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Meeting Summary
Local Plan Working Party
22 Feb 2016 - 16:00 to 17:15
Scheduled
Supper Room
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  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Standard Items
1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
To receive any apologies for absence. 


1

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Reynolds, Myers and Mavroudis.

2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

You have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter to be discussed if it relates to something on your Register of Interests form. You must declare the interest and leave the room while the matter is dealt with.

You have a Personal Interest in a matter to be discussed if it affects
•    your well being or financial position
•    that of your family or close friends
•    that of a club or society in which you have a management role
•    that of another public body of which you are a member to a greater extent than others in your ward.
You must declare a personal interest but can speak and vote on the matter.

Whenever you declare an interest you must say why the interest arises, so that it can be included in the minutes. 

2

There were no Declarations of Interest.

3 pdf MINUTES (89Kb)
To confirm the minutes of the meeting held 2 November 2015.

4

The minutes of the meeting held on the 2 November 2015 were confirmed.

4 DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND SITE ALLOCATIONS LOCAL PLAN
Forward look at the preparation of the Development Policies and Site Allocations Local Plan Document.

6

The Working Group considered a presentation from the Principal Strategic Planner with regard to key issues in relation to the Development Policies and Site Allocations Local Plan Document.


The Principal Strategic Planner reported in detail on the following key issues :-

a) Development Policies and Site Allocations (DPSA) timetable

b) Starter homes

c) Distribution of housing developments/site allocations

In discussing the above presentation, the Chairman reported on the need to determine the site specific allocations as soon as possible. With regard to the possibility of speeding up the process Members were advised of the current situation with regard to resourcing within the forward planning section and the Group Manager (Growth) stated that the timetable would be kept as succinct as possible although there are national planning guidelines that were outside of the Borough Councils control.


The Group Manager (Growth) also reported that the issue of Tourism would be a matter for discussion at a future meeting of the Working Group. 

The Working Group agreed that the Principal Strategic Planners presentation should be sent to all Members of the Working Group.

5 APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE
To appoint a substitute Member representative for the Norfolk Strategic Member Forum.

7

The Working Group agreed that Councillor Williamson should be appointed as the substitute Member representation for the Norfolk Strategic Member Forum.

6 ANY OTHER BUSINESS
To consider any other business as may be determined by the Chairman of the meeting as being of sufficient urgency to warrant consideration.

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN
3

That in the absence of the Chairman Councillor Reynolds Members agreed that Councillor Williamson would chair this meeting.

CORE STRATEGY UPDATE
5

The Group Manager (Growth) reported that the Core Strategy had been adopted by Full Council at its meeting on the 21st December 2015, and that hard copies would be available for all Members. He reminded the Working Group that there was now a six week period of challenge ( a formal procedure to be proceeded with on this issue).


Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
Adrian Myers 
Charles Reynolds 
Absent
NameReason for Absence
Sarah Slade 

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

PRESENT :

Councillors Andrews, Bird, Collins, Grant, Linden, Sutton, T Wainwright, Williamson

Mr David Glason (Group Manager - Growth), Mr D Minns (Group Manager Planning), Mr R Hodds (Cabinet Secretary), Mr K Balls (Senior Strategic Planner) and Mr J Clements (Principal Strategic Planner).

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