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FORM 2 SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL Executive Director for Place Report Report of: Simon Green Executive Director for Place ________________________________________________________________ Report to: Maria Duffy Interim Head of Planning ________________________________________________________________ Date: 16th October 2014 ________________________________________________________________ Subject: Dore Neighbourhood Plan: Dore Neighbourhood Area Designation ________________________________________________________________ Author of Report: Sarah Smith, Planning Officer ________________________________________________________________ Key Decision: NO ________________________________________________________________ Reason Key Decision: N/A ________________________________________________________________ Summary: Dore Village Society has submitted a valid application for the City Council to designate Dore Neighbourhood Area, which is the first stage in the neighbourhood plan process. ________________________________________________________________ Reasons for Recommendations: After consultation, evaluation of the application identified no legal, equality or financial issues that would warrant its refusal or escalation of the decision to Cabinet. The designation of a Neighbourhood Area will enable consideration by the Council of the application by Dore Village Society to be designated as Dore Neighbourhood Forum. Once designated, Dore Village Society (as Dore Neighbourhood Forum) can then start to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan for Dore. The neighbourhood area designation will also allow the Council to recoup some of the costs incurred on this stage of the Dore Neighbourhood Plan process. ________________________________________________________________ Recommendations: 1. It is recommended that Sheffield City Council designate as a neighbourhood area in accordance with section 61G of the Town and Country Planning Act Form 2 – Executive Report 14 January 2014 1990 that part of the Dore Neighbourhood Area which lies within the Sheffield Planning Authority boundary (see Appendix 3). 2. As soon as possible after the decision is made, authority is given to publish the decision and the reasons for it on the Council’s Dore Neighbourhood Plan web page and such other manner, which will bring the decision and the designation to the attention of people who live, work or carry on business in the neighbourhood area, in accord with statute 1. ________________________________________________________________ Background Papers: a) Proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area Boundary, submitted by Dore Village Society (see Main Report Appendix 1). b) Statement stating why the proposed neighbourhood area is considered appropriate and that Dore Village Society is a relevant neighbourhood planning body (see Main Report Appendix 2) c) Map showing the part of Dore Neighbourhood Area to be designated by Sheffield Planning Authority (see Main Report Appendix 3) Category of Report: OPEN 1 Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012, Part 2, Regulation 7 Page 2 of 16 Statutory and Council Policy Checklist Financial Implications YES Cleared by: Catherine Rodgers Legal Implications YES Cleared by: Paul Bellingham Equality of Opportunity Implications YES Cleared by: Ian Oldershaw Tackling Health Inequalities Implications NO Human Rights Implications NO Environmental and Sustainability implications NO Economic Impact NO Community Safety Implications NO Human Resources Implications NO Property Implications NO Area(s) Affected Dore and Totley Ward Relevant Cabinet Portfolio Lead Cabinet Member for Business, Skills and Development Relevant Scrutiny Committee Is the item a matter which is reserved for approval by the City Council? NO Press Release NO Page 3 of 16 REPORT TO THE INTERIM HEAD OF PLANNING DORE NEIGHBOURHOOD AREA DESIGNATION 1.0 SUMMARY 1.1 Dore Village Society has submitted a valid application for the City Council to designate Dore Neighbourhood Area, which is the first stage in the neighbourhood plan process. The boundary of the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area follows Burbage Brook in the West, Ringinglow Road and Limb Brook in the North, Limb Brook in the East except the inclusion of Beauchief Gardens and the group of houses between Beauchief Gardens and Limb Brook on the southern side of Abbeydale Road South, and Stony Ridge, Old Hay Brook and the River Sheaf in the South except the inclusion of Nos.46 and 48 Five Trees Avenue (see Appendix 1). The proposed neighbourhood area is coincident with the Dore Village Society’s ‘area of benefit’. As the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area includes land which is within the Peak District National Park Authority’s area, an application was also submitted to them. This report only considers for neighbourhood area designation, the part of the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area which is within the Sheffield City Council planning authority boundary. Dore Village Society also submitted a neighbourhood forum application for the City Council and Peak District National Park Authority to designate Dore Village Society as a neighbourhood forum. The forum application is being considered in an associated report, but the forum designation is dependent on the designation of Dore Neighbourhood Area. 1.2 Sheffield City Council consulted on the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area application from 20 December 2013 to 20 th January 2014 as part of a joint consultation with the Peak District National Park Planning Authority, on both the forum and area applications submitted by Dore Village Society. The majority of comments received don’t object to the proposed Neighbourhood Area boundary within the Sheffield Planning Authority boundary. 1.3 After consultation, evaluation of the application revealed no legal, financial or other issues that would warrant its refusal, or escalation of the decision to designate the area to Cabinet. The designation of a Dore Neighbourhood Area is a positive contribution towards enabling sustainable development through a neighbourhood plan for Dore and will allow the Council to recoup some of the costs incurred on this stage of the Dore Neighbourhood Plan process. 2.0 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SHEFFIELD PEOPLE 2.1 Designation of a neighbourhood area for Dore is the first stage in the Neighbourhood Plan preparation process. Once a neighbourhood area and neighbourhood forum are designated, the designated neighbourhood forum can move directly to the next stage of the neighbourhood planning process and prepare a Dore Neighbourhood Plan based on Dore Page 4 of 16 Neighbourhood Area. 2.2 Neighbourhood Planning contributes directly to delivering the outcomes of Strategic Core Objective: • Great Place to Live – this outcome relates to the activities and assets that make local neighbourhoods attractive, safe accessible and vibrant so that Sheffield people feel happy and content about where they live. 2.3 A Neighbourhood Plan for Dore ultimately allows the local community to promote development within their area while having a greater say in the way that development takes place. 3.0 OUTCOME AND SUSTAINABILITY 3.1 The main outcome is to designate the part of the Dore Neighbourhood Area which is within the Sheffield City Council planning authority boundary. This can then enable consideration by the Council of Dore Village Society’s application to be designated as Dore Neighbourhood Forum. Once designated, Dore Village Society (as Dore Neighbourhood Forum) can then start to prepare a Neighbourhood Plan for Dore. 4.0 EQUALITY IMPLICATIONS 4.1 No equality implications have been identified. Fundamentally this designation is equality neutral affecting all local people equally regardless of age, sex, race, faith, disability, sexuality, etc. No negative equality impacts have been identified. 5.0 BACKGROUND 5.1 Dore Village Society wishes to prepare a neighbourhood plan covering the Dore area of Sheffield. They have submitted an application to Sheffield Planning Authority to designate the Dore Neighbourhood Area; they have also submitted an application to Sheffield Planning Authority to designate themselves as the neighbourhood forum for the proposed Dore Neighbourhood Area, which is being considered in an associated report. Positive decisions on these two applications would complete the first stage in the neighbourhood plan process. As part of the proposed neighbourhood area is also in the Peak District National Park Authority, applications for area and forum designation have also been submitted to the Peak District National Park Planning Authority as required by statute 2. The Peak District National Park Planning Authority intend to make a decision on the area designation at Planning Committee on 10 th October 2014. Sheffield Planning Authority intend to make a decision on the area designation and the forum designation on the 16 th October 2014, with the area designation decision being made first. It is more critical that both planning authorities make the decision on the Neighbourhood Forum Designation on the same day, so that the 5 year forum designation made 2 Town & Country Planning Act 1990, C8, Part III, Section 61I (1) Page 5 of 16 by both local planning authorities will expire on the same date. Therefore both planning authorities have agreed to the 16 th October 2014 as the decision date. 5.2 Dore Village Society’s application to designate a neighbourhood area is valid in terms of the information submitted 3. Their submission includes: (a) a map identifying the proposed neighbourhood area (see Appendix 1); (b) a statement explaining