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City of York Council |
Committee Minutes |
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Meeting |
Decision Session - Executive Member for Economy and Strategic Planning |
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Date |
25 October 2022 |
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Present
Officers in Attendance |
Councillor Mason
Neil Ferris, Corporate Director of Place |
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10. Declarations of Interest (16:01)
The Executive Member was asked to declare, at this point in the meeting, any disclosable pecuniary interests or other registerable interests he might have in respect of business on the agenda, if he had not already done so in advance on the Register of Interests. None were declared.
11. Minutes (16:01)
Resolved: That the minutes of the previous meeting held on 26 July 2022 be approved as a correct record and be signed by the Executive Member.
12. Public Participation (16:01)
It was reported that there had been no registrations to speak under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.
Written representations were received from the Parish Council Chairs of Escrick, Stillingleet and Cawood who supported the Officer’s recommendations within the report.
Councillor Crane from Selby District Council also submitted a written representation in opposition to some aspects of the report, stating that Selby Council has engaged constructively with CYC on the preparation of the Local Plan.
13. City of York Council response to consultation on Selby District Council ‘Pre-submission Publication Local Plan Consultation’. (16:02)
The Executive Member considered a report that provided a summary of concerns raised in response to consultation by Selby District Council (SDC) on the proposed submission version of the Selby District Local Plan regarding the allocation at Heronby and its the potential impact on City of York Council (CYC).
In presenting the report, the Corporate Director of Place summarised the concerns detailed in the report and emphasised the need for further work to understand the impacts of the development on transport and education within the CYC boundary and how these would be mitigated. He confirmed that the council wished to engage further with SDC and their local plan to deliver a successful project.
The Executive Member expressed agreement with the concerns set out in the report and, having noted the written submissions referred to under Public Participation,
Resolved: That approval be given to submit to Selby District Council a response to the formal consultation on the pre-submission Selby District Council Local Plan, including:
a. Objections to the evidence base related to the allocation of Heronby regarding transport impacts to CYC, as well as the implications of the necessary highway improvements within CYC boundary.
b. Objections to the approach related to the allocation of Heronby to education provision and the potential impact on CYC students.
c. Concern regarding the deliverability of the Heronby allocation given the lack of evidence on viability.
d. Objection to the selection of Heronby as the site for a new settlement when assessed against the two other preferred options and, more specifically, against Church Fenton.
e. Objection to the level of engagement SDC has had with CYC in developing the evidence base and on strategic matters that cross administrative boundaries with regard to the significant adverse impacts the allocation of Heronby would have on CYC under Duty to Cooperate.
Reason: City of York Council has been formally consulted under Regulation 19 of The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2012 (as amended).
Cllr Mason, Executive Member
[The meeting started at 16:01 and finished at 16:09].