Issue - meetings

The Corporate Director of Economy & Place to present a report which will provide details of Supplementary Planning Documents referred to in the Local Plan and to prioritise their production to aid development management decisions. This report will also ask the Executive to consider the SPDs to be produced and the SPDs to deliver as a priority.

Resolved:  That Option 1 be approved and that Officers’ recommendations to progress interim SPDs to inform development management decisions in advance of the adoption of the York Local Plan, prioritising two SPDs relating to Affordable Housing and Green Infrastructure, be accepted.

Reason:     So that work on interim draft SPDs can be progressed prior to adoption of the York Local Plan.

The Assistant Director for Planning & Public Protection presented a report which provided details of Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) referred to in the York Local Plan (YLP) and asked Executive to consider the SPDs to be produced and those to be delivered as a priority.

The matter had been considered by the Local Plan Working Group on 20 September 2018, and their recommendations were circulated to Members.

The following options were available, as detailed in paragraphs 19-21 of the report:

Option 1 – progress interim SPDs to inform development management decisions in advance of adoption of the YLP, prioritising two draft SPDs in respect of Affordable Housing and Green Infrastructure.  This was the recommended option, since Members had previously highlighted these SPDs as key priorities to support the Local Plan policy position and they were based on evidence that provided a robust rationale for their implementation.

Option 2 – identify alternative SPDs to be progressed as above.

Option 3 – choose not to progress any SPDs in advance of adoption of the YLP. 

Members noted the concerns raised by the Green Opposition Group Leader on the number of SPDs referenced in the YLP and the timescale for considering these after adoption of the YLP.

Resolved:  That Option 1 be approved and that Officers’ recommendations to progress interim SPDs to inform development management decisions in advance of the adoption of the York Local Plan, prioritising the two SPDs relating to Affordable Housing and Green Infrastructure, be accepted.

Reason:     So that work on interim draft SPDs can be progressed prior to adoption of the York Local Plan.