Issue - decisions

Resolved:  (i)      That the government consultation on compulsory community pre-application consultation for shale gas development be noted.

                   (ii)      That Option 1 be approved and the views set out in the ‘Suggested Authority Response’, including the appendix, which align with the council’s submitted Joint Waste and Minerals Plan sections of the report, be endorsed and submitted to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, as relevant.

Reason:     To allow officers to respond to the consultation prior to the deadline of 7 January 2018.