Agenda and minutes

Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds, LS1 1UR

Contact: Helen Gray (0113) 3788657  Email: helen.gray@leeds.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

11.

Appeals Against Refusal of Inspection of Documents

To consider any appeals in accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2 of the Access to Information Rules (in the event of an Appeal the press and public will be excluded)

 

(*In accordance with Procedure Rule 15.2, written notice of an appeal must be received by the Head of Governance Services at least 24 hours before the meeting)

Minutes:

There were no appeals against the refusal of inspection of documents.

 

12.

Exempt Information - Possible Exclusion of the Press and Public

1  To highlight reports or appendices which officers have identified as containing exempt information, and where officers consider that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons outlined in the report.

 

2  To consider whether or not to accept the officers recommendation in respect of the above information.

 

3  If so, to formally pass the following resolution:-

 

  RESOLVED – That the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following parts of the agenda designated as containing exempt information on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the press and public were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information, as follows:

Minutes:

The agenda contained no exempt information.

 

13.

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:

No formal late items of business were added to the agenda.

 

14.

Declaration of Disclosable Pecuniary Interests

To disclose or draw attention to any disclosable pecuniary interests for the purposes of Section 31 of the Localism Act 2011 and paragraphs 13-16 of the Members’ Code of Conduct

Minutes:

There were no declarations of disclosable pecuniary interest.

 

15.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Coulson, J McKenna and J Procter. Councillors R Grahame and G Latty attended the meeting as substitutes.

 

16.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 81 KB

To agree the minutes of the previous meeting held 18th July 2017 as a correct record

 

(Copy attached)

Minutes:

RESOLVED - That the minutes of the Development Plan Panel meeting held on 18th July 2017 be approved.

 

17.

Matters Arising

Minutes:

Minute 7 Negotiated Stopping Sites for Gypsies & Travellers –

·  In respect of whether the views of independent Counsel had been sought on the issue, one Member briefly reported on the Scrutiny Board (Environment & Neighbourhoods) Inquiry of January 2011 and made a copy of the relevant legal advice from the Inquiry available to the Panel’s Legal Adviser.

·  Members also requested a follow up on two issues raised at the meeting

-  the number of occurrences of stopping on unauthorised sites during the previous year

-  an indication of when the 24 hour service to respond to negotiated stopping would be implemented

It was agreed that a written response would be provided to Panel Members prior to the next meeting.

 

18.

Core Strategy Selective Review pdf icon PDF 697 KB

To consider the report of the Director of City Development which presents an update on the progress made preparing the Core Strategy Selective Review. The report includes the headlines and conclusions from the Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA), feedback from the public consultation on the scope of the Review and initial ideas for the shape and scope of policies to be included in the Publication Draft.

 

Minutes:

The Panel considered the report of the Director of City Development on the progress made preparing the Core Strategy Selective Review.

 

The Planning Strategy Team Leader introduced the report which included the headlines from the Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA), feedback from the public consultation on the scope of the Review and initial ideas on the review of policies. In introducing the report, he provided an update on key matters arising from the CSSR for discussion:

 

SHMA conclusions: The consultants (Arc4 and Edge Analytics) assessed need for housing in Leeds (Objectively Assessed Need) using both the Local Plans Expert Group (LPEG) methodology and the existing National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG) methodology.

-  The LPEG approach - proposed by Government but not yet adopted - calculated 3,456 units per annum or 55,296 over the 16 year Core Strategy period.

-  The NPPG calculations gave 2 results:

3,478 pa/55,648 units - REM2017

3,783 pa/60,528 units - High Growth

Additional matters to consider included whether to factor in the under-delivery of recent years (the “backlog”) and calculations for the number of dwellings lost.  It was stressed that there may be a difference between OAN and any resulting plan requirements. 

 

Affordable Housing: Using the NPPG methodology the SHMA identifies a need of 1230 affordable dwellings per annum for Leeds, with roughly two thirds required to be provided at social rent levels and one third as intermediate tenures. Consideration to be given to the figures for the four affordable housing zones;

Outer North Zone 1: 120 pa

Outer South Zone 2: 794 pa 

Inner Zone 3: 168 pa

City Centre Zone 4: 148 pa

The report detailed the exercise undertaken to identify the % of affordable dwellings needed per zone within the SAP:  Zone 1: 53%; Zone 2: 168%; Zone 3: 61% and Zone 4: 52%.  It was felt that an increase in current targets for Affordable Housing could be justified on the basis of need, but viability testing will also be necessary.

 

Housing Needs: Responses from the consultants on the housing needs of each HMCA were awaited however the results of the SHMA suggested a greater need for smaller size affordable properties – of the 1230 total it suggested that 853 need to be 1 & 2 bed size, 238 3+ bed size and 139 designed for elderly occupation. Additionally, there is a need for a minimum of 17.5% of new dwellings to be built to M4 (2) building regulation accessible standards and 5% M4 (3) building regulation wheelchair standards.

 

Consultation Responses: 69 had been received, with two received late – from Wetherby Town Council and the Environment Agency (raising issues regarding SP6, flooding and greenspace). The overall headlines from the responses were précised as being that Community Groups welcomed the lower housing requirement whereas Developers expressed concern about the timing of the Strategic Review prior to the adoption of the Site Allocations Plan; issues regarding viability and seeking exemptions from affordable housing/standards requirements

 

The Panel acknowledged the report provided reassurance  ...  view the full minutes text for item 18.

19.

Date and Time of Next Meeting

To note the date and time of the next meeting as Tuesday 21st November 2017 at 1.30 pm.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED - To note the date and time of the next meeting as Tuesday 21st November 2017 at 1.30 pm.