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Additional documents:
Minutes:
Matter for Decision:
Approval of the Planning & Sustainable Transport
Portfolio Plan setting out strategic objectives and performance measures for
2012/13.
Decision of Executive Councillor for Planning
and Sustainable Transport:
Approved the Planning &
Sustainable Transport 20/12/13 Portfolio Plan.
Reason for the Decision:
Portfolio Plans allow Executive Councillors to set out,
in agreement with the lead officers, their key priorities for delivery in the
year ahead.
Any
alternative options considered and rejected:
Not applicable.
Scrutiny Considerations:
The Executive
Councillor for Planning and Sustainable Transport gave a brief overview of the Draft Planning & Sustainable Transport
Portfolio Plan 2012/13.
Members of the Scrutiny Committee were invited to
comment on and discuss the Plan.
In response to
Member’s questions the Executive Councillor for Planning and Sustainable Transport, Director
of Environment plus Streets and
Open Spaces Asset Manager confirmed the following:
(i)
A budget
allocation was required to ensure funding was available to implement 20 mph
schemes. Officers would work up proposals and undertake consultation as
required to ascertain stakeholder’s specifications and the practicability of
these. Work could not be undertaken without funding being allocated, so the
budget included an estimated figure.
(ii)
A specific
tree work management strategy was being worked up to supplement the review of
the Local Plan. This would focus in particular on consultation and canopy
coverage. The strategy should be complete by Spring 2013.
Consultees included Councillors, ‘Friends’ and Neighbourhood Groups,
previous tree strategy consultees, plus complementary strategy consultees (eg
wildlife strategies). An on-line consultation facility would be available.
(iii)
The planning
and delivery of quality green spaces (strategic objective PST2) would be more
robustly enforced in future.
(iv)
There were
concerns over the direction of national planning policy, particularly its
emphasis on growth. The Council should be unaffected as it would have a robust
Local Planning Policy process in place to guide its decision making within the
next two years; following the Local Plan Review. This would ensure Local
Policies covered any gaps left by the retraction of national ones.
(v)
Options to
repair or replace the Park Street Car Park were being considered.
(vi)
Pedestrian
schemes such as walkways needed to be factored into the design of new city
areas. The County Council have a Cycling and Walking Steering Group to
facilitate this.
(vii)
The Executive
Councillor undertook to report back to Committee on the progress against
Portfolio Plan objectives.
The Scrutiny Committee considered and endorsed the
Portfolio Plan unanimously.
The Executive Councillor approved the plan.
Conflicts of interest declared
by the Executive Councillor (and any dispensations granted)
Not applicable.