Issue - meetings

That:

1)        the Issues and Options report be approved for consultation for a six week period running from 9^th June – 21^st July 2017 together with publishing supporting documents;

2)        the Interim Director of Environment be authorised, in consultation with the Executive Member for Environment and the Executive Member for Planning and Enforcement to agree minor changes to the Central and Eastern Berkshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan Issues and Options stage and other supporting documents prior to consultation. (Any minor modifications would consist of non-material alterations such as rewording and correction of typing errors).

The Executive considered a proposed Central and Eastern Berkshire Joint Minerals and Waste Local Plan Issues and Options document for consultation.  The Issues and Options document would consult on the vision and objectives, spatial strategy as well as other topic areas eg transportation of minerals, minerals demand etc.

The Deputy Executive Member for Environment advised Members that Bracknell Forest, Reading Borough Council, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham Borough Councils made up the Central and Eastern Berkshire authorities and were working in partnership to produce a joint minerals and waste plan which would guide minerals and waste decision making in the area up to 2036. 

The Joint Minerals and Waste Plan would build upon existing adoptive minerals and waste plans for Berkshire and would improve and update existing policies and provide details of strategic sites.

Members noted that the issues and options consultation was the first stage in the plan preparation and would run for a six week period from 9 June-21 July 2017.  The information obtained from the consultation would help shape the options for the plans, policies and site allocation going forward.

The Leader of Council urged the public to view the consultation documents and provide their comments.

RESOLVED That:

1)        the Issues and Options report be approved for consultation for a six week period running from 9 June – 21 July 2017 together with publishing supporting documents;

2)        the Interim Director of Environment be authorised, in consultation with the Executive Member for Environment and the Executive Member for Planning and Enforcement to agree minor changes to the Central and Eastern Berkshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan Issues and Options stage and other supporting documents prior to consultation. (Any minor modifications would consist of non-material alterations such as rewording and correction of typing errors).