Agenda and minutes

To receive any apologies for absence

Apologies were received from Councillors Judith Humphreys, Nia Jeffreys, Keith Jones, Eryl Jones-Williams, Beth Lawton, Dilwyn Morgan, Nigel Pickavance, Peter Read, Gareth A.Roberts, John Pughe Roberts and Catrin Wager.

To receive any declaration of personal interest.

No declarations of personal interest were received from any members present.

To receive any Chairman’s announcements.

Condolences

Condolences were expressed to Councillor Glyn Daniels and Councillor Annwen Daniels following the recent loss a father and father-in-law.

The Council stood as a mark of respect.

(2)     Congratulations

To everyone from the County who had been successful at the Royal Welsh Show during the week.

To Arfon Pugh from Harlech on completing the challenge of shearing 900 sheep in 24 hours. 1,030 sheep had been sheared within the time and a substantial amount of money, which currently stands at approximately £15,000, had been raised towards the Tenovus charity.

To Sian Ellis Williams, Civic and Member Support Officer on being made a Member of the Victorian Order (MVO) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list recently.

To receive any correspondence, communications or other business brought forward at the request of the Chairman.

None to note

To note any items which are urgent business in the opinion of the Chairman so they may be considered.

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To consider the Joint Local Development Plan as amended by the Inspector’s binding changes and to make a decision regarding its adoption.

Submitted – the report by the Cabinet Member for the Environment, recommending that the Council approved the Joint Local Development Plan as amended by the Inspector's binding changes. 

An explanation was given of the content of the report and attention was drawn to an error in the map of Llanrug in the paper version. He explained that the report was detailed and confirmed that it satisfied and complied with the legislative requirements (Planning Act (Wales) 2015, Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, Town and Country Planning (Local Development Plans) Regulations 2005, Planning Policy Wales and the Local Development Plan Manual (2015)).

Adopting the Plan would set out detailed policies to manage developments up to 2026; facilitating the provision of new developments needed to meet the needs of local communities; enabling the Council to achieve its housing and economic development strategies. Refusing would leave the Authority without an adequate plan or policies to protect the County's lands and would give Developers an opportunity to appeal against a decision to refuse based on the fact that a Plan / Policies were not in place.

It was highlighted that, based on local evidence, the Plan's housing policies were planning for 3712 houses for the Gwynedd Planning Authority area between 2011 and 2026. With the Plan already in its sixth year, it was confirmed that this figure included homes which have already been built or which have received planning permission. The residual figure for the remainder of the Plan period will be 1366 which is an average of 137 new homes a year.

When comparing the old strategy with the new Plan, it was reported that the old strategy tended to focus on large development within our towns but that this plan now focused on smaller allocations. Attention was also drawn to the pioneering policies which had been included in the Plan.

It was proposed and seconded that the Council:

              i.        adopted the Gwynedd and Anglesey Joint Local Development Plan 2011 to 2026 as amended by the changes recommended by the Inspector in his report about the Examination (dated 30 June 2017)

             ii.        published the adopted Plan, the Adoption Statement, the final SA/SEA Report and the HRA report

           iii.        gave delegated powers to officers to correct any typing and grammatical errors, deal with any minor matters or errors, as well as any other necessary presentational matters and consequential changes (which are required in response to recommended changes in accordance with paragraph 1.10 in the Inspector’s report), before publishing the final Gwynedd and Anglesey Joint Local Development Plan

           iv.        that the Supplementary Planning Guidance, which were adopted to support policies in the existing development plans, continue to be material planning consideration in determining planning applications, where appropriate, until they were superseded or were withdrawn.

In response to concerns voiced to him that the new supplementary planning guidance intended to be established were not adequately reflected in the proposal, the Cabinet Member proposed to add clause v to the recommendation to address this, namely

             v.        That  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.