Venue: Burnley Town Hall
Contact: Eric Dickinson
Democracy Officer
Items
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Minutes
To approve as a correct record
the Minutes of the last meeting held on the 13th
February 2017.
Minutes:
The Minutes of the last meeting held on the
13th February 2017 were approved as a correct record and
signed by the Chair.
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106. |
Right To Speak
Minutes:
Miss D Stott, John Eardley, Martyn Bell, Peter
Hatfield, and Kevin Spencer exercised their Right To Speak regarding the item on Burnley’s Local
Plan.
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107. |
Burnley Local Plan PDF 1 MB
To make recommendations to Full Council that
the Burnley Local Plan Proposed Submission document be approved for
publication for the seeking of representations as to soundness and
legal compliance and its subsequent submission to the Secretary of
State for examination.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The purpose of this report is to seek
Members’ support for a recommendation to Full Council that
the Burnley Local Plan Proposed Submission Plan (Appendix 1) be
approved for Publication for the seeking of representations as to
soundness and legal compliance in accordance with the
Council’s Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) and
statutory requirements.
The Proposed Submission version of the Plan is
the Plan which is to be submitted to the Secretary of State for
independent Examination.
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DECISION
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1.
That Full Council be recommended to
approve, as amended, the Burnley Local Proposed
Submission Plan for Publication for the seeking of representations
as to soundness and legal compliance over a 6 week period from
and including 12th April up to and including 26th May 2017
and its subsequent Submission to the Secretary of State for
Examination.
2.
That Full Council be recommended to authorise the Head of
Regeneration and Planning Policy to make minor editorial changes to
the Local Plan Proposed Submission Plan, the accompanying Policies
Map, the sustainability appraisal and any other relevant documents
prior to Publication and Submission, subject to these not involving
the addition or deletion of any site and not otherwise changing the
Plan’s direction or overall strategy where it is able to do
so.
3.
That Full Council be recommended to authorise the Head of
Regeneration and Planning Policy to propose main modifications to
the Plan to the inspector where the inspector has indicated these
are necessary to ensure soundness, subject to the caveat that if,
in the opinion of the Head of Regeneration and Planning Policy and
following consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration
and Economic Development, these changes are considered to be so
substantial as to alter the entire plan and its strategy, these
will be referred back to Full Council for a decision during the
Examination.
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REASONS FOR
DECISION
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Local Authorities are required by legislation
to prepare a Local Plan to set the local planning framework for
their district. The current Burnley Local Plan Second Review
adopted in 2006 was intended to cover the period until 2016. Its
policies have been ‘saved’ indefinitely by the
Secretary of State until such time as a new plan is put in
place.
Failure to have an up to date local plan in
place limits the Council’s ability to influence the quantum,
location and quality of development in its area. The Government
have made clear that they expect Council’s to have a local
plan in place and are still considering possible sanctions such as
intervention by DCLG and/or possible financial penalties for those
Councils that do not.
The Council has produced the Proposed
Submission version of the Plan in line with the statutory
requirement to do so. This version of the Plan is the version that
the Council intends to submit to the Secretary of State for
independent Examination, prior to it being formally adopted, and as
such a decision of
Full Council is required by legislation at this stage.
The Council ...
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