Issue - meetings

To consider the Local Planning Authority’s recommendations for saving the policies of the Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan beyond July 2010.

The Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan had been adopted on 12^th July 2007, and its policies were saved until 11^th July 2010.  However, saved policies ceased to be part of the development plan after three years unless extended by the Secretary of State.  

The Cabinet Member for Performance and Capacity considered a report which set out the Local Planning Authority’s recommendations for saving the policies of the Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan beyond July 2010. 

RESOLVED

That

(a)               the recommendation to save all the policies of the Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan be endorsed;

(b)               a request be submitted to the Secretary of State to save the policies of the Cheshire Replacement Waste Local Plan beyond July 2010;

(c)               the basis of the submission be as identified in Appendix 2 of the report submitted;

(d)               owing to the geographic nature of the document, spanning two Authorities, a joint submission be submitted to the Secretary of State from Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester;

(e)               an urgent review of waste site allocations for Cheshire East 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; and

(f)                 a report, setting out how such a review might be undertaken, including timescales, resources and options, be presented to the next meeting of the Local Development Framework Panel.

(Note:  In accordance with Procedure Rule No. 7.1, Councillor G Walton spoke on this item.)