An addendum to the report was tabled at the meeting.

DECISION

1.    To approve the Planning Obligations SPD (Appendix A and B to the report) for adoption, authorise officers to prepare an adoption statement and withdraw the current Planning Obligations SPD (2016) in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, Regulations 14 and 15. 

2.    To authorise the Corporate Director of Place to make any necessary factual or minor editing changes prior to publishing the final Planning Obligations SPD.

3.    To note the Equalities Impact Assessment as summarised in Paragraph 4 of the report (and included in Appendix C to the report).

4.    To note the Consultation Statement summarising representations received during the public consultation and the responses to these representations as set out in Appendix D to the report.

5.    To note the SEA Screening Statement as set out in Appendix E to the report.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, PLACE (A. SUTCLIFFE)

(Infrastructure Planning Manager (M. Pullen)

(Infrastructure Planning Team Leader (S. Wilks)

Councillor Eve McQuillan, Cabinet Member for Planning and Social Inclusion (Job Share) – Lead on Planning, introduced the report. The intention of the extensive guidance was to help guide how expected planning obligation contributions were received in relation to development, for example around childcare placements, social housing, affordable workspaces, London living wage requirements, air quality, equal access open spaces and more.

She noted that the council had received a number of submissions in relation to developers of small numbers of properties. She set out that the guidance worked alongside the Local Plan. In that Plan the Council did look to push for affordable housing in small developments. She was therefore tabling an addendum to the report clarifying the Council’s position in respect of the submissions.

During discussion it was noted how important it was to ensure that all residents were able to benefit from new developments, for example by using contributions to improve wider opportunities within the borough. The Mayor welcomed the report and, noting the addendum, put the recommendations to the vote, these were agreed without dissent and it was:

RESOLVED

1.    To approve the Planning Obligations SPD (Appendix A and B to the report) for adoption, authorise officers to prepare an adoption statement and withdraw the current Planning Obligations SPD (2016) in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, Regulations 14 and 15. 

2.    To authorise the Corporate Director of Place to make any necessary factual or minor editing changes prior to publishing the final Planning Obligations SPD.

3.    To note the Equalities Impact Assessment as summarised in Paragraph 4 of the report (and included in Appendix C to the report).

4.    To note the Consultation Statement summarising representations received during the public consultation and the responses to these representations as set out in Appendix D to the report.

5.    To note the SEA Screening Statement as set out in Appendix E to the report.