Agenda item

To consider the report of the Director of City Development setting out recommendations from the Executive Board on 27^th June 2018 to Full Council in respect of the Submission of the Leeds Core Strategy Selective Review.

The report of the Director of City Development seeking Council approval to submit the Submission Draft Core Strategy Selective Review to the Secretary of State for independent examination was moved by Councillor R Lewis and seconded by Councillor Dowson.

The Core Strategy Selective Review included amendments to the Adopted Core Strategy (contained in Appendix 2 of this report) as follows:

·  reviewing the housing requirement in Policy SP6, housing distribution in SP7, with a Plan period of 2017 - 2033

·  introducing new minimum space standards for new housing in Policy H9 and new accessibility standards in Policy H10

·  updating policy requirements for Affordable Housing by amending Policy H5

·  reviewing the requirement for green space in new housing developments by amending Policy G4 and making minor amendments to Policies G5 and G6

·  incorporating new national policy regarding Code for Sustainable Homes by updating the wording of Policies EN1 and EN2 and a consequential change to EN4

·  introducing a new Policy for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EN8)

An amendment was moved by Councillor B Anderson, seconded by Councillor Andrew Carter

To insert the following wording at the end of Recommendation i on item 5 to read as follows:

“However, Council regrets the length of time this process has taken to get to review, and the administration’s fixation with a vastly inflated 70,000 housing target, which has led to a number of sites being allocated for development that otherwise may not have been. These sites include: Haigh Wood (HG2-168) in Ardsley and Robin Hood Ward, Stourton Grange (HG2-124) in Kippax and Methley Ward, Harper Gate Farm Tyersal Lane (HG2-73) in Pudsey Ward, Parlington Estate (MX2-39) in Harewood Ward, Land to the East of Wetherby (HG2-226) in Wetherby Ward, Gain Lane (HG2-63) Owlcotes Farm (HG2-67) Upper Carr Lane (HG2-54) and Rodley Lane (HG2-56) in Calverley and Farsley Ward, amongst many others.”

In moving his amendment Councillor B Anderson reported to Council a typographical error within the amendment ‘Stourton Grange (HG2-124) in Kippax and Methley Ward’ should read ‘Stourton Grange (HG2-124) in Garforth & Swillington Ward

Upon being put to the vote the amendment was declared lost and it was

RESOLVED –

i.  To approve the Submission Draft of the Core Strategy Selective Review (Appendix 2) for submission to the Secretary of State for independent examination pursuant to Section 20 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as amended;

ii.  To approve the statutory Sustainability Appraisal (Appendix 3b) and Habitats Regulations Assessment (Appendix 4) for submission to the Secretary of State for independent examination, pursuant to Section 20 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as amended;

iii.  To grant authority to the independent inspector appointed to hold the Public Examination, to recommend modifications to the Submission Draft Plan, pursuant to Section 20 (7C) 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, to (a) approve the detail of any updates or corrections to the submission material and any further technical documents and supporting evidence required to be submitted alongside the  Submission plan for consideration at future hearing sessions, (b) continue discussions with key parties and suggest to the Inspector any edits and consequential changes necessary to be made to the Submission Draft Core Strategy Selective Review following Council approval during the Examination and (c) prepare and give evidence in support of the Submission Plan at Examination.

On the requisition of Councillors Lamb and Robinson the voting on the amendment in the name of Councillor B Anderson was recorded as follows;

YES – 30

B Anderson, C Anderson, J Bentley, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Buckley, Campbell, Andrew Carter, Cohen, M Dobson, Downes,  Field, Firth, Flynn, Golton, Harrington, C Harrison, M Harrison, Harrand, Lamb, P Latty, Lay, McCormack, Robinson, Seary, Shemilt, Stephenson, J Taylor, Wadsworth and Wilkinson.

NO – 61

Akhtar, Almas, Bithell, Arif, Blake, Brooks, Bruce, Carlill, Charlwood, Coupar, Dawson, Dowson,  Drinkwater, Dye, Gabriel, Garner, Garthwaite, M Gibson, J Gibson, Goddard, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, P Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, Harper, Hayden, Heselwood, A Hussain, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jenkins, Khan, Knight, Lennox,  J Lewis, R Lewis, Lowe, Lyons, Maqsood, J McKenna, Mulherin,  Nash, Pryor, Rafique, Ragan, Renshaw, Ritchie, Scopes, Shahzad, Smart, E Taylor,  Truswell, Tunnicliffe, Venner, Wakefield and Walshaw, Wenham and Wray

ABSTAIN – 6

Collins, Elliott, Gettings, Hutchison, Kidger and Leadley