Agenda item

To consider the adoption of the Local Plan (incorporating the Inspector’s recommended Main Modifications (relating to soundness and legal compliance) and the Council’s Additional Modifications (relating to minor corrections/clarification) and, subject to this decision, delegate authority to the Strategic Director for Economy & Infrastructure to prepare and publish information required post-adoption of a development plan in accordance with relevant legislation.

Contact: Richard Hollinson, Policy Group Leader, Planning Services

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1)    That the Council notes the Report of the Inspectors and their recommended Main Modifications as set out within the appendix to the considered report.

2)    That the Council adopts the Kirklees Local Plan incorporating the Main Modifications recommended by the Inspector, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report, and further Modifications as proposed by the Council, as set out in Appendices 2 and 3, and in doing so, replaces the current statutory development plan (Kirklees Unitary Development Plan).

3)    That, pursuant to (2) above, authority be delegated to the Strategic Director – Economy and Infrastructure, to prepare the Policies Map to illustrate geographically the application of policies in the Kirklees Local Plan, incorporating the modifications relating to the Policies Map, as set out within the appendices of the report.

4)    That, pursuant to (2) above, authority be delegated to the Strategic Director – Economy and Infrastructure, to make any further Additional Modifications to the Kirklees Local Plan that relate exclusively to factual updates, grammatical and formatting corrections for the purposes of publishing a plan.

5)    That, pursuant to (2) above, authority be delegated to the Strategic Director - Economy and Infrastructure, to publicise adoption of the Kirklees Local Plan and to prepare and publicise the post-adoption sustainability appraisal/strategic environmental assessment statement in accordance with the regulations governing such matters.

(In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 24(3), a recorded vote was taken on the Motion and was as follows;

For: Councillors Ahmed, Akhtar, Asif, Dad, E Firth, Griffiths, S Hall, Hill, Homewood, Hughes, Hussain, Kaushik, Kendrick, Loonat, Mather, McBride, Murgatroyd, O’Donovan, Pandor, Pattison, Pervaiz, A U Pinnock, Richards, Sarwar, Scott, Sheard, Simpson, Sokhal, Turner, Ullah, Uppal, Walker and Zaman (33 votes)

Against: Councillors Armer, Bellamy, Bolt, Burke, Eastwood, D Firth, Grainger- Mead, D Hall, Holmes, Iredale, Lawson, Lees-Hamilton, Munro, Patrick, A Pinnock, K Pinnock, Sims, Smaje, Smith, J Taylor, K Taylor, Thompson and Watson (23 votes)

Abstained: Councillors Allison, Cooper and Lyons

Council received a presentation from Richard Hollinson, Planning Services, which (i) set out the main stages of preparing the Local Plan (ii) summarised the key messages from the inspector’s report following the Secretary of State’s examination of The Plan and (iii) explained the recommendations to Council.

Following the presentation, public representations were received from Grahame Maxwell, Jacey Bedford, Mark Burrell (delivered by Grahame Maxwell), Julie Maxwell, Ian Walter and Nicola Gatenby.

It was moved by Councillor McBride, and seconded by Councillor Pandor, that;

1)    The Council notes the Report of the Inspectors and their recommended Main Modifications as set out within the appendix to the considered report.

2)    That the Council adopts the Kirklees Local Plan incorporating the Main Modifications recommended by the Inspector, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report, and further Modifications as proposed by the Council, as set out in Appendices 2 and 3, and in doing so, replaces the current statutory development plan (Kirklees Unitary Development Plan).

3)    That, pursuant to (2) above, authority be delegated to the Strategic Director – Economy and Infrastructure, to prepare the Policies Map to illustrate geographically the application of policies in the Kirklees Local Plan, incorporating the modifications relating to the Policies Map, as set out within the appendices of the report.

4)    That, pursuant to (2) above, authority be delegated to the Strategic Director – Economy and Infrastructure, to make any further Additional Modifications to the Kirklees Local Plan that relate exclusively to factual updates, grammatical and formatting corrections for the purposes of publishing a plan.

5)    That, pursuant to (2) above, authority be delegated to the Strategic Director - Economy and Infrastructure, to publicise adoption of the Kirklees Local Plan and to prepare and publicise the post-adoption sustainability appraisal/strategic environmental assessment statement in accordance with the regulations governing such matters.

During the consideration of this item, it was moved by Councillor Asif, and seconded by Councillor Pattison, that in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 15 (11), the Motion be put to the vote.

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 24 (3), it was requested that the vote be taken by recorded vote, which was as follows;

For: Councillors Ahmed, Akhtar, Asif, Dad, E Firth, Griffiths, S Hall, Hill, Homewood, Hughes, Hussain, Kaushik, Kendrick, Loonat, Mather, McBride, Murgatroyd, O’Donovan, Pandor, Pattison, Pervaiz, A U Pinnock, Richards, Sarwar, Scott, Sheard, Simpson, Sokhal, Turner, Ullah, Uppal, Walker and Zaman (33 votes)

Against: Councillors Allison, Armer, Bellamy, Bolt, Burke, Cooper, D Firth, D Hall, Eastwood, Grainger- Mead, Holmes, Iredale, Lawson, Lees-Hamilton, Munro, Patrick, A Pinnock, K Pinnock, J Taylor, K Taylor, Sims, Smaje, Smith, Thompson and Watson (25 votes)

Abstained: Councillor Lyons

Upon being CARRIED, the Motion as proposed by Councillor McBride was therefore put to the meeting and it was;

RESOLVED -

1)    The Council notes the Report of the Inspectors and their recommended Main Modifications as set out within the appendix to the considered report.

2)    That the Council adopts the Kirklees Local Plan incorporating the Main Modifications recommended by the Inspector, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report, and further Modifications as proposed by the Council, as set out in Appendices 2 and 3, and in doing so, replaces the current statutory development plan (Kirklees Unitary Development Plan).

3)    That, pursuant to (2) above, authority be delegated to the Strategic Director – Economy and Infrastructure, to prepare the Policies Map to illustrate geographically the application of policies in the Kirklees Local Plan, incorporating the modifications relating to the Policies Map, as set out within the appendices of the report.

4)    That, pursuant to (2) above, authority be delegated to the Strategic Director – Economy and Infrastructure, to make any further Additional Modifications to the Kirklees Local Plan that relate exclusively to factual updates, grammatical and formatting corrections for the purposes of publishing a plan.

5)    That, pursuant to (2) above, authority be delegated to the Strategic Director - Economy and Infrastructure, to publicise adoption of the Kirklees Local Plan and to prepare and publicise the post-adoption sustainability appraisal/strategic environmental assessment statement in accordance with the regulations governing such matters.

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 24 (3) it was requested that the vote be taken by recorded vote, which was as follows;

For: Councillors Ahmed, Akhtar, Asif, Dad, E Firth, Griffiths, S Hall, Hill, Homewood, Hughes, Hussain, Kaushik, Kendrick, Loonat, Mather, McBride, Murgatroyd, O’Donovan, Pandor, Pattison, Pervaiz, A U Pinnock, Richards, Sarwar, Scott, Sheard, Simpson, Sokhal, Turner, Ullah, Uppal, Walker and Zaman (33 votes)

Against: Councillors Armer, Bellamy, Bolt, Burke, Eastwood, D Firth, Grainger- Mead, D Hall, Holmes, Iredale, Lawson, Lees-Hamilton, Munro, Patrick, A Pinnock, K Pinnock, Sims, Smaje, Smith, J Taylor, K Taylor, Thompson and Watson (23 votes)

Abstained: Councillors Allison, Cooper and Lyons