Agenda and minutes

Development Plan Panel - Tuesday, 14th December, 2021 1.30 pm

Venue: Civic Hall, Leeds, LS1 1UR

Contact: Natasha Prosser 0113 3788021 

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Items
No. Item

29.

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.

 

30.

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:

There were no exempt items.

 

31.

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:

There were no formal late items.

 

32.

Declaration of Interests

To disclose or draw attention to any interests in accordance with Leeds City Council’s ‘Councillor Code of Conduct’.

Minutes:

No interests were raised at the meeting.

 

 

 

33.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors C Gruen, C Campbell and A Lamb.

 

Councillor E Nash attended as a substitute on behalf of Councillor C Gruen.

 

34.

Leeds Site Allocations Plan Remittal - Inspector's proposed Main Modifications pdf icon PDF 406 KB

The report of the Chief Planning Officer invites Development Plan Panel members to comment on the Inspector’s proposed Main Modifications to the Leeds Site Allocations Plan and recommend to Executive Board that it approves public consultation of the schedule of Inspector’s Main Modifications for a period of 6 weeks from 17th December 2021 to 28th January 2022.

 

Appendix 1: Executive Board Report 15 December 2021, will form as supplementary information when it is published on 7th December (The MMs and the Council’s commentary on them are within the 15 December Executive Board report)

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The report of the Chief Planning Officer invited members to comment on the Inspector’s proposed Main Modifications to the Leeds Site Allocations Plan (SAP) and recommend to Executive Board that it approves public consultation on the schedule of Inspector’s Main Modifications for a period of 6 weeks from 17th December 2021 to 28th January 2022.

 

The Panel Report included a copy of the Executive Board Report 15 December 2021 (The MMs and Council’s commentary were included in the Executive Board Report).

 

The Head of Strategic Planning introduced the report and provided some background context on the Inspector’s proposed Main Modifications. It was noted that the Inspector’s proposed changes were in effect the same as the Council’s submitted changes i.e., that 36 housing sites be returned to the Green Belt and 1 site (Barrowby Lane, Manston) be released from the Green Belt for employment use.

 

Opposition members requested it be recorded that they supported Main Modifications relating to 36 housing sites being returned to the Green Belt, however, did not support the release of land for employment at Barrowby Lane.

 

RESOLVED ­

a)  That the contents of the report, including the Executive Board Report 15 December, be noted;

b)  That Executive Board be recommended to note the comments of the Development Plan Panel meeting 14 December 2021 and approve the public consultation of the schedule of Inspector’s Main Modifications (contained as an Appendix to the Executive Board Report) for a period of 6 weeks from 17th December 2021 to 28th January 2022.

 

35.

Date and Time of Next Meeting

To note the date and time of the next meeting as Tuesday 18th January 2022 at 1.30 pm.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED – To note the date and time of the next meeting as Tuesday, 18th January 2022 at 1.30 pm.

 

(The meeting ended at 13.40)