The Director of City Development submitted a report outlining the reasoning for the amendment to Core Strategy Policy H6, relating to Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA). It was noted that further details on PBSA within Leeds could be found within the ‘Student Housing Demand and Supply: A review of evidence’ document produced by Re’New, which was appended to the submitted report.
As part of the introduction to the report the Executive Member for Neighbourhoods, Planning and Support Services emphasised the need for the Council to establish a defined policy in this area, in order to enable the authority to defend its position on such matters.
RESOLVED –
(a) That the revision to Policy H6 of the Core Strategy, as set out within Appendix 1 to the submitted report, be approved for the purposes of targeted public consultation, as set out within paragraphs 3.1.1 and 3.1.2, prior to the Core Strategy examination.
(b) That it be agreed that the policy amendments may be a material consideration in the determination of planning applications until the Core Strategy is adopted.
(Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 16.5, Councillor Golton required it to be recorded that he abstained from voting on the matters included within this minute)
(The matters referred to within this minute were designated as exempt from Call In as the matter was deemed to be urgent, and as the Core Strategy Inspector had set a deadline of 16th September 2013 for the submission of supplementary statements by the Council for the Core Strategy examination, and that any delay may damage the Council’s or public’s interests)