Environment, Development and Transport Committee Date: Friday, 19 January 2018 Time: 10:00 Venue: Edwards Room, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 2DH Persons attending the meeting are requested to turn off mobile phones. Membership Mr M Wilby (Chairman) Mr M Castle Mr A Grant Mr S Clancy (Vice-Chairman) Mr T Jermy Mr P Duigan Mr C Jones Mr T East Ms J Oliver Mr S Eyre Mr T Smith Mr C Foulger Mr T White For further details and general enquiries about this Agenda please contact the Committee Officer: Hollie Adams on 01603 223029 or email [email protected] Under the Council’s protocol on the use of media equipment at meetings held in public, this meeting may be filmed, recorded or photographed. Anyone who wishes to do so must inform the Chairman and ensure that it is done in a manner clearly visible to anyone present. The wishes of any individual not to be recorded or filmed must be appropriately respected. 1 A g e n d a 1. To receive apologies and details of any substitute members attending - 2. Minutes Page 5 To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 10 November 2017 3. Declarations of Interest If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter to be considered at the meeting and that interest is on your Register of Interests you must not speak or vote on the matter. - If you have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in a matter to be considered at the meeting and that interest is not on your Register of Interests you must declare that interest at the meeting and not speak or vote on the matter In either case you may remain in the room where the meeting is taking place. If you consider that it would be inappropriate in the circumstances to remain in the room, you may leave the room while the matter is dealt with. If you do not have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest you may nevertheless have an Other Interest in a matter to be discussed if it affects - your well being or financial position - that of your family or close friends - that of a club or society in which you have a management role - that of another public body of which you are a member to a greater extent than others in your ward. If that is the case then you must declare such an interest but can speak and vote on the matter. - - 4. Any items of business the Chairman decides should be considered as a matter of urgency 5. Public Question Time Fifteen minutes for questions from members of the public of which due notice has been given. Please note that all questions must be received by the Committee Team ([email protected]) by 5pm Tuesday 16 January 2018. For guidance on submitting public question, please visit www.norfolk.gov.uk/what-we-do-and-how-we-work/councillors- meetings-decisions-and-elections/committees-agendas-and-recent- decisions/ask-a-question-to-a-committee 2 Or view the Constitution at www.norfolk.gov.uk. - 6. Local Member Issues/ Member Questions Fifteen minutes for local member to raise issues of concern of which due notice has been given. Please note that all questions must be received by the Committee Team ([email protected]) by 5pm on Tuesday 16 January 2018. 7. Verbal update/feedback from Members of the Committee regarding Member Working Groups or bodies that they sit on. 8. Update on strategic rail issues Page 15 A report by the Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services 9. A47 priorities: Government consultation on the future of Page 25 England’s strategic roads A report by the Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services 10. Strategic and Financial Planning 2018-19 to 2021-2022. Page 30 A report by the Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services 11. Highway capital programme and Transport Asset Management Page 183 Plan (TAMP) A report by the Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services 12. River Wensum Strategy Public Consultation Page 199 A report by the Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services 13. Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing procurement Page 202 A report by the Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services 14. Review of Norwich Highways Agency Agreement Page 214 A report by the Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services 3 15. The London Plan: Consultation Page 220 A report by the Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services 16. Performance management Page 226 A report by the Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services 17. Risk management Page 242 A report by the Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services 18. Finance monitoring Page 252 A report by the Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services 19. Forward Plan and decisions taken under delegated authority Page 257 A report by the Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services Group Meetings Conservative 9:00am Leader’s Office, Ground Floor Labour 9:00am Labour Group Room, Ground Floor Liberal Democrats 9:00am Liberal Democrats Group Room, Ground Floor Chris Walton Head of Democratic Services County Hall Martineau Lane Norwich NR1 2DH Date Agenda Published: 11 January 2018 If you need this document in large print, audio, Braille, alternative format or in a different language please contact Customer Services on 0344 800 8020, or Text Relay on 18001 0344 800 8020 (textphone) and we will do our best to help. 4 Environment, Development and Transport Committee Minutes of the Meeting held on Friday, 10 November 2017 at 10am in the Edwards Room, County Hall Present: Mr M Wilby - Chair Mr M Castle Mr A Grant Mr S Clancy (Vice-Chairman) Mr T Jermy Mr P Duigan Mr C Jones Mr T East Ms J Oliver Mr S Eyre Mr B Spratt Mr C Foulger Mr A White 1. Apologies and Substitutions 1.1 Apologies were received from Mr T Smith (Mr B Spratt substituting). 2. Minutes 2.1 The minutes of the meeting held on 20 October 2017 were agreed as an accurate record and signed by the Chairman. 3. Members to Declare any Interests 3.1 No interests were declared 4. Urgent Business 4.1 The chairman updated the committee that an opening ceremony was being held later that day to mark the opening of a 4 mile stretch of the Norwich Distributor Road the following day. Construction was on track for opening of the road in March 2019, with the aim of opening the Wroxham Road section earlier. 5. Public Questions 5.1 One public question was received; see appendix A. 6. Member Questions 6.1 No member questions were received. 5 7. Feedback from Members of the Committee regarding Member Working Groups or bodies that they sit on. 7.1 The Committee received an update from Mr Foulger from the NDR Working Group. A short update was given on progress of construction of the road, with the target of opening the road by Spring 2018. Further information on project administration and costs would be reported to the working group when available. The contract position would be reported to the Committee at a later date. 7.2 An update was circulated from the Norwich Western link working group; see appendix B. 7.3 Mr Castle updated the Committee on the Levy Meeting for the Regional Flood and coastal Committee meeting; due to traffic problems and signalling on the railway the meeting had been postponed until the 24 November 2017; 8. Adoption of the Silica Sand Single Issue Review 8.1 The Committee received the report outlining the Single Issue Silica Sand Review of the Minerals Site Specific Allocations Development Plan Document for recommendation to full Council. 8.2.1 The Principal Planner (Minerals and Waste Policy) reported that Officers were not expecting any speculative applications for silica sand extraction; they were not aware of any sites likely to come forward that were not included in the plan but acknowledged that anybody could make a planning application at any time. 8.2.2 The Principal Planner (Minerals and Waste Policy) clarified that Officers were not expecting a legal challenge on adoption of the plan but could not know for sure until after closure of the 6 week period. Officers had received no notice of challenge. 8.2.3 The Principal Planner (Minerals and Waste Policy) clarified that any planning applications would have to be determined by the relevant Planning Committee; planning conditions would have regard to adopted policies and consultations with the Environment Agency, Public Health and other statutory bodies to ensure appropriate protection would be provided for local residents. 8.2.4 The Executive Director of Community and Environmental Services noted that the Single Issue Silica Sand Review document was recommended for approval by the Planning Inspector, and there were no protests raised against its adoption. 8.3 The Committee RECOMMENDED to full council to: 1. NOTE the content of the Inspector’s report into the examination of the Single Issue Silica Sand Review (Appendix 1 to this report); 2. RESOLVE to formally ADOPT the Single Issue Silica Sand Review, incorporating the Main Modifications and additional modifications (Appendix 2 to this report); 3. RESOLVE to formally ADOPT the associated changes to the Revised Policies Map (Appendix 3 to this report); 4. NOTE that, on adoption, the Single Issue Silica Sand Review would form part of the adopted Norfolk Minerals Site Specific Allocations Development Plan Document. 6 9. Ash Dieback Project update 9.1.1 The Committee received the update report on the achievements and results of the Ash Dieback Project to date, focusing on highway trees 9.1.2 The Senior Arboricultural and Woodland Officer introduced the report and gave an update on current data related to ash dieback in Norfolk.