Agenda and minutes

  In the absence of Councillor Taggart, Councillor Richard Lewis was nominated to chair the meeting with the agreement of all present

To identify items which have been admitted to the agenda by the Chair for consideration.

(The special circumstance shall be specified in the minutes).

  Whilst there were no formal late items, Members were in receipt of the following supplementary information:

  Amendments to figure 4.2, 4.2 and additional text to paragraph 4.26 of the submitted report in order to improve the clarity of the document

  A Sustainability Appraisal – Non-technical summary – Consultation Draft

  Two maps indicating the mineral and waste management sites in the Leeds area

  The Natural Resources and Waste DPD Map book

To declare any personal / prejudicial interests for the purpose of Section 81(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 and paragraphs 8 to 12 of the Members’ Code of Conduct.

  No interests were declared at the meeting

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Taggart, Councillor Leadley and Councillor Nash who was substituted for by Councillor Driver

To approve the minutes of the Development Plan Panel meeting held on 7^th September 2010

(minutes attached)

RESOLVED-  That the minutes of the Development Plan Panel meeting held on 7^th September 2010 be approved

To consider a report of the Director of City Development on the Natural Resources and Waste Development Plan Document (DPD) – Publication draft and seeking Panel’s recommendation to Executive Board that the Natural Resources and Waste DPD can be subject to public consultation

(report attached)

  Further to minute 8 of the Development Plan Panel meeting held on 22^nd June 2010 where Panel considered a report outlining the initial comments on the consultation exercise on the Natural Resources and Waste Development Plan Document, the Panel considered a report of the Director of City Development and the publication draft of this Development Plan Document (DPD)

  The Head of Forward Planning and Implementation presented the report and stated that if Panel recommended to Executive Board that the DPD be approved for further consultation, this would take place and following reconsideration of the submissions and any necessary amendments to the document, it would be submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination

  Members were informed that the DPD was a positive way of dealing with a range of challenging issues which were interlinked.  An integrated approach had been adopted and appropriate policies had been developed to minimise detrimental impact and mitigate areas of concern

  The proposed policies in respect of minerals; waste; energy; water; air quality and land were outlined together with information being provided on the implementation and monitoring of the policies

  Officers provided an overview of the policies within each policy topic, together with the following summary information:

  Minerals Policies 1 – 14)

·  Minerals 1 – Provision of aggregates – this policy related to the desire to maximise the opportunities to recycle aggregates

·  Minerals 2 – Mineral Safeguarding Areas – Within areas identified as MSAs on Map 3, mineral resources would be protected from development which could sterilise them for future use

·  Minerals 3 – Safeguarding existing mineral extraction sites – the focus of the policy is upon safeguarding identified existing sites

·  Minerals 10 – Applications for mineral development – this set out the detailed criteria on which applications would be assessed

·  Minerals 11 and 12 – Restoration of mineral sites and Aftercare of restored proposals - concerns were raised about this and what assurances could be given that restoration of a site would take place where the company responsible for this had gone into liquidation/administration.  The Minerals, Waste and Contaminated Land Manager stated that there was no failsafe system if an operator goes into liquidation, apart from on open cast coal sites as a bond had to be provided.  However, this situation had not occurred in Leeds; that the land always had some residual value; that the planning permission related to the land, not the owner and there was recourse in the system if it was rigorously applied

Waste (1 – 11)

·  Waste 1 – Self sufficiency for future waste management in Leeds – this policy sought to encourage self sufficiency in planning for future capacity requirements

·  Waste 6 – Strategic Waste Management sites – the purpose of this policy is to identify strategic sites for future waste management purposes

·  Waste 9 – Waste management facilities – Potential issues and impacts – this policy set out the criteria upon which applications for waste management purposes would be assessed

·  Waste 10 – Landfill  ...  view the full minutes text for item 30.

Tuesday 9^th November 2010 at 1.30pm

  Tuesday 9^th November 2010 at 1.30pm in the Civic Hall, Leeds