Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of City Development setting out recommendations from the Executive Board on 13 December 2017 to Full Council in respect of amendments to the Leeds Site Allocations Plan (SAP).

The report sets out an amended approach to progressing housing allocations and safeguarded land within the Leeds Site Allocations Plan through its Examination.  This is necessary to ensure that the Council responsibly reflects a recent Government consultation and new evidence therein, and to ensure that Leeds has a SAP in place as quickly as practicable to provide certainty for investors and communities as part of a plan-led approach.  Within this context, the DCLG consultation (‘Planning for the right homes in the right places’) incorporating a ‘standardised methodology’, suggests that the housing need in Leeds is to reduce when compared to that in the adopted Core Strategy and therefore despite being considered sound, the submission draft SAP may result in Green Belt being released for housing which is found not to be ultimately required in the longer term.

This report sets out proposed amendments to the Submission SAP for public consultation (Appendix 1 and 2) together with an updated timetable to the SAP Examination.  This report follows on from reports to Development Plan Panel (DPP) on the 3rd and 21st November and approval at Executive Board on 13th December which set out the reasons for the revised approach, the methodology to be used and the changes now considered necessary to the SAP.

It was moved by Councillor R Lewis, seconded by Councillor Ogilvie and

RESOLVED -

i  To note the following proposed amendments arising from the further technical work undertaken: :

§  Revised Submission Draft Schedule of Amendments (January 2018)

§  Revised Submission Draft Amendments (January 2018) (this document comprises extracts from the Submission Draft Plan (May 2017), as amended by the Revised Submission Draft Amendments)

§  Sustainability Appraisal Addendum (January 2018)

§  Revised Submission Draft Amendments (January 2018) Plan Background Paper

ii  To approve that this revised material (referenced in (i) above) be subject to 6 weeks public consultation between 15 January 2018 and 26 February 2018;

iii  To approve that, following the period of consultation, the Revised Submission Draft of the Site Allocations Plan (comprising the Submission Draft SAP (May 2017), as amended by the Revised Submission Draft Amendments (January 2018)  be submitted to the Secretary of State (subject to any amendments following public consultation), for Independent Examination prior to Stage 2 of the SAP Examination, pursuant to Section 20 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as amended

iv  To delegate authority to the Chief Planning Officer, in consultation with the Executive Member for Regeneration, Transport and Planning to make further amendments to the revised Submission Draft Plan in response to representations received during the consultation period that are considered to be required for the soundness of the Plan;

v  To grant authority to the independent inspectors appointed to hold the Stage 2 Public Examination, to recommend modifications to the Revised Submission Draft Site Allocations Plan, pursuant to Section 20 (7C) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as amended.

vi  To delegate authority to the Chief Planning Officer, in consultation with the Executive Member, to a) approve the detail of any further technical documents and supporting evidence required to be submitted alongside the plan for consideration at Public Examination, b) continue discussions with key parties and suggest to the Inspector any edits and consequential changes necessary to be made to the Revised Submission Draft Plan following submission up to and during the Examination and c) prepare and give evidence in support of the Plan at Examination.