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Meeting documents

SBDC Cabinet
Tuesday, 24th May, 2016 6.00 pm

Venue: Room 6, Capswood, Oxford Road, Denham

Contact: Kulvinder Tumber

Items
No.	Item
1.	Minutes PDF 104 KB To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 20 April 2016. Minutes: Date of Publication: 25 May 2016 Deadline for Call-in: Not Applicable The minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 20 April 2016 were confirmed and signed by the Leader.
2.	Iver Neighbourhood Area Application PDF 184 KB To consider report of Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Sustainable Development. Minutes: Cabinet were required to consider the application by Iver Parish Council for the entire Parish of Iver to be a Neighbourhood Area following public consultation. The Leader and Portfolio Holder for Sustainable Development considered this decision was urgent in accordance with Rule 4.2 of the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Procedure Rules because the Council was subject to a statutory deadline of 6 June 2016 to make a decision and failure to meet this deadline would seriously prejudice the Council’s interests. Accordingly written agreement was sought and obtained from the Chairman of Overview & Scrutiny Committee to exempt the decision from the call-in procedure on the grounds of its genuine urgency. Cabinet considered a detailed report on Iver Parish Council’s Neighbourhood Area application including the Parish Council’s supporting statement, a detailed summary of the representations received as a result of public consultation, the representation received from Pinewood Studios and the Parish Council’s response to representations, together with details of relevant statutory provisions, national policy and guidance in the NPPF and NPPG, relevant case law and the planning matrix, in terms of the local development plan and relevant planning permissions for Pinewood Studios. Cabinet was advised that the application from Iver Parish Council must be determined taking into account the desirability of designating the whole of the Parish Council’s administrative area as a Neighbourhood Area and having regard to guidance in the NPPG that a local authority should aim to designate the area as applied for and must give reasons if it considers that area is not appropriate. The report indicated there were two options for consideration: to allow the application and designate the whole of Iver Parish area as a neighbourhood area or to refuse that application and designate a different area to that applied for, namely the Parish Council area excluding Pinewood Studios. Members sought clarification from the Acting Chief Executive on the effect of designating a Neighbourhood Area as a precursor to preparing a Neighbourhood Plan, the scope of policies that could be included in a Neighbourhood Plan and the constraints placed on Neighbourhood Plans by local and national planning policies, as well as whether excluding Pinewood Studios would disenfranchise any local residents. Having noted the clarification given and the reasons set out in the report for recommending that it was not desirable to designate the whole of Iver Parish Council area as a neighbourhood, but that an area excluding Pinewood Studios was appropriate, it was RESOLVED that: 1. The Iver Parish Neighbourhood Area application submitted on 24^th March 2016 be refused because the proposed Neighbourhood Area (or specific area) namely the area comprising the whole of Iver Parish is not an appropriate area to be designated as a neighbourhood area for the following reasons: a) The application proposes the inclusion within the specified area, of the area of land comprising Pinewood Studios (as identified on the South Bucks Development Plan Proposal Map) and its extension/extended area identified by planning appeal approval. This land is considered to be ... view the full minutes text for item 2.
3.	Any other business which the Leader decides is urgent Minutes: There was no such business.
4.	Exclusion of Public The Leader to move the following resolution:- "that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1974 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act " Minutes: "that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1974 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act " Paragraph 1 – Paragraph 2- Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 6 Paragraph 7
5.	Re - development of the Academy Site View the reasons why item 5. is restricted To consider report of the Director of Resources. Minutes: Cabinet considered a report setting out options for the timing of the closure of the facility prior to its redevelopment and noted the recommendations of the Advisory Panel held on 18 May 2016. Having noted the proposed arrangements for dealing with consequential staffing issues and the requirements for securing the site after its closure, it was RESOLVED that 1. The Academy facility closes at the end of September. 2. Appropriate measures are put in place to secure the site following closure.