Agenda and minutes

No declarations of interest were made.

RESOLVED

that the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 3 July 2023, be

received and approved as a correct record.

Members were asked to consider the revised Ashfield Local Development Scheme which detailed the Council's programme for the production of the Ashfield Local Plan (2023 – 2040).

AGREED

that Cabinet be recommended to approve the revised Ashfield Local Development Scheme, as set out at Appendix 1 to the report, to come into effect on 10 October 2023.

Committee Members were updated in respect of the following evidence base documents and their implications for the emerging Local Plan:

Sustainability Appraisal

Habitats Regulation Assessment

Infrastructure Delivery Plan

Strategic Transport Study

Local Plan Evidence Base

Heritage Impact Assessment

Town Centre/Local Centre Study

Brownfield Capacity Assessment

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

Background Papers

Statements of Common Ground

Draft Local Plan Consultation 2021 Response.

AGREED

that the evidence base documents which inform future needs and opportunities to be reflected in the Local Plan, be received and noted.

(During consideration of this item, Councillors Jason Zadrozny and Helen-Ann Smith entered the meeting at 10.15am and 10.20am respectively.)

Committee was asked to consider the potential housing sites to be taken forward in the Ashfield Local Plan 2023 – 2040, Regulation 19 Pre-Submission Draft.  A request was also made to add the site of land off Laburnum Avenue, Kirkby-in-Ashfield for 38 dwellings (site reference H1Kk) to the housing allocations list as presented.

AGREED that

a)    the amended housing allocations as set out in the Committee report, including the addition of the site of land off Laburnum Avenue, Kirkby-in-Ashfield for 38 dwellings (site reference H1Kk), be approved;

b)    the Assistant Director of Planning, in consultation with the Local Plan Development Committee Chairman, be authorised to make any subsequent amendments to reflect up to date information on the proposed site allocations as set out in the report.