Agenda, decisions and minutes

The Portfolio Holder is asked to sign the Minutes of the meeting held on 25 January 2011 as a correct record.

The New Communities Portfolio Holder noted, approved and adopted the New Communities aspects of the Planning and New Communities Service Plan.

Appendices are on CD and the website. 

The New Communities Portfolio Holder:

(a)          Endorsed the Council’s responses (as included in Appendix 1);

(b)          adopted the Orchard Park Design Guidance SPD (as included in Appendix 2)

The New Communities Portfolio Holder:

(a)          agreed that the draft Residential Travel Plan Guidance (Appendix 1) be issued for consultation.

(b)            noted the consultation plan in Appendix 2.

The New Communities Portfolio Holder agreed

(a)          The methodology for the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (as included at Appendix 1)

(b)          Setting up of a Housing Market Partnership

(c)          Issuing of a ‘call for sites’

The New Communities Portfolio Holder agreed the adoption of the Health Impact Assessment SPD (the amended page of the consultation draft SPD is included in Appendix 3) and proceed in accordance with Regulations 18 and 19 (for ease of reference, Appendix 1 details the change made to the draft SPD following the consultation process).

Appendices 1, 2 and 3 are on CD and the Council’s website. 

 The New Communities Portfolio Holder considered the representations received on the draft Fen Drayton Former LSA Estate SPD and agreed provisionally the Council’s responses (as included in Appendix 2); and the adoption of the Fen Drayton Former LSA Estate SPD (as included in Appendix 3) subject to further consideration of footprint issues relating to 54 Park Lane and 33 Cootes Lane.

Appendices A and B are on CD and the website. 

The New Communities Portfolio Holder

1.     Agreed provisionally the responses to the representations received to the Options Report on Foodstore Provision in North West Cambridge provided in Appendix A.

2.     gave authority to the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities) to make minor amendments / changes to the ‘Informal Planning Policy Guidance on Foodstore Provision in North West Cambridge’ which may arise when the Cambridge City Council Members consider the informal retail guidance at the Environment Scrutiny Committee on 15^th March 2011.  Any material changes to be brought back to the next Portfolio Holder meeting for consideration.

3.     Adopted provisionally the ‘Informal Planning Policy Guidance on Foodstore Provision in North West Cambridge’, provided in Appendix B, as a material consideration in the determination of planning applications.

Subjected to the views of Cambridge City Council.

That the New Communities Portfolio Holder resolves that the following balances be carried forward into 2011-12 financial year:

§      Community Facilities Grant, £32,922

§      Village Sports Facilities Grant, £29,069

§      Arts Capital Grants, £14,940

1.              The New Communities Portfolio Holder agreed that a single South Cambridgeshire Development Plan be prepared incorporating a review of the Core Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD), Site Specific Policies DPD and the Development Control Policies DPD as a single document to the timetable set out in Appendix 1, Tables 1 and 4 and that the Gypsies and Travellers DPD will continue to be prepared separately (Appendix 1, Table 3).

2.             That authority be delegated to the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities) to complete a new Local Development Scheme on this basis.

The New Communities Portfolio Holder to sign off the Scheme at a future date.

The Portfolio Holder will maintain, for agreement at each meeting, a Forward Plan identifying all matters relevant to the Portfolio which it is believed are likely to be the subject of consideration and / or decision by the Portfolio Holder, or recommendation to, or referral by, the Portfolio Holder to Cabinet, Council, or any other constituent part of the Council.   The plan will be updated as necessary.  The Portfolio Holder will be responsible for the content and accuracy of the forward plan. 

Those present noted the Forward Plan for the New Communities Portfolio included in the agenda.  Papworth Everard West Central SPD would not now go to the meeting on 19 May 2011, but would be considered instead at a meeting during 2011-12.

19 May 2011 at 11.15am or upon conclusion of the Planning Portfolio Holder meeting, whichever is later. 

Those present noted that the next scheduled New Communities Portfolio Holder meeting would be on Tuesday 19 May 2011 starting at 11.15am or upon completion of the Planning Portfolio Holder meeting, whichever was the later.

There was likely to be a Special New Communities Portfolio Holder meeting on Thursday 31 March 2011 starting at 5.30pm.  This meeting  would be solely to consider capital grants.