Agenda item

Report of the Planning and Economic Development Portfolio Holder (Cllr Murphy) and the Chief Executive, attached

(Appendices printed and numbered separately)

The Planning and Economic Development Portfolio Holder (Councillor Murphy) and the Chief Executive submitted a report seeking approval for the publication of the Local Plan for public consultation and subsequent submission to the Secretary of State for examination.

Councillor Murphy proposed the recommendations in the report, which were seconded by Councillor Henderson.

Councillor Fail proposed and Councillor Barrowclough seconded an amendment to delete recommendations 3.1 to 3.5 and insert the following recommendations instead:

Defer the consultation in order that the new housing allocations for Thornton Cleveleys and Fleetwood in Para 4.1.18 of Appendix A are removed as a consequence of:-

1.  the lack of a strategy within or outside of the Local Plan that has been signed up to showing how the Public Open Space under provision is to be resolved.

2.  the lack of a strategy within or outside of the Local Plan to specifically reduce road congestion in Thornton Cleveleys and Fleetwood (Accepting that the current A585 bypass is at least 5 years away from fruition and reduced congestion in Thornton Cleveleys is not a specific outcome of the scheme in any case).

3.  the lack of a strategy within or outside of the Local Plan that has been signed up to showing how the rail line from Poulton to Fleetwood will be re-instated.

A recorded vote was requested by 4 Councillors under Procedure Rule 19.4.

Councillors E Anderton, M Anderton, Barrowclough, Beavers, Fail, Lees, Smith, B Stephenson and E Stephenson voted for the amendment.

Councillors I Amos, R Amos, Ballard, Berry, B Birch, C Birch, Bowen, Bridge, Catterall, Ellison, Gibson, Greenhough, Henderson, Hodgkinson, Ingham, Jones, Kay McKay, Moon, Murphy, Orme, Ormrod, Robinson, A Turner, S Turner, A Vincent, Matthew Vincent, Michael Vincent, Walmsley and Wilson voted against the amendment. 

The amendment was therefore lost by 9 votes to 30.

Councillor Fail then proposed and Councillor Barrowclough seconded another amendment, as follows:

That recommendation 3.1 be amended to read “That the ‘Publication’ draft Wyre Local Plan, labelled as Appendix 1 to this report, be approved for public consultation and that a report of the consultation results together with a revised Local Plan are brought back to Full Council for approval prior to submission to the Secretary of State for examination.”

That recommendation 3.3 be amended to read “That the approach to consultation as outlined in paragraphs 5.39 – 5.41 of this report be approved subject to amendment of the paragraphs to reflect that a consultation report and revised Local Plan will be brought back to Full Council for approval prior to submission to the Secretary of State for examination.”

That recommendations 3.4 & 3.5 be removed.

A recorded vote was again requested by four Councillors under Procedure Rule 19.4. 

Councillors E Anderton, M Anderton, Barrowclough, Beavers, Fail, Lees, Smith, B Stephenson and E Stephenson voted for the amendment.

Councillors I Amos, R Amos, Ballard, Berry, B Birch, C Birch, Bowen, Bridge, Catterall, Ellison, Gibson, Greenhough, Henderson, Hodgkinson, Ingham, Jones, Kay McKay, Moon, Murphy, Orme, Ormrod, Robinson, A Turner, S Turner, A Vincent, Matthew Vincent, Michael Vincent, Walmsley and Wilsonvoted against the amendment. 

The amendment was therefore lost by 9 votes to 30.

A recorded vote was then requested under Procedure Rule 19.4 on the original proposal that the recommendations set out in the report be approved.

Councillors I Amos, R Amos, Ballard, Berry, B Birch, C Birch, Bowen, Bridge, Catterall, Ellison, Gibson, Greenhough, Henderson, Hodgkinson, Ingham, Jones, Kay McKay, Moon, Murphy, Orme, Ormrod, Robinson, A Turner, S Turner, A Vincent, Matthew Vincent, Michael Vincent, Walmsley and Wilson voted for the proposal.  Councillors E Anderton, M Anderton, Barrowclough, Beavers, Fail, Lees, Smith, B Stephenson and E Stephenson voted against the proposal, which was therefore carried by 30 votes to 9. 

RESOLVED:

1.    That the ‘Publication’ draft Wyre Local Plan, labelled as Appendix 1 to the report, be approved for public consultation and thereafter submission to the Secretary of State for examination, provided the public consultation does not raise issues which require substantive alterations to the draft Wyre Local Plan.

2.    That the Sustainability Appraisal Report accompanying the ‘Publication’ draft Wyre Local Plan, labelled as Appendix 2 to the report, be approved for public consultation.

3.    That the approach to consultation outlined in paragraphs 5.39 – 5.41 of this report be approved.

4.    That powers be delegated to the Head of Planning Services and, in his absence to the Chief Executive, to make amendments to the ‘Publication’ draft Wyre Local Plan in consultation with the Planning and Economic Development Portfolio Holder, before it is published or submitted for examination - Such amendments could include (but not limited to) improvements to the clarity of the document, factual and typing errors and necessary updates to take account of Development Management decisions from August 2017 onwards and final recommendations from the Viability Assessment, Habitat Regulation Assessment and 2017 Strategic Housing Market Assessment Addendum III.

5.    That the ‘Publication’ draft Wyre Local Plan be approved for Development Management purposes, replacing the Core Strategy Preferred Options in the Development Management process from the date of publication.