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To: The Members of the Central Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee City of Lincoln Council North Kesteven District Council Councillor R Metcalfe Councillor R Wright Councillor C Burke Councillor I Carrington Councillor N Tweddle Councillor L Pennell Councillor G Hewson (Reserve Member) Councillor S Clegg ( Reserve Member) Lincolnshire County Council West Lindsey District Council Councillor C Davie Councillor O Bierley Councillor T Dyer Councillor D Cotton Councillor R Parker Councillor I. Fleetwood Councillor J Brockway (Reserve Member) Councillor G. McNeill (Reserve Member) *A quorum for this meeting must be 5 Members (from any of the member authorities) attending and entitled to vote. 11 June 2021 Dear Councillor Members of the Committee are invited to attend the following meeting and details are set out below. Central Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Title of Meeting: Committee Date: Monday, 21 June 2021 Commencement time: 10.00 am Chapter House, Lincoln Cathedral Minster Yard, Venue: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1PX Meeting and public speaking arrangements For details about reports please contact details: contact: Democratic Services - North Kesteven District Central Lincolnshire Joint Planning Unit c/o Council, Council Offices, Kesteven Street, North Kesteven District Council, Council Sleaford NG34 7EF Offices, Kesteven Street, Sleaford NG34 7EF Tel: 01529 414155 Tel: 01529 414155 Email:[email protected] Email: [email protected] AGENDA Central Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee MEETING 21 June 2021 Page No. 1. Apologies for absence Apologies for absence and filling of casual vacancies. 2. Declarations of Interest To receive declarations of interest (if any). Members may also declare an interest when the item is considered or as soon as it becomes apparent to them. If a Member requires guidance on this issue please could they contact their Monitoring Officer or the Committee Secretariat in advance of the meeting. 3. Minutes 5 - 13 To approve, for accuracy purposes only, the minutes of the meeting held on Monday 15th March 2021. 4. Questions (i) To receive any questions from members of the public in accordance with Standing Order 21. Please note that the deadline for receiving questions is five working days before the meeting in writing to the Committee Secretariat, addressed to the Chairman of the meeting. (ii) To receive any questions from Members of the Committee in accordance with Standing Order 5. Please note that the deadline for receiving questions is five clear working days before the start of the meeting and the question must be in writing addressed to the Chairman with a copy given to the Head of the Joint Planning Unit and the Committee Secretariat. 5. Petitions To receive any petitions from members of the public in accordance with Standing Order 21. Please note that the deadline for receiving petitions is five clear working days before the start of the meeting and which must be submitted in writing or email to the Committee Secretariat. 6. Motions To consider any motion submitted by a Member of the Joint Planning Committee in accordance with Standing Order 6. 7. Central Lincolnshire Local Plan Review - Consultation Draft 14 - 227 Presented by the Local Plan Team Leader 8. Urgent Items Items which the Chairman is of the opinion should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency pursuant to section 100(B)(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, by reason of special circumstances (if any). 9. Future Meeting Dates The next scheduled meeting of the Committee (Annual Meeting) will take place on Monday 21st June 2021 at 11.00am 10. Exempt Information The Chairman to move: That under Section 100 (A) 4 of the Local Government Act 1972, the public and press be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items on the grounds that it is likely, that if they were present, there could be disclosed to them exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act. LIST OF COMMON ACRONYMS 228 - 231 Notes: Public Attendance: For Press and Public, admittance is allowed for this meeting as observers except during the consideration of exempt or confidential items but there is limited capacity in order to comply with the Covid-19 safety measures in place. If you do wish to attend this meeting you must email the Democratic Services Team to register by no later than 5pm on Thursday 17th June 2021 by email to [email protected] This document is available in large print, Braille, audio tape, electronic formats such as CD, or in a different language. For a copy please contact the Democratic Services Team at the Council using the following options: Phone: 01529 414155 (main switchboard) Minicom service: 01529 308088 Email: [email protected] Address: North Kesteven District Council Kesteven Street Sleaford Lincolnshire NG34 7EF Page 5 Agenda Item 3 MINUTES of the meeting of CENTRAL LINCOLNSHIRE JOINT STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE held as an Online Meeting on Monday, 15 March 2021 at (10.00 - 11.40 am) This meeting was held as a ‘remote meeting’ under The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 No.392 PRESENT: Chairman: Councillor Richard Wright North Kesteven District Council Vice-Chairman: Councillor Owen Bierley West Lindsey District Council Councillor Chris Burke City of Lincoln Council Councillor Ric Metcalfe City of Lincoln Council Councillor Naomi Tweddle City of Lincoln Council Councillor Ian Carrington North Kesteven District Council Councillor Lance Pennell North Kesteven District Council Councillor Lindsey Cawrey Lincolnshire County Council Councillor Hilton Spratt Lincolnshire County Council Councillor David Cotton West Lindsey District Council Named Substitutes in Attendance Councillor Giles McNeill WestWest Lindsey Lindsey District District Council Council OFFICERS Phil Hylton Team Leader - Local Plans Team Local Plans Team Ian Fytche Chief Executive North Kesteven District Council Andrew McDonough Economy and Place North Kesteven District Director Council Mark Williets Development North Kesteven District Manager Council Angela Andrews Chief Executive City of Lincoln Council Toby Forbes-Turner Principal City of Lincoln Council Regeneration Officer (Planning) Kieron Manning Assistant Director, City of Lincoln Council Planning Ian Knowles Chief Executive West Lindsey District Council Rachael Hughes Planning Policy West Lindsey District Council Manager Page 6 Sally Grindrod-Smith Assistant Director of West Lindsey District Council Planning & Regeneration Richard Kay Local Plans Team Manager Local Plans Team Vanessa Strange Head of Intrstructure Lincolnshire Coucnty Council Investment Hannah Charlish Senior Democratic Services Officer 74 Apologies for absence An apology for absence had been received from Councillor Poll (LCC). Councillor McNeill was present as a substitute for Councillor Fleetwood (WLDC). 75 Election of Vice Chairman It was proposed by Councillor Cotton and seconded by Councillor Metcalfe that Councillor Bierley be elected as Vice Chairman of Joint Committee for the remainder of the forthcoming year. In the absence of any other nomination, it was – RESOLVED: That Councillor Bierley be elected Vice Chairman of the Central Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Planning Committee for the municipal year 2020/21. Councillor Bierley expressed thanks for his appointment. 76 Declarations of Interest There were no interests declared. 77 Minutes The minutes of the meeting held on Monday 21st September 2020 were approved as a correct record. Vote: For: 9 Against: 0 Abstentions: 2 78 Questions a) Questions from Members of the Committee There were no questions received from Members of the Committee in accordance with Standing Order 5. Page 7 b) Questions from Members of the Public i) In accordance with Standing Order 21, Mrs Julia Harrison asked the Committee three questions. Mrs Harrison was unable to be present at the meeting and in providing the following response on behalf of the Committee, the Chairman indicated that a written copy would be sent to Mrs Harrison:- Question 1) Following the change in legislation, on shore wind farms can only be sited where the local population are in support of the wind farm development. How can you identify potential sites for wind farms ahead of assessing the opinion of the relative local population? Response: This question obviously relates to agenda item 8 today. As I understand it, the approach being recommended by officers in agenda item 8 in relation to on-shore wind farm energy proposals is a two stage process. The first stage looks at the areas that (from a technical perspective at least) are potentially suitable for wind turbines, taking into account constraints that can be mapped. These constraints are listed in paragraph 2.14 of the Agenda item. Using these constraints a number of Broad Areas of suitability will, it is proposed, be identified in the Local Plan. The second stage of the process will look at the details of any specific planning application proposals for wind turbines that may come forward. If (and assuming for now that Committee do agree such a policy is included in the Local Plan) an application were to come forward within these Broad Areas, a number of criteria would then have to be satisfied before any approval could be given. This includes the requirement in national policy which