Agenda item

To consider the report of the Director of City Development setting out recommendations from the Executive Board on 4^th September 2019 to Full Council in respect of the Leeds Core Strategy Selective Review.

(Report to follow)

The Director of City Development submitted a report seeking Council approval to adopt the Core Strategy Selective Review (CSSR), having noted the Inspectors’ final Report on the Plan accepted the Inspectors recommended Main Modifications and noted the deletion and amendment of original Core Strategy Policies that will be superseded by the CSSR, with leave of Council an altered motion was moved by Councillor Mulherin, seconded by Councillor Walshaw that Council

a) Notes the Inspector’s final Report of the Core Strategy Selective Review and

accept the Main Modifications of the Inspector, as detailed in her Report

(August 2019) presented at Appendix 1;

b) Adopts the Core Strategy Selective Review (version for Adoption) at Appendix 2, with effect from 11th September 2019, pursuant to Section 23 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended);

c) Notes the Core Strategy policies that will be superseded by the Plan (as set out in Appendix 1a of the Plan at Appendix 2); and

d) To reflect the Council’s declaration of Climate Emergency in March 2019, Council commits to including measures to address the Climate Emergency in subsequent Core Strategy Reviews. This should include a strategic plan to deliver more trees in the city, a greater emphasis on how new housing developments are accessed i.e. not solely by the private car and a clear commitment to review Spatial Policy 12 of the Core Strategy relating to growth at Leeds Bradford Airport, as a matter of urgency, and notes that the Council has already committed to bringing a timetable to Development Plan Panel this Autumn.

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

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

(d)  Council welcomes the emphasis the inspector has placed on housing delivery between 1/4/12 and 31/3/17 in the different HMCAs when making decisions about future housing allocations, as highlighted by paragraph 3.7.2 (c) and Main Modification 3 of her report.

(e)  Council further notes the key issues that have not been addressed in the Leeds Core Strategy Selective Review particularly around climate change and the Climate Emergency. Council commits to including measures to address the Climate Emergency in subsequent Core Strategy Reviews. This should include a strategic plan to deliver more trees in the city, a greater emphasis on how new housing developments are accessed i.e. not solely by the private car and a clear commitment to review Spatial Policy 12 of the Core Strategy relating to growth at Leeds Bradford Airport, as a matter of urgency.

To deliver this Council calls for the publication of a clear timetable to set out future reviews of the Leeds Core Strategy and to provide more detail to residents on the proposed SAP Review.

This item was circulated after the despatch of the summons with the approval of the Chair as at the time of the despatch the Executive Board of the 4^th September 2019 had not met and considered the item.

Upon being put to the vote the amendment in the name of Councillor Andrew Carter was declared lost and upon being put to the vote it was

RESOLVED – That this Council;

a) Notes the Inspector’s final Report of the Core Strategy Selective Review and

accept the Main Modifications of the Inspector, as detailed in her Report

(August 2019) presented at Appendix 1;

b) Adopts the Core Strategy Selective Review (version for Adoption) at Appendix 2, with effect from 11th September 2019, pursuant to Section 23 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended);

c) Notes the Core Strategy policies that will be superseded by the Plan (as set out in Appendix 1a of the Plan at Appendix 2); and

d) To reflect the Council’s declaration of Climate Emergency in March 2019, Council commits to including measures to address the Climate Emergency in subsequent Core Strategy Reviews. This should include a strategic plan to deliver more trees in the city, a greater emphasis on how new housing developments are accessed i.e. not solely by the private car and a clear commitment to review Spatial Policy 12 of the Core Strategy relating to growth at Leeds Bradford Airport, as a matter of urgency, and notes that the Council has already committed to bringing a timetable to Development Plan Panel this Autumn.