Agenda and draft minutes

Joint Committee for Strategic Planning - Wednesday, 4th April, 2012 10.00 am

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

None.

2.

Disclosure of Personal and Prejudicial Interests

Minutes:

None disclosed.

3.

Minutes of the previous meeting held on 7 December 2011 pdf icon PDF 20 KB

Minutes:

The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed as an accurate record.

4.

Joint Lancashire Minerals & Waste Development Framework: Proposed Major Modifications to Site Allocation and Development Management Policies; Consultation Outcomes and Proposed Major Modifications to go forward to Full Council for approval to submit to Planning Inspector; and formal request under Section 20 (7C) to Inspector to recommend any necessary modifications to the Development Plan Document to make the Plan sound. pdf icon PDF 63 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Having considered the recommendations made by the Joint Advisory Committee for Strategic Planning the Joint Committee for Strategic Planning agreed to a further 6 week consultation requested by the inspector being undertaken and also resolved to recommend that the Full Councils of the three constituent Waste and Mineral Planning Authorities approve:

 

  i.  The Major Proposed Changes to the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Development Plan Document, and the associated minor proposed modifications, and associated supporting documents, the Additional Sites Sustainability Appraisal, Additional Sites Habitat Regulations and Additional Sites Health and Equality Impact Assessment be approved for submission to the Planning Inspector on behalf of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government;

 

  ii.  That a formal request be submitted to the Planning Inspector to recommend any necessary modifications to the Proposed Major Changes to the Plan to make the Plan sound under section 20(7C) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004; and

 

  iii.  That Chief Officers of Lancashire County Council, Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen after consultation with the relevant Portfolio holder, be given delegated authority to propose minor amendments to improve the clarity of the documentation referred to under Recommendation (i), and which do not alter the substance of the documents when submitting the Proposed Major Changes to the Secretary of State. These amendments are to be collated in a list form.

 

The Joint Committee also noted that the minor amendments referred to in paragraph (iii) of the recommendation related to any post submission amendments once full Council had approved the version of the Plan to be submitted to the Secretary of State. 

5.

Urgent Business

An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chairman of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.  Wherever possible, the clerk should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading.

Minutes:

None

6.

Date of Next Meeting

To be confirmed.

Minutes:

To be confirmed.