Agenda item

To consider a report seeking the views and recommendations of the Strategic Planning Board regarding the approval of the Publication Draft version of the Site Allocations and Development Policies Document and its publication for consultation.

(During consideration of the item, Councillor S Gardiner left the meeting and did not return).

Consideration was given to the Site Allocations and Development Policies Document – Publication Draft Plan.

(Councillor S Pochin, Councillor R Bailey, Professor Mike Burdekin, representing the Bollington Civic Society, Brian Chaplin, representing the Knutsford Residents Groups aligned on Local Plan matters, Alan Morris and Danielle Bassi attended the meeting and spoke in respect of the item).

Councillor P Groves thanked Officers for all the hard work undertaken in respect of the publication of the draft plan and he hoped further progress could be made in respect of Cledford Hall.  Councillor P Groves thanked Officers for all the hard work undertaken in respect of the publication of the draft plan and he hoped further progress could be made in respect of Cledford Hall.  Further comments were made by the Board in respect of gypsy and traveller sites particularly the necessity to relook at transit site provision, the length of the consultation period and the current position with housing figures.

RESOLVED

That for the reasons set out in the report:-

(1)       Cabinet approve for consultation the Publication Draft version of the Site Allocations and Development Policies Document (Appendix 1), its Sustainability Appraisal (Appendices 2 and 2a) and Habitats Regulation Assessment (Appendix 3) for public consultation with the consultation period to commence Monday 19 August 2019 and end Sunday 13 October 2019.  In addition it was recommended that the consultation process takes fully on board engagement with the settled Gypsy and Traveller Communities across the Borough particularly in areas of proposed residential and transit sites, with the purpose of community cohesion for both settled and transient Travellers/Gypsy communities.

(2)       Cabinet approve and publish alongside the documents listed in (i), the draft Plan’s supporting evidence base (Appendix 6) and the draft Statement of Common Ground (Appendix 8).