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The Council’s draft response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) consultation on “Supporting housing delivery and public infrastructure” proposals published on 3rd December 2020.

Following consideration, the Committee resolved to:

(1)         Note and approve the draft response to the government’s proposals documented within the open consultation; “Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure”.

The Council’s draft response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) consultation on “Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure” proposals published on 3rd December 2020.

The Committee received a verbal introduction from the Planning Policy Officer.

The Committee noted the report and raised the following points:

a)            Change in the Use Classes Order: Members noted the change to use classes that were implemented on 1 September 2020.  This included the addition of a new use Class, which essentially combined a number of former use classes into a new Class E. Officers noted this and advised of a transitional period until the end of July 2021.

b)           Q1/5: Members requested that business centres be mentioned in questions 1 and 5 of the response. The Officer agreed to include these comments in the response.

c)            Q2.3: Members requested that the response makes note of areas that affect conservation areas, as well as outside conservation areas. The Officer agreed to include these comments in the response.

d)           Q3.2: Members made a request for ‘and the effect on local amenities’ be added to the end of the response.

e)            Q4.1: Members requested that the word ‘No’ be removed from the beginning of the response.

f)             Q5: Members requested for the following amendment to the penultimate sentence, ‘Do more harm to the country, its economy, the environment and infrastructure’.

g)           Q8: Members requested that a comment be added relating to playing fields and outdoor activities. The Officer agreed to include these comments in the response.

Following consideration, it was resolved unanimously that the Committee:

(1)         Agreed to note and approve the draft response to the government’s proposals documented within the open consultation; “Supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure”.