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Physical Environment Portfolio |
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Additional documents:
Minutes: The Board considered a
report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and Resources, which
sought approval to publish the Delivery and Allocations Local Plan (DALP)
Submission Document. The Board was advised that it was a statutory requirement for local
authorities to produce a development plan for their area. Halton’s
development plan consisted of ‘saved’ policies from the Unitary Development
Plan, the Core Strategy and the Joint Halton and Merseyside Waste Plan. It was reported that the DALP would replace the ‘saved’
policies previously listed. It was proposed that the
DALP Submission Documents would be published for a six week
period of consultation, with a variety of supporting documents, as set out in
the report. Following this, the DALP would be submitted
to full Council prior to its submission to the Ministry for Housing,
Communities and Local Government. It was
further noted that the DALP document was a key policy document for the
future development of the Borough and the Council’s investment, regeneration
and economic prosperity strategies. Reason(s) For Decision The DALP would form part of the statutory
development plan for the Borough. Legislation allowed a Council’s Executive
Board to approve draft plans for public consultation. Later stages would need
the approval of Full Council. Alternative Options Considered and Rejected The Council had a statutory duty to prepare
and keep up to date a Local Plan for its area. Should the Council choose not to
prepare a Local Plan, it risks being directed to do so
by the secretary of State or the secretary of State may prepare a Plan on
behalf of the Borough. Implementation Date Officers would endeavour to publish and
advertise the documentation for consultation as soon as practicable after the
date of the Board. RESOLVED: That 1)
the
Delivery and Allocations Local Plan (DALP) Submission Documents be approved
(subject to recommendation 2) for the purposes of a six-week period of public
consultation; 2)
minor
amendments to the DALP Submission Documents, as deemed appropriate prior to
publication for consultation, be agreed by the Strategic Director, Enterprise,
Community and Resources in consultation with the executive Board Member for
Physical Environment; 3)
following
consultation, the DALP Submission Documents, together with the results of the
public consultation exercise, be reported to full Council prior to submission
to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) for
formal Examination; 4)
a review of the assumptions behind school place
forecasts be undertaken; and 5)
a further report be brought to the Board on
the practicalities of the Council introducing a Community Infrastructure Levy. |
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MINUTES ISSUED: 26th
March 2019 CALL-IN: 2nd April
2019 Any matter decided by
the Executive Board may be called in no later than
5.00pm on 2nd April 2019. |