Agenda item

Members are asked to consider the Minerals and Waste Plan which is being prepared jointly with North Yorkshire County Council and the North York Moors National Park Authority. Following extensive Issues and Options consultation during 2014 and a Preferred Options consultation in 2015/16, approval is now sought to publish the Joint Plan (attached as Annex A to this report) to provide an opportunity for representations to be made on the soundness of the Plan and whether it is legally compliant. The Local Plan Working Group will be considering the report at their meeting on 10 October 2016 and the draft minutes of the meeting will be circulated to the Executive.

Resolved: That Executive agree:

(i) That the draft Minerals and Waste Joint Plan for York, North Yorkshire and North York Moors National Park (at Annex A) be approved for the purposes of publication in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012;

(ii) That the Executive Member (Transport and Planning) be authorised to make non-substantive editorial changes to the main document (Annex A) and other supporting documents (Annexes B to I) proposed to be published alongside the Plan prior to publication;

(iii) That the Director of City and Environmental Services (CES) in consultation with the Executive Member for Transport and Planning be authorised to make changes to the main document (Annex A) and other supporting documents (Annexes B to I) arising from the equivalent Executive meetings at North Yorkshire County Council and North York Moors National Park Authority provided that they are non-substantive in terms of their impact on the City of York area;

(iv) That the Director of City and Environmental Services (CES) in consultation with the Executive Member for Transport and Planning be authorised to approve any such changes to the Minerals and Waste Joint Plan document as necessary to implement the principles agreed by Members.

(v) That Officers and the Executive Member for Transport and Planning agree arrangements for consultation with the Executive Member for the Environment in respect of changes to the Plan.

Reason: (i) & (ii) So that an NPPF compliant Joint Waste and Minerals Plan can be progressed;

(iii) So that the three authorities can make changes specific to their authority areas where they will not impact on the other Joint areas;

(iv) So that detailed wording of the policies can be agreed between officers at the Joint authorities once approval in principle has been received by all Joint authorities’ Members.

Consideration was given to a report which provided progress on the preparation of a Minerals and Waste Joint Plan, jointly prepared with the North Yorkshire County Council and the North Yorkshire Moors National Park Authority. Consultation had been undertaken during 2014 and a Preferred Options consultation in 2015/16, details of which had been reported to the Local Plan Working Group (LPWG) meeting held on 10 October 2016.

Members were informed that approval was now sought to publish the Joint Plan, at Annex A of the report, to provide a further opportunity for representations to be made, with any comments being brought back to the LPWG and Executive in March 2017.

Copies of the draft minutes from the LPWG meeting held on 10 October, together with an addendum report from the Director of City and Environmental Services, republished with the Executive agenda, were circulated at the meeting. The addendum set out a list of revised recommendations and proposed additions and amendments at Table 1 to forward to the Executive Members at North Yorkshire County Council for consideration at their meeting on 18 October and North Yorkshire Moors National Park Authority on 20 October to seek their agreement for inclusion.

The LPWG Chair, thanked Officers for their work on the update report, following the LPWG meeting, and he highlighted the proposed amendments and confirmed that Officers would examine the strengthening of the wording in a number of areas.

The Executive Member for the Environment also expressed his appreciation for the work of Officers but disappointment that carbon capture was not part of the plan and he requested involvement in the final drafting of the Joint Plan.

In answer to Members and earlier speakers’ comments and concerns Officers confirmed the need to strike a balance between government guidance and amenity and environmental concerns. They confirmed that they had tried to incorporate the issues raised, as far as possible, and had listed each in the table providing comments where necessary.

Following further discussion