Agenda item

To receive and consider the attached report of the Chief Planning Officer

  The Panel considered a report of the Chief Planning Officer in respect of site allocations for the Aire Valley Leeds Area Action Plan

  Officers presented the report and outlined main issues in respect of housing; housing and mixed use allocations; employment; office sites; green space and retail

  Large scale plans were tabled at the meeting

  Members discussed and commented on the report, with the key issues relating to:

·  a specific Green Belt site and whether that could be retained as PAS land

·  possible uses for the Skelton Gate site

·  the number of housing units required in this area; where this figure had been derived from and who had proposed sites

·  the requirements of the Core Strategy in terms of employment use and job creation and that a lower housing figure would have translated into lower employment and job creation targets

·  concerns that potential housing sites were being disregarded and that decisions taken by Plans Panels for sites were also not being reflected in the information before Members

·  the SHLAA process and the correct forum for consideration of housing sites

·  employment land and the way in which this had been dealt with

·  the need for improvements to green space in Richmond Hill

·  the need to prioritise green space provision in the areas of East End Park and Hunslet

·  the level of masterplanning carried out for the Skelton Gate site and the housing density proposed

In view of the issues raised by Members, further work on the site

proposals for the Aire Valley Leeds Area Action Plan was requested to be brought back to Panel, this being:

·  clarification of the proposed use of the site at Cross Green, cross hatched on the submitted plan

·  including provision of green space for Richmond Hill, East End Park and Hunslet as a key objective

·  a review of the sites listed in Appendix D and to contact those landowners with sites listed in this appendix to ascertain if they still wished for their sites to be considered for housing use

·  the consistency of the Skelton Gate site and further information on the housing density and the buffer which would be required

·  information from Children’s Services on school places and how it relates to housing numbers

RESOLVED -  To note the report and the information provided and that

Officers consider the matters raised, with a view to reporting back to Development Plan Panel Members at future meetings