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Wootton and St Helen Without Neighbourhood Plan - to recommend Council to make the neighbourhood plan part of this council's development plan

Meeting: 18/12/2019 - Council (Item 46)

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Cabinet, at its meeting on 6 December 2019, considered the head of planning’s report on the Wootton and St Helen Without Neighbourhood Development Plan.

 

The report of the head of planning, which Cabinet considered on 6 December, is attached.

 

Cabinet has recommended to Council as follows:

 

RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL: to

 

1.    make the Wootton and St Helen Without Neighbourhood Development Plan so that it continues to be part of the council’s development plan; and 

 

2.    authorise the head of planning, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, and in agreement with the Qualifying Body, to correct any spelling, grammatical, typographical or factual errors together with any improvements from a presentational perspective. 

 

 

Minutes:

Council considered the recommendations of Cabinet, made at its meeting on 6 December 2019, on making the Wootton and St Helen Without Neighbourhood Development Plan part of the development plan for Vale.

 

The Cabinet member for planning, Councillor Catherine Webber, had not taken part in the preparation of the neighbourhood plan but, as local ward member, had encouraged the two parishes to do so.  Instead, the Leader of the Council, Councillor Emily Smith, proposed Council approve the Cabinet recommendations noting that the plan safeguarded the character of the two parishes and provided for a new development at Dalton Barracks, together with a green buffer. 

 

The plan was compatible with the European Union obligations and complied with the Habitats Regulations Assessment.  The independent planning inspector has supported the plan and agreed that it should proceed to referendum. 

 

The referendum, held on 24 October 2019, had resulted in 89.3 per cent, of those who voted, support for the plan.  

 

RESOLVED to:

 

1.         make the Wootton and St Helen Without Neighbourhood Development Plan so that it continues to be part of the council’s development plan; and 

 

2.         authorise the head of planning, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, and in agreement with the Qualifying Body, to correct any spelling, grammatical, typographical or factual errors together with any improvements from a presentational perspective. 

 


Meeting: 06/12/2019 - Cabinet (Item 31)

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To consider the head of planning’s report. 

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the head of planning’s report on the Wootton and St Helen Without Neighbourhood Plan.  The report sought Cabinet’s recommendation to Council to make the plan part of the council’s development plan. 

 

The Cabinet member for planning, Councillor Catherine Webber, had not taken part in the preparation of the neighbourhood plan but, as local ward member, had encouraged the two parishes to do so.  Instead, the Leader of the Council presented the report, pointing out that the plan safeguarded the character of the two parishes and provided for a new development at Dalton Barracks, together with a green buffer. 

 

The plan was compatible with the European Union obligations and complied with the Habitats Regulations Assessment.  The independent planning inspector has supported the plan and agreed that it should proceed to referendum. 

 

The referendum, held on 24 October 2019, had resulted in 89.3 per cent support for the plan.  Therefore, the Leader recommended that Cabinet supported a recommendation to Council to make the plan part of the council’s development plan.  Cabinet welcomed the plan and supported the recommendation.  The local ward member supported the plan and commended the parish on their work. 

 

RECOMMENDED to Council to:

 

(a)      make the Wootton and St Helen Without Neighbourhood Development Plan so that it continues to be part of the council’s development plan; and

 

(b)      authorise the head of planning, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, and in agreement with the Qualifying Body, to correct any spelling, grammatical, typographical or factual errors, together with any improvements from a presentational perspective. 


 

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