Agenda item

Recommendations of the Executive Board - Leeds Local Plan - Adoption of the Site Allocations Plan

To consider the report of the Director of City Development setting out recommendations from the Executive Board on 26th June 2019 to Full Council in respect of the adoption of the Site Allocations Plan.

 

a)  That Council note the Inspectors’ final Report of the Leeds Site Allocations Plan and accept the Main Modifications of the Inspectors’, as detailed in their Report (June 2019) presented at Appendix 1;

b)  That Council adopt the draft Site Allocations Plan (version for Adoption), as detailed at Appendix 2 to the submitted report, with effect from 10th July 2019, pursuant to Section 23 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended);

c)  That Council note the deletion of saved Unitary Development Plan policies that will be superseded by the Plan (as set out in Appendix 3 of the Plan detailed at Appendix 2 to the submitted report).

 

(Appendix 2 is provided as a stand alone document)

Minutes:

The report of the Director of City Development submitted a report seeking Council approval to adopt the Leeds Site Allocations Plan (SAP), having noted the independent Inspectors’ final Report, accepted the Inspectors Main Modifications to the Plan and noted the deletion of saved Unitary Development Plan policies which will be superseded by the Plan was moved by Councillor Mulherin and seconded by Councillor Walshaw.

 

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 12.4 an amendment was moved by Councillor B Anderson, seconded by Councillor Lamb;

 

To insert the following wording as Recommendation (d) on item 5 to read as follows:

 

“Council calls for the SAP Review to be completed as soon as possible with a stated aim of avoiding development on Greenbelt and Greenfield land post 2023 and to be in keeping with the ambitions set out in the declaration of a Climate Emergency in Leeds.

 

The SAP Review should also consider the re-introduction of phasing with a particular focus on moving undelivered HG2 sites into the last phase of the plan, to include: Haigh Wood (HG2-168, HG2-169) in Ardsley and Robin Hood Ward, Harper Gate Farm Tyersal Lane (HG2-73) in Pudsey Ward, Wills Gill (HG2-2) in Guiseley and Rawdon Ward, Calverley Cutting/Leeds Liverpool Canal (HG2-53) and Owlcotes Farm/Owlcotes Gardens Pudsey (HG2-67) in Calverley & Farsley Ward, Alwoodley Lane (HG2-36) in Alwoodley Ward, Broadway and Calverley Lane, Horsforth (HG2-42) in Horsforth Ward and Land to the East of Wetherby (HG2-226) in Wetherby Ward, amongst many others.”

 

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

 

RESOLVED -

 

a) To note the Inspectors’ final Report of the Leeds Site Allocations

Plan and accept the Main Modifications of the Inspectors’, as detailed in their

Report (June 2019) presented at Appendix 1 to the submitted report;

 

b) To adopt the draft Site Allocations Plan (version for Adoption), as

detailed at Appendix 2 to the submitted report, with effect from 10th July

2019, pursuant to Section 23 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act

2004 (as amended);

 

c) To note the deletion of saved Unitary Development Plan policies that

will be superseded by the Plan (as set out in Appendix 3 of the Plan detailed at Appendix 2to the submitted report).

 

On the requisition of Councillors Lamb and Cohen the voting on the amendment moved by Councillor B Anderson and the motion in the name of Councillor Mulherin were recorded as follows:

 

Amendment moved by Councillor B Anderson

YES – 34

 

B Anderson, C Anderson, Bentley, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Buckley, Campbell, Amanda Carter, Cohen, Collins, Dobson, Downes, Elliott, Finnigan, Firth, Forsaith, Golton, Hall, Harrington, M Harrison, Hutchison, Kidger, Lamb, G Latty, P Latty, Lay, McCormack, Robinson, Seary, Shemilt, Smith, Stephenson, Taylor, and Wadsworth.

 

NO - 56

 

Akhtar, Almas, Arif, Bithell, Blake, Brooks, Carlill, Charlwood, Coupar, Cunningham, Dawson, Dowson,  Drinkwater, Dye, Gabriel, Garner, Garthwaite, Goddard, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, P Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, Hayden, Heselwood, Hussain, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jenkins, Khan, Knight, Lennox, J Lewis, Maqsood, Marshall Katung, McKenna, Midgley, Mulherin,  Nash, Pryor, Rafique, Ragan, Renshaw, Ritchie, Scopes, Shahzad, Sharpe, Smart, Truswell, Tunnicliffe, Venner, Walshaw, Wenham and Wray.

 

ABSTAIN - 0

 

Motion in the name of Councillor Mulherin;

 

 

YES - 58

 

Akhtar, Almas, Arif, Bithell, Blake, Brooks, Carlill, Charlwood, Coupar, Cunningham, Dawson, Dobson, Dowson,  Drinkwater, Dye, Gabriel, Garner, Garthwaite, Goddard, P Grahame, R Grahame, Groves, C Gruen, P Gruen, Hamilton, Harland, Hayden, Heselwood, Hussain, Illingworth, Iqbal, Jenkins, Khan, Knight, Lennox, J Lewis, Maqsood, Marshall Katung, McCormack, McKenna, Midgley, Mulherin,  Nash, Pryor, Rafique, Ragan, Renshaw, Ritchie, Scopes, Shahzad, Sharpe, Smart, Truswell, Tunnicliffe, Venner, Walshaw, Wenham and Wray.

 

NO – 4

 

Elliott, Finnigan, Hutchison and Kidger.

 

ABSTAIN - 22

 

B Anderson, C Anderson, A Blackburn, D Blackburn, Buckley, Amanda Carter, Cohen, Collins, Firth, Forsaith, Harrington, M Harrison, Lamb, G Latty, P Latty, Robinson, Seary, Shemilt, Smith, Stephenson, Taylor, and Wadsworth.

 

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