Agenda

Members are requested to declare the existence and nature of any disclosable pecuniary interest and/or other interests, not already on their register of interests, in any items on the agenda and withdraw from the meeting at the appropriate time. 

The Vice Chair of the Council has agreed to a requisition, signed by five Members of the Council (Councillors C Cupit, A Dale, S Clough, M Foster and N Baker), to hold this Extraordinary Meeting of Council, as provided for under Section 3.1 of the Constitution, to consider and and determine on the following motion.

Motion ‘A’- proposed by Councillor C Cupit

Council notes with concern the Labour Government’s current consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and other changes to the planning system.

Council resolves to respond to the consultation highlighting this Council’s concern and strong opposition to the proposed Government changes that would:

-   Give central Government the powers to set arbitrary, top-down housing delivery numbers for each local authority;

-   Set a mandatory annual housing delivery of 622 new homes each year for North East Derbyshire – a 178% increase from the advisory method – whilst removing the uplift on cities and urban centres;

-   Places emphasis on meeting unmet development needs from neighbouring areas;

-   Remove protections on the Green Belt through the new Grey Belt and other override designations;

-   Remove the opportunity for communities to comment on individual planning applications by removing the ability to challenge a planning application once it is in a Local Plan and deciding whole new towns by an unspecified ‘panel’.

Council urges the Government to reconsider these proposals and the impact they would have on areas like North East Derbyshire.