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a HIGH PEAK BOROUGH COUNCIL EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE HIGH PEAK BOROUGH COUNCIL at The Arts Centre, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton on Wednesday, 5 August 2015 at 7.15 pm High Peak Borough Council a Councillors are hereby summoned to an EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE HIGH PEAK BOROUGH COUNCIL at The Arts Centre, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton at 7.15 pm on Wednesday, 5 August 2015. 28 July 2015 Page No. 1. Apologies for absence 2. To receive Disclosures of Interest on any matter before the Council 2.1 i) Disclosable Pecuniary Interests ii) Other Interests 3. Local Plan Consultation & Potential Main Modifications 3.1 4. Making of the Chapel-en-le-Frith Neighbourhood Development Plan 4.1 SIMON BAKER CHIEF EXECUTIVE DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillors are reminded that there may be circumstances where there is a need to declare either a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or other interests in any matter before Council. If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, you must declare that interest and withdraw from the meeting during the consideration and voting on that matter. Other interests, which may or may not be on the register, also need to be declared, unless a grant of dispensation has been applied for and granted by the Council’s Standards Committee. These interests include: • where your well-being or financial position or that of a member of your family or close associate is likely to be affected more than others in the Borough • where an item relates or is likely to affect any of the interests listed in the table in the appendix to the Code but in respect of a member of your family or a person with whom you have a close relationship • where an item relates to an interest (other than a DPI) entered in your Register of Interests On declaring this interest, you need to consider whether the nature of the interest is so significant that you should withdraw from participating in respect of the matter relating to the interest. If it is, then you should withdraw from the meeting during the consideration and voting on the matter. If it is not, you should still declare the interest, but you are able to still participate in the meeting and vote. Councillors will also find it useful to consult the Code of Conduct previously circulated. For further information, advice and guidance please contact the Monitoring Officer, Mark Trillo or his Deputy Monitoring Officer, Jeanette Marsh. If you wish to make a declaration of interest please complete the following form, tear it out and hand it to Linden Vernon, Member Services Manager. 2.1 2.2 High Peak Borough Council a LOCALISM ACT 2011 (Ss29 – 34) DECLARATION OF INTERESTS This form should be completed by Members who declare an interest of any sort at a meeting of the Council, its Committees, Sub-Committees and Panels, the Executive or any of its sub- groups, in taking a decision as a ward member or as a member or the Executive, at any briefing by officers and at any site visit to do with business of the Authority. Name of Member declaring interest: …………………………………………………………….. Meeting: …………………………………………………….. Date: ……..……………………… Time: …………………………… Agenda Item: … …………………………………………….. Type of Interest declared (Please tick as appropriate) Disclosable Pecuniary Interest Other Interest Please set out briefly the nature of your interest …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Action taken following declaration (tick as appropriate) Remain, speak and vote Withdraw from meeting (note: if you have declared a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, you are required to leave the room where the meeting is held while any discussion or voting takes place) Signed: …………………………………………… Date: …………………………….. See over for Guidance which must be read together with the Code of Conduct for Members. Advice may be obtained from the Monitoring Officer. DECLARING INTERESTS FLOWCHART – QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF What matters are being discussed at the meeting? NO Do any relate to my You can participate interests? in the meeting and vote YES YES Do any relate to my Disclosable NO Pecuniary Interests? Declare your interest in the matter CONSIDER • Does it affect the well being or financial standing of me or a member of NO my family or a person with whom I have a close association to a greater extent than it would affect the majority of the Council Tax payers, ratepayers or inhabitants of the ward or electoral area for which I have been elected or otherwise of the authority’s administrative area? • Does it relate to or is likely to affect any of the interests listed in the table in the appendix to the Code but in respect of a member of my family (other than a “relevant person”)YES or a person with whom I have a close relationship? • Does it relate to an interest (other than a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest) entered in my Register of interests? YES Declare your interest. Withdraw from the Consider whether the nature meeting by leaving the YES of that interest is so NO room. Do not try to significant that you should improperly influence the withdraw from participating in decision. respect of the matter relating to that interest AGENDA ITEM 3 HIGH PEAK BOROUGH COUNCIL Report to Council 5 August 2015 TITLE : Local Plan consultation and potential main modifications EXECUTIVE COUNCILLOR : Councillor Tony Ashton, Leader CONTACT OFFICER : Dai Larner, Executive Director - Place Appendices Attached: Appendix 1 – Summary of consultation feedback and officer response Appendix 2 – Revised proposed main modifications to the Local Plan related to the consultation Appendix 3 – Heritage and landscape statements from the Council’s consultants Appendix 4 – Housing needs statement from the Council’s consultant 1. Reason for the Report: To consider the feedback to the recent Local Plan consultation and to agree the Council’s position regarding potential main modifications to the Local Plan. 2. Recommendations 2.1 That Councillors note the consultation responses and accompanying technical reports submitted by consultees. 2.2 That Councillors note and endorse the recommended responses to consultation feedback as outlined in Appendix 1 and in the statements prepared by the Council’s consultants in relation to housing needs and the heritage and landscape appraisal of the Woodhead Road site. 2.3 That Councillors endorse the proposed revised main modifications to the Local Plan as outlined in Appendix 2. 3.1 3. Executive Summary 3.1 As required by the Local Plan Inspector, a four week period of consultation for Local Plan examination participants was recently held. The consultation related to new evidence and potential associated main modifications to the Local Plan (Submission Version) regarding housing requirements and the heritage impacts of the allocation of the Woodhead Road site. 3.2 Comments were received from a total of 25 consultees which are summarised in Appendix 1. The Council’s consultants have prepared additional supporting statements to address specific technical matters raised by objectors in relation to the Housing Needs Study and the Woodhead Road Heritage and Landscape Appraisal. These are reflected in a suggested response to each matter raised by consultees set out in Appendix 1. 3.3 Following consideration of the consultation feedback, it is recommended that the proposed housing requirement of 350 homes per year is relayed to the Inspector along with the proposed removal of the Woodhead Road housing allocation and the removal of the 500 dwelling contribution from Cheshire East Council towards housing needs in High Peak. 3.4 In response to two comments, it is proposed that a further main modification is submitted to the Inspector to clarify that Policy DS6 (Woodhead Road) should also be removed from the Local Plan. 3.5 All responses have been submitted to the Planning Inspector for consideration. A further examination hearing session regarding the consultation matters will take place on 3 September at Bradbury, House, Glossop after which the Inspector will make his decision. 4. How this report links to Corporate Priorities 4.1 Given the broad nature of the Local Plan, it will have direct implications for all of the Council’s corporate priorities 5. Options and Analysis 5.1 Option 1 (recommended) – the Council supports the recommendation in this report and Appendix 1. This option aligns with the Council’s technical evidence. 5.2 Option 2 (not recommended) – the Council does not follow the recommendations identified in this report and Appendix 1. This option is not recommended as it does not accord with the evidence 3.2 6. Implications 6.1 Community Safety - (Crime and Disorder Act 1998) None directly 6.2 Workforce None directly 6.3 Equality and Diversity/Equality Impact Assessment This report has been prepared in accordance with the Council's Diversity and Equality Policies. An Equalities Impact Assessment has been undertaken in support of this report 6.4 Financial Considerations The ongoing costs for the Local Plan examination will be met by the agreed Regeneration service budget. 6.5 Legal The Local Plan has been prepared in accordance with the relevant planning acts and the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2012. The implications of various court judgements in setting the objectively assessed housing need were considered as part of the consultation. The Local Plan has been subject to a Sustainability Appraisal at various stages in its preparation. An addendum to the Sustainability Appraisal of the options for the Local Plan new evidence has been prepared. 6.6 Sustainability The Local Plan has been subject to a Sustainability Appraisal at various stages in its preparation. An addendum to the Sustainability Appraisal of the options for the Local Plan new evidence has been prepared and was subject to the consultation. The responses are outlined in this report. 6.7 Internal and External Consultation A four week period of consultation period open to all individuals and organisations who submitted formal representations to the Submission Version of the Local Plan in 2014 ended on 16 th July.