Decision details

Murton Neighbourhood Plan Examiner’s Report and Decision Statement

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Decision Maker: Executive

Decision status: Decision Made

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To inform members of the outcomes of the Murton Neighbourhood Plan Examiners Report and recommendations. To ask Executive to endorse the Council’s Decision Statement on the recommendations and consequently, to allow the neighbourhood plan to proceed to referendum. A decision as to whether to accept the Examiner’s recommendation and move to Referendum must be made within 5 weeks of their report being issued or a date agreed with the Parish in line with regulation 24A(5) of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended). The report requests that Executive agrees the Murton Neighbourhood Plan Examiner’s Report and recommendations, and the Council’s Decision Statement on the recommendations, to allow the neighbourhood plan to proceed to referendum. Information regarding the preparation and examination of the Murton Neighbourhood Plan can be found on our dedicated webpage: https://www.york.gov.uk/planning-policy/murton-neighbourhood-plan

Decision:

Resolved:

i. Agreed to the Examiner’s modifications set out at Annex C (Decision Statement) to the Submission Draft Murton Neighbourhood Plan (Annex A) and that subject to those modifications the Neighbourhood Plan meets the Basic Conditions and other legislative requirements;

ii. Agreed that the Submission Draft Murton Neighbourhood Plan as amended proceeds to a local referendum based on the neighbourhood area as noted in the Examiner’s Report (Annex B).

iii. Approved the Decision Statement attached at Annex C to be published on the City of York Council’s website.

Reason: To allow the Neighbourhood Plan to progress in line with neighbourhood planning legislation.

Report author: John Roberts

Publication date: 23/04/2025

Date of decision: 22/04/2025

Decided at meeting: 22/04/2025 - Executive

Effective from: 30/04/2025

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