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This report asks Members to approve for consultation purposes a draft York City Centre Area Action Plan (AAP), subject to the recommendations of the Local Development Framework Working Group meeting on 3 June 2008. 

Note: Annex A to the above item (the draft APP) and coloured versions of Annex B (the summary of Issues and Options) have been circulated in hard copy to Executive Members only.  Copies may be obtained on request from Democratic Services.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the draft Issues and Options document at Annex A and the summary of Issues and Options at Annex B be approved for public consultation, subject to the changes recommended by the LDF Working Group.

REASON:      So that the City Centre Area Action Plan DPD can be progressed to its next stage of development, as highlighted in the Council’s Local Development Scheme.

                        (ii)        That authority be delegated to the Director of City Strategy, in consultation with the Executive Member and Shadow Executive Member for City Strategy to make any necessary incidental changes to the above documents resulting from the Executive’s decisions on this item.

REASON:      So that the recommended changes can be made.

                        (iii)       That authority be delegated to the Director of City Strategy, in consultation with the Executive Member and Shadow Executive Member for City Strategy, to approve the Sustainability Strategy to accompany the Issues and Options document consultation.

REASON:      So that the report and accompanying document can be progressed.

                        (iv)       That authority be delegated to the Director of City Strategy, in consultation with the Executive Member and Shadow Executive Member for City Strategy, to approve a Consultation Strategy and promotional material.

REASON:      To ensure that the proposed methods of consultation are satisfactory to Members.

Members considered a report which presented the draft Issues and Options document for the York City Centre Area Action Plan (AAP), together with the comments and suggested changes to the document made by the Local Development Framework Working Group (LDFWG) at their meeting on 3 June 2008.  Approval was sought to publish the document for consultation purposes, subject to any changes approved by Members.

The draft document was presented as Annex A to the report.  A summary of the issues and options was provided in Annex B and the minutes of the LDFWG, incorporating their comments and suggested changes, were attached as Annex C.  Members were asked to consider the following options:

Option 1 – approve the document at Annex A and the summary at Annex B for consultation purposes, subject to the changes requested by the LDFWG

Option 2 – seek further or alternative amendments to the documents

Option 3 – defer the AAP and request further work from Officers.  This option was not recommended, as it would impact on the timetable for the Local Development Scheme.

At the meeting, Officers circulated a briefing note setting out progress in developing the Local Development Framework and a summary of consultation on the City Centre AAP, listing proposed consultees and consultation methods.  These documents are now attached as Annexes C and D to the report on the Council’s website.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the draft Issues and Options document at Annex A and the summary of Issues and Options at Annex B be approved for public consultation, subject to the changes recommended by the LDF Working Group.¹

REASON:      So that the City Centre Area Action Plan DPD can be progressed to its next stage of development, as highlighted in the Council’s Local Development Scheme.

                        (ii)        That authority be delegated to the Director of City Strategy, in consultation with the Executive Member and Shadow Executive Member for City Strategy to make any necessary incidental changes to the above documents resulting from the Executive’s decisions on this item.²

REASON:      So that the recommended changes can be made.

                        (iii)       That authority be delegated to the Director of City Strategy, in consultation with the Executive Member and Shadow Executive Member for City Strategy, to approve the Sustainability Strategy to accompany the Issues and Options document consultation.³

REASON:      So that the report and accompanying document can be progressed.

                        (iv)       That authority be delegated to the Director of City Strategy, in consultation with the Executive Member and Shadow Executive Member for City Strategy, to approve a Consultation Strategy and promotional material.⁴

REASON:      To ensure that the proposed methods of consultation are satisfactory to Members.