Local Plan - Legal Advice
Report of the Chief Officer (Regeneration and Planning) and Chief Officer (Governance).
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Minutes:
Council considered a report of the Chief Officer (Regeneration and Planning) and Chief Officer (Governance), providing legal advice on the local plan housing requirements study.
Councillor Hanson proposed, seconded by Councillor Warriner:
“That Council accepts the Turley work as establishing the objectively assessed need for the evidence base, withdraws the most recent instructions and moves to complete a draft Local Plan for examination.”
Councillor Mace, seconded by Councillor Gardiner, proposed:
“That Council withdraws the most recent instructions, accepts the Turley work as establishing the objectively assessed need for the evidence base, and moves to complete a draft Local Plan for examination, subject to the outcome of an audit from and organisation of repute which is well versed in this area and is commissioned to take place contemporaneously with continuing work, so that such audit does not delay the production of a draft Local Plan.”
There was a short debate on the amendment before it was put the vote and clearly lost.
The Mayor then called for a vote on the substantive motion, which was clearly carried.
Resolved:
“That Council accepts the Turley work as establishing the objectively assessed need for the evidence base, withdraws the most recent instructions and moves to complete a draft Local Plan for examination.”
The Mayor noted that the items on the agenda which there had not been time to consider (items 13, 14 and 17) would be deferred to the next meeting of Council on 2 March 2016, and that written answers to Councillors’ questions submitted under Council Procedure Rule 13.2 would be circulated by Democratic Services (item 19 refers).