Issue - meetings

To provide a response to West Berkshire Council on the consultation on the Minerals and Waste Local Plan Preferred Options document

That

1)     A holding objection to the West Berkshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan Preferred options document be submitted on the basis that: West Berkshire Council’s site selection is reconsidered to ensure supply across the wider area of Berkshire and in particular given the potential delivery problems outlined in paragraph 4.17. Not ensuring supply would result in the Plan being found unsound at Examination;

2)     West Berkshire Council provide clarification that it can meet its sand and gravel extraction quota;

3)     West Berkshire re-name and amend the wording of Policy 3 (self-sufficiency in waste management) given that it will still rely on neighbouring authorities in Berkshire for some waste processing, and

4)     West Berkshire Council continue to engage with its neighbours as work on the Minerals and Waste Local Plan progresses, through the Duty to Co-operate mechanism