part 1 (LPP1) policies relevant to climate change and sustainability and will form part of the Council’s response to the climate emergency and will become a material planning consideration. It will enable the Council to influence new development across the Borough so that it is sustainable and responds to the challenges of, and mitigates against, climate change.

This recommendation follows a statutory public consultation on the SPD undertaken in accordance with Regulation 13 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (“the Regulations”). The final SPD has been amended in response to comments raised through the public consultation.

[This matter is recommended to Council for decision and is not subject to the call-in procedure]

Cllr Townsend introduced the report which presented the new Climate Change and Sustainability supplementary Planning Document (SPD) and recommended that it be submitted to Council for adoption.

Cllr Hyman was in remote attendance, having registered to speak in accordance with Procedure Rule 23. He noted that the document contained a number of typographical errors which needed to be corrected, and outlined his objections to the SPD on the basis that, in his opinion, the Council was not in compliance with the Habitats Regulations. The Leader and Cllr Townsend noted Cllr Hyman’s objections but reminded him that the Council had obtained multiple legal opinions over the years that confirmed that the Council’s approach was legal and correct.

RESOLVED that

1)         the Joint Strategic Director for Place in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Economic Development review and amend any typographical errors and other non-substantive elements of the document that need correcting; and

2)         the Executive recommends to Council that the Climate Change and Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) be approved, and adopted as a material planning consideration.

Reason: The SPD provides further guidance on the implementation of Local Plan Part 1 (LPP1) policies relevant to climate change and sustainability and will form part of the Council’s response to the climate emergency and will become a material planning consideration. It will enable the Council to influence new development across the Borough so that it is sustainable and responds to the challenges of, and mitigates against, climate change.

This recommendation follows a statutory public consultation on the SPD undertaken in accordance with Regulation 13 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (“the Regulations”). The final SPD has been amended in response to comments raised through the public consultation.