Decision details

Purpose of Report: To inform Members of the recommendations made in the Examiner’s Report and to explain the Council’s response to these and to gain approval of the subsequent Decision Statement to allow the Neighbourhood Plan to proceed to Referendum.

The report will recommend that Members approve the proposed modifications recommended in the Examiner’s Report and the Council’s Decision Statement to allow the Earswick Neighbourhood Plan to proceed to Referendum.

Resolved:  (i)      That the Examiner’s modifications to the Earswick Neighbourhood Plan and the consequential minor modifications set out in Annex B be agreed and that, subject to those modifications, the Neighbourhood Plan meets the Basic Conditions and other legislative requirements.

                   (ii)      That the Earswick Neighbourhood Plan, as amended, proceed to a local referendum based on the geographic boundary of the parish of Earswick, as recommended by the Examiner.

                   (iii)     That the Decision Statement attached as Annex B to the report be approved for publication on the City of York Council’s website.

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