Issue - meetings

To give consideration to a report on the policies of the Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan

Consideration was given to a report outlining that all policies contained within local plans were saved for a period of three years following their adoption by virtue of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.  The Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan (CRWLP) was adopted on 12 July 2007, and as such its policies were saved until 11 July 2010. The report set out the Local Planning Authority’s recommendations for saving the policies of the CRWLP beyond July 2010 thereby preventing a policy void.

RESOLVED

That the Environment and Prosperity Committee endorse the recommendations to save all the policies of the Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan.

That the Portfolio Holder for Performance and Capacity be recommended to approve:

1. The submission of a request to save all the policies of the Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan beyond July 2010 to the Secretary of State and that the basis for the submission, as set out in appendix 2 of the report.

2. That due to the geographical nature of the document spanning two authorities that the submission is a joint submission to the Secretary of State from Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester

3. That an urgent review of Site Specific Allocations should be carried out at the earliest opportunity in 2010 to take account of any changes in circumstances since the original adoption of the Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan;

4. That officers report to the next meeting of the LDF Panel on the timetable, resources and options for the review of the allocations.