Agenda item
DENBIGHSHIRE'S REPLACEMENT LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN - DRAFT PREFERRED STRATEGY
- Meeting of (Annual Meeting), County Council, Tuesday, 14 May 2019 10.00 am (Item 7.)
- View the declarations of interest for item 7.
To consider a report by the
Strategic Planning & Housing Manager (copy attached) presenting the
recommendation from the Strategic Planning Group and Cabinet regarding the
Replacement LDP Draft Preferred Strategy and to seek approval to consult on the
draft Preferred Strategy.
Minutes:
Councillor Tina Jones declared a personal interest as she
was the owner of a piece of land in Prestatyn.
Councillor Paul Penlington declared a
personal interest as his mother-in-law was the owner of a piece of land within
the LDP.
Councillor Brian Jones, Lead Member for Highways, Planning
and Sustainable Travel, introduced the report (previously circulated)
presenting the recommendation from the Strategic Planning Group and Cabinet
regarding the Replacement LDP Draft Preferred Strategy and to seek approval to
consult on the draft Preferred Strategy.
During discussions the following points were raised:
·
Councillor Tony Flynn queried why Town
Councillors had not been kept informed.
It was clarified that three drop-in sessions had been held for City,
Town and Community Councils to engage at an early stage of the process. If the recommendations were agreed by
Council, as part of the consultation process, further engagement would take
place with the City, Town and Community Councils.
·
Councillor Graham Timms also confirmed that all
County Councillors and City, Town and Community Councillors had been informed
of the meetings taking place and the County Councillors had received the
documents throughout the process.
Councillor Timms expressed concern due to the fact that the Lead Member,
Councillor Brian Jones, had not supported the process or the LDP and he did not
propose the recommendation at the Cabinet meeting.
·
During the aforementioned Cabinet meeting, the
webcast had ceased to broadcast due to an issue with the external internet feed
which had been out of the control of the council and it had affected a large
surrounding area.
·
Land for industrial use was raised and it was
confirmed that the details would be considered in more detail following the
consultation period. It was again
clarified that the report presented to members was to obtain agreement from
Council to go out to consultation.
·
Elements which would be affected by the LDP were
raised:
Ø
Welsh language – there was a language policy and
there would be ample opportunity to scrutinise the Welsh language aspect.
Ø
Affordable housing – the definition of
affordable housing was contained within paragraphs 8 – 10. There would be a need to look at each specific
area within the county to deliver a balance.
This would be looked at in more detail during the next stage of the
plan.
Ø
Employment – there was a requirement to
ascertain what would be appropriate in each location and again, that would be
looked at during the next stage of the plan.
·
Councillor Richard Mainon spoke regarding the
previous LDP in comparison to the proposed LDP in relation to Bodelwyddan. He expressed his dis-satisfaction with the
proposed LDP.
·
Social Housing – the Senior Planning Officer confirmed
social housing was outside her expertise but it would be dependent on funding
from both Central Government and Welsh Government.
·
As part of the preparation of the Deposit LDP an
effective and appropriate monitoring framework would be developed and included
within the Plan and would form the basis for undertaking the Annual Monitoring
Report (AMR). The AMR would represent
the main method for measuring and assessing the progress in the implementation
of the policies and proposals of the adopted Revised LDP.
·
Land Use – the best use of brown land was a
priority. The Plan was subject to
sustainability appraisals and habitat regulations to ensure the environmental
impact was as little as possible.
At this juncture, Councillor Joan Butterfield requested a
recorded vote.
The Head of Legal, HR and Democratic Services stated that at
least one sixth of the members’ present would have to be in agreement with the
recorded vote. More than one sixth of
those present stood in agreement to the recorded vote.
Prior to the vote taking place, Councillor Anton Sampson
requested a short adjournment for political groups to have brief
discussions. This was seconded by
Councillor Ann Davies and was unanimously agreed.
At this juncture
(11.45 a.m.) there was a ten minute adjournment.
The meeting
reconvened at 11.55 a.m.
Councillor Sampson requested reassurance that the matter
could be further scrutinised.
It was confirmed by the Head of Legal, HR & Democratic
Services that following the eight week consultation, responses would be fed
back, analysed and reported to SPG. The
consultations responses would then be put forward at Cabinet and Full Council.
The recorded vote took place as follows:
In favour of the recommendations contained within the report
– Councillors Mabon ap Gwynfor, Brian Blakeley, Joan Butterfield, Jeanette
Chamberlain-Jones, Ellie Chard, Ann Davies, Meirick Lloyd Davies, Hugh Evans,
Huw Hilditch-Roberts, Hugh Irving, Alan James, Tina Jones, Huw Jones, Gwyneth
Kensler, Geraint Lloyd-Williams, Barry Mellor, Melvyn Mile, Bob Murray, Merfyn
Parry, Paul Penlington, Peter Prendergast, Arwel Roberts, Anton Sampson, Glenn
Swingler, Tony Thomas, Rhys Thomas, Graham Timms, Joe Welch, David Williams,
Huw Williams, Emrys Wynne, and Mark Young.
Against the recommendations contained within the report –
Councillors Tony Flynn, Rachel Flynn, Richard Mainon, Christine Marston, Peter
Scott, and Andrew Thomas.
Abstain – Councillor Brian Jones.
In favour – 32
Against – 6
Abstain – 1
Therefore, it was:
RESOLVED that Council:
(i)
Approved
the Draft Replacement LDP Preferred Strategy (Appendix 2) for consultation;
(ii)
Authorise
the Head of Planning and Public Protection to make any minor wording and
grammatical changes to the Draft LDP Preferred Strategy which may arise prior
to consultation to ensure consistency with the LDP evidence base and Planning
Policy Wales (Edition 10 December 2018);
(iii)
Confirms
that it has read, understood and taken account of the Well-being Impact Assessment
(Appendix 3) as part of its consideration.
Supporting documents:
- LDP Council Report May 19, item 7. PDF 115 KB
- Appendix 1 LDP Timetable, item 7. PDF 136 KB
- Appendix 2 LDP Preferred Strategy, item 7. PDF 1 MB
- Appendix 3 WBIA, item 7. PDF 127 KB
- Appendix 4 Terms of reference SPG, item 7. PDF 140 KB