The Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and officer responses were noted.

DECISION

1.    To approve the Reuse, Recycle and Waste SPD(‘the SPD’) (appendix 1 to the report) for adoption and authorise officers to prepare an adoption statement and publish the Regulation 18(4)(b) Statement and adoption statement so that the SPD can be considered a material planning consideration in the assessment of planning applications for new residential and mixed-use buildings.

2.    To authorise the Corporate Director of Place to make any necessary factual or minor editing changes prior to publishing the final Reuse, Recycle and waste SPD.

3.    To note the representation schedule summarising representations received during the consultation and the responses to these representations as set out in Appendix 3.2 to the report.

4.    To note the Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening as set out in Appendix 3.3 to the report.

5.    To note the Equalities Impact Assessment as set out in Appendix 3.4 to the report.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, PLACE (A. SUTCLIFFE)

(Development Control and Land Charges Officer (A. Hussain)

Councillor Eve McQuillan, Cabinet Member for Planning and Social Inclusion (Job Share) – Lead on Planning, introduced the report. The intention of the report was to set out to developers and residents clearly the Council’s expectations in terms of provision for waste, reuse and recycling. She thanked officers in the planning service for their work in creating this document.

The Mayor welcomed the report. He noted concerns expressed in discussion around recent collection problems but officers set out how that was being addressed. The Mayor noted the pre-decision scrutiny questions and officer responses and he then proposed the recommendations as set out. The Members present agreed the recommendations and it was:

RESOLVED

1.    To approve the Reuse, Recycle and Waste SPD(‘the SPD’) (appendix 1 to the report) for adoption and authorise officers to prepare an adoption statement and publish the Regulation 18(4)(b) Statement and adoption statement so that the SPD can be considered a material planning consideration in the assessment of planning applications for new residential and mixed-use buildings.

2.    To authorise the Corporate Director of Place to make any necessary factual or minor editing changes prior to publishing the final Reuse, Recycle and waste SPD.

3.    To note the representation schedule summarising representations received during the consultation and the responses to these representations as set out in Appendix 3.2 to the report.

4.    To note the Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening as set out in Appendix 3.3 to the report.

5.    To note the Equalities Impact Assessment as set out in Appendix 3.4 to the report.