66/18
Consideration was given to a report that sought the formal
adoption of the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan
(JLP).
The
Strategic Planning Manager (Joint Local Plan) was invited to
outline the three further changes that had been added by the
Inspector to the Main Modifications that were previously consulted
upon between October and December 2018.
These changes were summarised as follows:
1.
There being no need for a specific
policy that dealt with the process of designating Local Green Space
designations;
2.
It had been noted that Policy PLY61
incorrectly included a reference to ‘Western Park and
Ride’ that was located in Cornwall; and
3.
Amendments to Main Modification 52 that
related to Policy ‘DEV29 – Green and Play
Space’.
In the
ensuing discussion, the following points were raised:-
(a)
A number of Members paid tribute to the
extensive work undertaken by those officers, Joint Steering Group
Members and the Leaders of the three partner local authorities who
had been so instrumental and visionary in reaching this significant
milestone;
(b)
A Member asked that the Deputy Monitoring Officer
provide a ruling on whether or not the Council could proceed to
determine this matter despite the fact that the documents (in their
entirety) were only available on the Plymouth City Council
website. In reply, the Deputy
Monitoring Officer acknowledged that the timeframe was tight but
advised that she was satisfied that the Council could take a
decision at this meeting for reasons that included:
-
all relevant papers were publically
available;
-
the Council had considered the main modifications at
length at its meeting on 17 May 2018 (Minute 15/18
refers);
-
officers had set out the three changes since the
main modifications had been presented and were in attendance to
respond to Member questions at this meeting; and
-
a direct link to the Plymouth City Council webpage
had been included with the notification email that had been sent to
all Members at the point when the agenda report and appendices had
been published (on Tuesday, 19 March 2019);
(c)
The local Ward Member for Dartington and Staverton provided a statement to the meeting that
reflected the deep levels of concern and upset over the extent of
the proposed development in Dartington.
During her submission, a motion was PROPOSED and SECONDED to suspend Council
Procedure Rule 12.4 to enable the Member to speak for more than the
five minutes time limit.
When put to the vote, the motion was declared
LOST;
(d)
An amendment was PROPOSED and
SECONDED as follows:
‘That consideration of the
adoption of the Plymouth and South West Devon Joint Local Plan be
deferred for a period of five clear working days (i.e. Friday, 29
March 2019) to enable Members time to consider the agenda papers
and consult with their constituents before formally reconsidering
the decision.’
In support of the amendment, the proposer and
seconder highlighted that the other two partner authorities were
not considering this agenda item until Tuesday, 26 ...
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