Decision details

Resolved:

That the Strategic Planning Committee NOTED: 

a.         The content of the report and theactivity across the 3 affected river catchments which continued to unlock the delivery of housing and affected development which had been on hold due to the need to ensure nutrient neutrality.  

b.          The anticipatedlegislative changes flowing from the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, (as summarisedin paragraphs 33 to 38 of the report).   

c.          The outcome of the Council’s funding bid to the Government’s Nutrient Mitigation Fund.  

That the Strategic Planning CommitteeAGREED: 

d.         An expansion to the criteria for River Tone P-credit allocation to allow for the allocation of remaining River Tone P-credits to prioritise all full planning applications,applications for the approval of reserved matters or discharge of conditions and Section 73 applications that relate to C3 housing development or traveller accommodation and are otherwise ‘ready to proceed’ in planning terms.  

e.          That 10 River Tone P-credits are ‘ringfenced’ and can only be allocated to minor applications for housing development proposals for less than 10 dwellings.  

f.          The River Tone P-credit scheme maintains the requirement that P-credits are allocated to planning applications for ‘implementable development’ ( development that can be commenced within 3 months of planning permission being granted (unless otherwise agreed with the Local Planning Authority)).  

(Voting: 5 in favour, 0 against, 2 abstentions)