BASINGSTOKE & DEANE BOROUGH COUNCIL

DRAFT DECISION NOTICE

SUBJECT

KEY DECISION NUMBER

Suggested sites and locations for development in the emerging Local Plan

833/PL

DECISION TYPE (please mark X as relevant)

Key

X

Non Key

Cabinet

X

Portfolio Holder

Officer

WARDS AFFECTED:

All Wards

THE DECISION IS THAT:

1. i)Cabinet notes the report, particularly taking account of:
   1. a)the results of the site assessment work and sustainability appraisal that have been undertaken;
   2. b)the approach to distributing development and the suggested sites and locations for development;
   3. c)the comments of the Planning and Infrastructure Overview and Scrutiny Committee of 17, 21 and 31 January, those of the public and Officer responses, as set out in the Supplementary Report; and
   4. d)the concerns of the Planning and Infrastructure Committee with regard to the need for a comprehensive infrastructure assessment to accompany individual site assessments before a final decision on site selection is made, and in particular the cumulative impact of sites in local areas
2. ii)Cabinet notes that the housing number is not yet agreed and is a provisional working hypothesis. The result of further work following the meeting of Planning and Infrastructure Committee on the 19 March will be reported back to the committee before comments are made on this by the committee to the portfolio holder for Planning.
3. iii)In this context Cabinet notes the suggested sites for development identified in the table under Paragraph 6.58 (of the main report) in conjunction with the supplementary report of the 28^th February and listed below, and agrees they should be subject to further infrastructure and environmental assessment, along with other category 1 sites that may be required as additions, alternatives or replacements as appropriate once this evaluation has been completed and the final housing number has been agreed. This work will be reported to Planning and Infrastructure Committee for the committee to recommend to the portfolio holder for Planning a list of sites for inclusion in the Borough Council’s emerging Local Plan.

1. iv)Cabinet requests Officers to review existing infrastructure and environmental assessments for the above list of sites, when considered in addition to undeveloped sites with existing planning permission and/or Local Plan allocation, and undertake an appropriate evaluationindividual infrastructure requirements and the potential strategic infrastructure and cumulative impacts of the above development, prior to a final determination of the sites to be included in the Borough Council’s emerging Local Plan ;
2. v)Cabinet requests Officers undertake further work with relevant landowners or their representatives, and service providers, to consider how best to mitigate any strategic infrastructure issues, including further work on the cumulative transport impacts which may arise from the suggested sites;
3. vi)Cabinet requests Officers to make further enquiries of the Planning Inspectorate to determine the robustness of the inclusion of future, as yet undelivered, Neighbourhood Plans where alternative category 1 sites are available or, where no category 1 sites are available, of emerging Neighbourhood Plans as suitable for allocation with specific housing numbers;
4. vii)Cabinet notes thenumber allocations identified in the table under Paragraph 6.58 (of the main report) in conjunction with the supplementary report of the 28^th February as set out in the table below, and seeks testing of this approach, in line with (vi) and through  infrastructure and environmental assessments in line with (iv), to confirm the capacity of these settlements to accommodate growth and to what level;

This work will be reported to Planning and Infrastructure Committee for the committee to recommend to the portfolio holder for Planning whether and how these settlements should be included in the Borough Council’s emerging Local Plan.

1. viii)Cabinet endorses the approaches outlined in paragraphs 6.60 in respect of meeting any future shortfall and agrees that officers carry out a comprehensive Settlement Policy Boundary review following adoption of the plan, in addition to further SPBs (as referred to in paragraph 6.55 of the report.);
   1. ix)In accordance with the comments from Planning and Infrastructure Committee, Cabinet requests Officers to give particular consideration to the potential requirement during and beyond the plan period for (a) a road through Manydown linking the A30/M3 Junction 7 and the A339; and (b) any improvements required to the A30, A33, A339, A340 and B3400;
   2. x)Cabinet agrees that for planning purposes the area for masterplanning (around Manydown) is extended to include the Worting area, as shown on the map on appendix 2 of the supplementary report, with additional highlighting for masterplanning of the site for planning purposes beyond the local plan period;
   3. xi)Cabinet agrees that the Borough Council should, in 2020, give consideration to carrying out a review to evaluate the likely delivery of the Local Plan and, if necessary, to identify any new sites that may be required to support delivery over the remainder of the Local Plan period; and
   4. xii)Cabinet agrees that the Pre-Submission Local Plan will be considered by Council prior to undertaking public consultation later this year.

THE REASONS FOR THE DECISION ARE:

• To enable the Council to progress work on the Local Plan, to ensure that the Council maintains a future supply of deliverable housing sites.
• No overall recommendations on preferred sites were made by Planning and Infrastructure Committee.

THE OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED ARE:

• To not progress the Local Plan
• To progress the other distribution options considered in the Officer report 

THE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE:

None

STANDARDS COMMITTEE DISPENSATIONS ARE:

None

SIGNED

DESIGNATION

Cabinet Member for Planning

NAME

DATE

Cllr Donald Sherlock

April 2013