Meeting documents
Decision Maker: Planning and Economic Development Policy Advisory Group, Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decision:
Cabinet received a report which advised members on new statutory requirements for the Council to prepare and publish a Brownfield Land Register for South Bucks District.
Part 1 of the Register listed all brownfield sites in a local authority area that were considered suitable for residential development. Publication of Part 1 of the Register, being an executive function, required approval from the Cabinet. The Government required all Local Authorities to publish Part 1 by 31 December 2017. Cabinet noted that having considered the advice of the PAG, the Portfolio Holder had agreed that the proposed consultation on a draft Brownfield Land Register for South Bucks District be approved.
Part 2 of the Register contained a list of sites which by being on the Register were automatically granted planning permission in principle for housing development. As this was a Council function it was proposed that the decision to enter a site onto Part 2 of the Register be delegated to the Planning Committee.
Having considered the recommendations in the report, it was
RESOLVED that the publication of the Register and any future updates be delegated to the Head of Sustainable Development in consultation with the Portfolio Holder.
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AND RECOMMENED to Council that
1) the decision to enter land in Part 2 of the Brownfield Land Register be delegated to the Planning Committee and dealt with under the Scheme of Officer Delegations in the same way as planning applications; and 2) the Head of Legal and Democratic Services be authorised to amend the Council’s Constitution to reflect the new Brownfield Land Register functions and associated delegations.
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Publication date: 08/11/2017
Date of decision: 07/11/2017
Decided at meeting: 07/11/2017 - Cabinet
Effective from: 16/11/2017
Accompanying Documents:
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