Agenda

The purpose of this report is to inform the committee members of the requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 and to request authorisation for the Assistant Director of City Development to undertake a review of parts 1 and 2 of the register as required.

RECOMMENDED that:

(1)  The content of this report is noted

(2)  The Assistant Director of City Development is authorised to prepare, maintain and publish a statutory Brownfield Land Register (Part 1) of previously developed land suitable for housing development in accordance with the relevant national legislation.

(3)  The Assistant Director of City Development is authorised to prepare, maintain and publish a statutory Brownfield Land Register (Part 2) of previously developed land suitable for housing development in accordance with the relevant national legislation, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration and Economic Development.

The purpose of the report is to confirm the results of the consultation into proposed amendments to the Houses in Multiple Occupation Supplementary Planning Document to covering the issue of sandwiching and three in a row. This is in response to the recommendation of the PRED members on 21^st November 2017. 

RECOMMENDED that:

(1)  The SPD: Houses in Multiple Occupation 2018 be approved for adoption with immediate effect including additional restrictions on sandwiching of residential properties and three or more in a row, as per paragraph 1.22a of the consultation document.

(2)  The Assistant Director of City Development be authorised to make editorial amendments to the wording of the amended SPD prior to publication, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration and Economic Development.  These amendments shall be restricted to correcting errors and formatting text and shall not alter the meaning of the document.

The purpose of this report is to draw Members' attention to the implications of the recent amendment to the Fees Regulations insofar as they relate to planning applications required by either an Article 4 Direction or a restrictive planning condition that effectively removed ‘permitted development’ rights.

RECOMMENDED that:

(1)  This report be noted, and

(2)  The Assistant Director of City Development be authorised to make editorial amendments to the Council’s Planning website pages to advise applicants of the new Planning Fees.

The purpose of the report is to inform the Cabinet Member for PRED of commencement of work on a review of the Parking Standards and Transport Assessments Supplementary Planning Document (2014).

RECOMMENDED that the Cabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration and Economic Development notes this report.