Issue - meetings

Cabinet, at its meeting on 5 December 2019, considered the head of planning’s report on the Berrick Salome Neighbourhood Development Plan.

The report of the head of planning, which Cabinet considered on 5 December, is attached.

Cabinet has recommended to Council as follows:

RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL: to

1.    make the Berrick Salome Neighbourhood Development Plan so that it continues to be part of the council’s development plan; and 

2.    authorise the head of planning, in consultation with the Cabinet member for planning, and in agreement with the Qualifying Body, to correct any spelling, grammatical, typographical or factual errors together with any improvements from a presentational perspective. 

Council considered the recommendations of Cabinet, made at its meeting on 5 December 2019, on making the Berrick Salome Neighbourhood Development Plan part of the development plan for South Oxfordshire.

The plan was compatible with the European Union obligations and complied with the Habitats Regulations Assessment. 

RESOLVED to:

1.         make the Berrick Salome Neighbourhood Development Plan so that it continues to be part of the council’s development plan; and 

2.         authorise the head of planning, in consultation with the Cabinet member for planning, and in agreement with the Qualifying Body, to correct any spelling, grammatical, typographical or factual errors together with any improvements from a presentational perspective. 

To consider the head of planning’s report. 

Cabinet considered the head of planning’s report on the Berrick Salome Neighbourhood Plan.  The report sought Cabinet’s recommendation to Council to make the plan part of the council’s development plan. 

The Cabinet member for planning reported that the plan did not contain any new housing sites but did include a policy to allow infill development within the settlement boundary.  The plan’s main emphasis was on safeguarding the character of the village. 

Cabinet noted that the plan was compatible with the European Union obligations and complied with the Habitats Regulations Assessment.  The independent planning inspector had supported the plan and agreed that it should proceed to referendum. 

The referendum, held on 24 October 2019, had resulted in 94.3 per cent support for the plan.  Therefore, the Cabinet member for planning recommended that Cabinet supported a recommendation to Council to make the plan part of the council’s development plan.  Cabinet welcomed the plan and supported the recommendation. 

RECOMMENDED to Council to:

(a)      make the Berrick Salome Neighbourhood Development Plan so that it continues to be part of the council’s development plan; and 

(b)      authorise the head of planning, in consultation with the Cabinet member for planning, and in agreement with the Qualifying Body, to correct any spelling, grammatical, typographical or factual errors together with any improvements from a presentational perspective.