Agenda and minutes

Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds

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Items
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45.

Late items

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

 

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

Minutes:

  Although there were no formal late items, Members were in receipt of the following additional information (minute 48 refers):

  Revised appendices 1 and 2 providing an improved layout to assist in reading the report

  Plans showing minor revisions to the site boundaries to the Knostrop site boundary and the Skelton Grange site

 

46.

Declaration of interests

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.

Minutes:

  The following Members declared 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:

  Councillor J Lewis – declared a personal interest through being a member of the Community Liaison Committee for Methley Quarry as the report makes reference to the Quarry (minute 48 refers)

 

 

47.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 64 KB

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

 

(minutes attached)

 

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED-  That the minutes of the Development Plan Panel meeting held on 7th December 2010 be approved, subject to a minor amendment at minute 43, in respect of gypsy and traveller sites to read ‘ The AMR had subsequently been amended to include provision of three pitches during 2009/10 (indicator H4)

 

 

48.

Natural Resources and Waste Development Plan Document (NRWDPD) ' Formal Submission' pdf icon PDF 240 KB

Further to minute 30 of the Development Plan Panel held on 12th October 2010 where Panel considered a report and publication draft of the Natural Resources and Waste Development DPD, to consider a report of the Director of City Development seeking Panel to recommend to Executive Board that the DPD be approved by Council for submission to the Secretary of State

 

(report attached)

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

  Further to minute 30 of the Development Plan Panel held on 12th October 2010 where Panel considered a report and publication draft of the Natural Resources and Waste Development Plan Document (DPD), Members considered a report of the Director of City Development requesting Panel to recommend to Executive Board that the DPD be approved by Council for submission to the Secretary of State for independent examination

  The Head of Forward Planning and Implementation presented the report and explained that the Natural Resources and Waste DPD would be the first DPD of the Local Development Framework (LDF) to be subject to formal submission and examination

  A total of 28 responses to the final publication consultation (which took place from 15th December 2010 to 9th February 2011), were received, with these being set out in Appendix 1 together with the Council’s response to those comments.  Appendix 2 comprised a schedule of consolidated proposed amendments to the DPD which, if agreed, would be submitted with the accompanying DPD to the Secretary of State.  It was anticipated that examination would commence early/mid summer

  Officers outlined the responses which had been received on the DPD

  Of the responses received to the latest round of consultation, most related to the minerals section of the DPD, with Leeds being urged to do more to specify what the Authority was doing to meet minerals requirements.  North Yorkshire Council had raised concerns on this matter and it was felt this would be the subject of debate in the independent examination

  Members were informed that it was not considered possible to calculate a Leeds apportionment.  An error in the original document was being rectified through an amendment which was being proposed which stated a regional apportionment for West Yorkshire, this being 5.5 million tonnes of sand and gravel and 17.8 million tonnes of crushed rock for the period 2001 to 2016.  It was felt that it would be necessary to explain to the Inspector that there was not an apportionment for Leeds

  In terms of the timescale of the regional apportionment ie up to 2016, the DPD went beyond that to 2026 and this was something the Minerals, Waste and Contaminated Land Manager would take up at the Regional Aggregates Working Party (RAWP)

  Officers considered that the approach being adopted to this was felt to be sound and reasonable and that the Midgely Farm sand and gravel allocation and areas of search met the need

  Arising from the consultation, the need for a specific sand and gravel allocation at Methley had been raised by the minerals operator Lafage and whilst Officers had requested more detailed information to consider this, none had been provided, consequently the broad location identified in the DPD is retained as an ‘Area of Search’, rather than a specific allocation

  Representations by the Coal Authority sought developers to be encouraged to extract coal prior to development commencing.  Whilst the Coal Authority had required this for all sites,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 48.

49.

Date and time of next meeting

Tuesday 5th April 2011 at 1.30pm

 

 

Minutes:

  Tuesday 5th April 2011 at 1.30pm in the Civic Hall, Leeds