Agenda and minutes

No declarations of interest were made.

RESOLVED

that the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 11 September 2023, be received and approved as a correct record.

Committee received an update on the proposed employment land sites to be taken forward in the Ashfield Local Plan 2023 – 2040 Regulation 19 Pre-Submission Draft, including Green Belt and heritage implications for the strategic employment allocations at Junction 27 of the M1 Motorway.

Members considered and discussed the following sites:

·         Land to the East of Lowmoor Road, Kirkby-in Ashfield (SHELAA KA027)

·         Land east of Sherwood Business Park A611, Annesley (SHELAA - KA053

·         East of Pinxton Lane and South of the A38, Sutton in Ashfield (SHELAA - SA086)

·         Nunn Brook Rise, Huthwaite (SHELAA - SA090)

·         Strategic Policy S6: Meeting Future Needs - Strategic Employment Allocation at Junction 27 M1 Motorway (Draft Local Plan 2021 Consultation identified as Strategic Policy S8).

AGREED

that Cabinet is recommended to:

a)    approve the amended employment land allocations as set out in the report subject to the Nunn Brook Rise, Huthwaite (SHELAA - SA090) allocation being deferred for further consideration;

b)    as a result of a) above and once further information is known in respect of the Nunn Brook Rise, Huthwaite (SHELAA - SA090) allocation, to delegate authority to the Assistant Director for Planning, in consultation with the Local Plan Development Committee Chairman, to determine its inclusion or otherwise, in the Local Plan 2023 – 2040 Regulation 19 Pre Submission Draft;

c)    authorise the Assistant Director of Planning, in consultation with the Local Plan Development Committee Chairman, to making any subsequent and final amendments to the Local Plan 2023 – 2040 Regulation 19 Pre Submission Draft, to reflect up to date information on employment site allocations.