Agenda, decisions and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Colin Galloway.

There were no declarations of Members' interests.

The purpose of the report is to seek approval for the adoption of the Oil & Gas Development Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration and Economic Development

(1)  approves the Oil & Gas Development SPD for adoption

(2)  authorises the City Development Manager to make editorial amendments to the SPD prior to adoption, provided that the amendments do not alter the meaning of the SPD or do not affect Portsmouth. 

DECISION:

that the Cabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration and Economic Development

(1)  approved the Oil & Gas Development SPD for adoption

(2)  authorised the City Development Manager to make editorial amendments to the SPD prior to adoption, provided that the amendments do not alter the meaning of the SPD or do not affect Portsmouth. 

(TAKE IN REPORT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENT)

The Assistant Director of Culture & City Development introduced the report and explained that the background to the report was set out in section 3.

The plan contains a policy specifically on oil and gas development (Policy 24).

All oil and gas development requires planning permission from the relevant Minerals & Waste Planning Authority as well as the relevant regulating licences and/or environmental permits from other agencies. Since the adoption of the Plan, oil and gas development has emerged as an issue of great interest to Hampshire's communities.  For this reason, officers at the partner authorities consider that a Supplementary Planning Document on this issue would provide greater clarity and certainty to Hampshire’s communities and interested parties on issues associated with this type of development.

The draft was approved by the Cabinet Member for PRED for consultation in June 2015.It was then subject to a 6 week public consultation which ran from 29 June – 7 August 2015.  Amendments had been made to the SPD taking into account the consultation responses received.

The document had been considered by the Cabinet Member and Opposition Spokespersons had also been given the opportunity to read and ask questions on it.

The Cabinet Member invited comments and questions but there were none. He said he was happy to approve the document.

DECISION:

that the Cabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration and Economic Development

(1)  approved the Oil & Gas Development SPD for adoption

(2)  authorised the City Development Manager to make editorial amendments to the SPD prior to adoption, provided that the amendments do not alter the meaning of the SPD or do not affect Portsmouth. 

Purpose of report

The purpose of the report is to seek approval for the adoption of the Minerals & Waste Safeguarding Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration and Economic Development

(1)  approves the Minerals & Waste Safeguarding SPD for adoption

(2)  authorises the City Development Manager to make editorial amendments to the SPD prior to adoption, provided that the amendments do not alter the meaning of the SPD or do not affect Portsmouth

DECISION:

that the Cabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration and Economic Development

(1)  approved the Minerals & Waste Safeguarding SPD for adoption

(2)  authorised the City Development Manager to make editorial amendments to the SPD prior to adoption, provided that the amendments do not alter the meaning of the SPD or do not affect Portsmouth.

(TAKE IN REPORT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENT)

The Assistant Director of Culture and City Development introduced the report and explained that the background to the report was set out in section 3.

A draft SPD has been produced to provide guidance for local planning authorities, developers and other interested parties on the implementation of the safeguarding policies set out in the Plan. As an SPD the document does not introduce any new policies with regard to the matters above, but is a process document which sets out guidance.

PRED approved the draft for consultation in June 2015. The draft SPD was then subject to a 6 week public consultation which ran from 29 June – 7 August 2015. Amendments had been made to the SPD taking into account the consultation responses received.

The Cabinet Member invited comments and questions but there were none. He said he was happy to approve the document.

DECISION:

that the Cabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration and Economic Development

(1)  approved the Minerals & Waste Safeguarding SPD for adoption

(2)  authorised the City Development Manager to make editorial amendments to the SPD prior to adoption, provided that the amendments do not alter the meaning of the SPD or do not affect Portsmouth.