Agenda and minutes

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County Councillors Bernard Dawson and Alan Schofield replaced County Councillors John Fillis and John Shedwick respectively. Councillor Alistair Humphreys replaced Councillor Mark Smith

 

1.

Appointment of Chair and Vice-Chairs 2018/19

The roles of Chair/Vice Chairs of the Joint Advisory Committee for Strategic Planning rotate between the three authorities. As this is the first meeting of the 2018/19 municipal year, it is necessary to appoint a Chair and Vice Chairs. The Chairs for the previous two municipal years when the Joint Committee met (2013/14 and 2014/15) were appointed from Blackburn with Darwen Council and Blackpool Council respectively. Therefore the Chair should be appointed from Lancashire County Council for the 2018/19 municipal year, with Vice Chairs appointed from Blackburn with Darwen Council and Blackpool Council.

Minutes:

The Clerk reported that the roles of Chair and Vice Chair of the Joint Advisory Committee rotated between the three authorities on an annual basis. As this was the first meeting of the 2018/19 municipal year, it was necessary to appoint a Chair and Vice Chairs. For 2018/19, the Chair was to be appointed from Lancashire County Council, with Vice Chairs appointed from Blackpool Council and Blackburn with Darwen Council.

 

Resolved: - That:

 

(i)  County Councillor Michael Green, Lancashire County Council, be appointed Chair of the Joint Advisory Committee for Strategic Planning for the 2018/19 municipal year;

(ii)  Councillor David Smith, Blackburn with Darwen Council, be appointed Vice Chair of the Joint Advisory Committee for Strategic Planning for the 2018/19 municipal year;

(iii)  In the absence of a substantive member, the appointment of a Vice Chair from Blackpool Council be deferred to the next meeting.

2.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Gillian Campbell – Blackpool Council, and Councillor Phil Riley – Blackburn with Darwen Council.

3.

Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests

Members are asked to consider any Pecuniary or Non-Pecuniary Interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the Agenda.

Minutes:

None declared.

4.

Minutes of the Meeting held on 24 September 2014 pdf icon PDF 63 KB

Minutes:

Resolved:- That the minutes of the meeting held on 24 September 2014 be confirmed and signed by the Chair.

5.

Constitution, Membership and Terms of Reference 2018/19 pdf icon PDF 84 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

A report was presented on the Constitution, Membership Terms of Reference of the Joint Advisory Committee. The Terms of Reference had been updated to ensure that references to legislation, policies and documents were current.

 

Resolved:-  That the report, now presented, be noted.

6.

Publication of the draft revised Minerals and Waste Local Plan for Public Consultation pdf icon PDF 105 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Richard Sharples, Planning Officer, Lancashire County Council, presented a report, and gave a presentation, setting out details of a draft revised Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan, together with a Local Development Scheme which set out the timetable for plan production, and a Scoping Consultation Outcomes Report, which set out the proposed changes to the Local Plan. The Local Plan sets out the sites and policies which will be used to determine quarrying and waste development planning applications.

 

It was reported that it was proposed to undertake a consultation on the revised Local Plan during the Summer of 2018 which would take place over eight weeks in place of the statutory six weeks. It was then proposed to make a submission to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for consideration in the Summer of 2019 with a view to adoption in 2020.

 

Andy Mullaney, Head of Planning and Environment, Lancashire County Council; Marcus Hudson, Planning Manager, Lancashire County Council; and Richard Sharples responded to a number of queries from members of the Committee.

 

These included:

 

-  The addition of Lower Hall Farm, Samlesbury, South Ribble.

-  Waste Management provision in East Lancashire.

-  Landfill capacity, e.g. at Whinney Hill, Accrington, Hyndburn.

-  Recycling, sorting, treatment and recovery of waste.

 

Resolved: - That the Joint Advisory Committee for Strategic Planning recommends to the three authorities that:

 

(i)  The draft revised Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan set out at Appendix 'A', to the report now presented, be published for consultation purposes during the summer.

(ii)  The revised Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan Local Development Scheme 2014-20 set out at Appendix 'B', to the report now presented, which sets out the timetable for plan production, be adopted.

 

The outcomes of the scoping consultation, and the proposed changes to the Local Plan review, set out in the Scoping Consultation Outcomes Report, as set out at Appendix 'C', to the report now presented, be noted.

7.

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:

There was no urgent business to be considered.

8.

Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Joint Advisory Committee for Strategic Planning is to be confirmed.

Minutes:

It was noted that the next meeting of the Joint Advisory Committee would be held on a date to be arranged.