Issue details

Purpose of Report: To provide an update on recent developments concerning the future review of the Joint Minerals and Waste Plan (JMWP) and the implications for the emerging York Local Plan.

The Executive Member will be asked to:

i.      Note the change in circumstances relating to the future review of the Joint Minerals and Waste Plan.

ii.     Note that City of York Council remains the Minerals and Waste Planning Authority for York and must ensure that its statutory planning responsibilities continue to be addressed through the plan-making process.

iii.    Endorse the inclusion of minerals and waste planning matters within the scope of the emerging York Local Plan and the forthcoming scoping consultation in order to ensure that all reasonable options remain available to the Council and that statutory plan-making requirements can be met, acknowledging there is a delay to the Plan-Making Activity Schedule previously agreed by Executive.

iv.   Note that, exercising delegated powers arising from the April 2026 Executive decision to commence preparation of a new Local Plan, the Director of City Development will amend and reissue the Formal Notice of Plan-Making to reflect the inclusion of minerals and waste planning matters within the scope of the emerging Local Plan.

v.     Request that officers prepare a further report for Executive in October 2026 setting out:

·       The strategic implications of the changing position across York and North Yorkshire;

·       The options considered for future minerals and waste plan-making;

·       The programme, governance, staffing and financial implications of those options;

·       a revised Plan-Making Activity Schedule inclusive of the Local Plan Timetable;

·       An update on the Council's approach.

The Council aims to give the same 28 days clear notice of non-key decisions as it does for key decisions, for this item, this has not been possible in order to allow progress of the Local Plan preparation to continue, avoiding undue delay to the agreed timetable.