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The Corporate Director of Economy & Place to present a report which requests that the Executive agree the Examiner’s recommendations to enable the Neighbourhood Plan to proceed to Referendum.

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

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

                   (iii)     That the Decision Statement at Annex B be published on the City of York Council’s website.

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

The Assistant Director for Planning & Public Protection presented a report which sought approval for the recommendations of the Examiner regarding modifications to the Rufforth with Knapton Neighbourhood Plan (the Plan), to enable the Plan to proceed to a referendum.

The Examiner’s Report was attached as Annex A to the report, along with the Decision Statement, including the Council’s proposed response to the Examiner’s recommended modifications to the Plan, at Annex B.  These documents had been considered by the Local Plan Working Group on 20 September 2018, and their recommendations were circulated to Members.

It was recommended that the Examiner’s modifications be accepted rather than altered, as they made the Plan more robust and enabled it to meet the Basic Conditions.  A decision to reject the modifications could only be made on the specific grounds set out in paragraph 26 of the report.

The Chair extended his thanks to the Rufforth & Knapton Parish Council for all their work on the Plan.

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

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

                   (iii)     That the Decision Statement at Annex B be published on the City of York Council’s website.

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