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Policy for the allocation of Faith/Community Land at Northstowe

Meeting: 11/03/2020 - Weekly Bulletin (Item 11.)

Policy for the allocation of Faith/Community Land at Northstowe

Cabinet

 

ENDORSED the proposed policy which has been developed in conjunction with the faith groups to which it will be applied.

AGREED the application of this growth sites across the district.

 

This decision was first published on Friday 6 March and so the deadline for call-in is Friday 13 March at 5pm.


Meeting: 04/03/2020 - Cabinet (Item 7)

7 Proposed Allocation Policy for the distribution of faith/community land in the new Community of Northstowe pdf icon PDF 711 KB

Decision:

 

Cabinet:

 

(a)  Endorsed the proposed policy which has been developed in conjunction with the faith groups to which it will be applied.

(b)  Agreed the application of this policy to growth sites across the district.

Minutes:

Cabinet considered a report setting out the proposed policy for Faith Land Allocation for Northstowe and inviting Members to consider whether the allocation policy should be applied to all growth sites subsequently. Councillor Neil Gough, Deputy Leader, presented the report and addressed the concerns highlighted from Scrutiny and Overview regarding small faith groups within the district.

 

The Northstowe Healthy New Town Programme Lead officer responded that Councillor Shrobona Bhattacharya’s concerns about the extent to which the Policy addressed the interests of smaller Faith groups had been taken into account at a Faith Strategy meeting held in Northstowe. Councillor Grenville Chamberlain acknowledged Councillor Neil Gough’s statement, and supported the changes to the report.

 

After Members commented on the clarity of the report, Cabinet,

 

(a)          Endorsed the proposed policy which has been developed in conjunction with the faith groups to which it will be applied;

(b)          Agreed the application of this Policy to growth sites across the District, subject to a change in the assessment matrix to reflect the benefit of the applicant faith group to the wider community.