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Adoption of Arborfield and Newland Village Design Statement Supplementary Planning Document

Meeting: 26/03/2015 - Executive (Item 129)

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Decision:

RESOLVED: That the Arborfield and Newland Village Design Statement be adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document. 

Minutes:

The Executive considered a report relating to the adoption of the Arborfield and Newland Village Design Statement as a Supplementary Planning Document.

 

The Deputy Executive Member for Planning and Highways advised Members that the proposed design statement had been prepared by Arborfield and Newland Parish Council to enhance the quality of developments within the parish and to preserve the future rural qualities of the parish.  He commented that the Arborfield and Newland Village Design Statement would be one of 11 Supplementary Planning Documents adopted by the Borough Council.

 

The Leader of the Council clarified that the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) was linked to Neighbourhood Plans not Village Design Statements.  He commented that as he understood it, a Village Design Statement was much more appropriate for smaller parishes who did not wish to go through the cost or time of developing a Neighbourhood Plan.  A Village Design Statement did however offer some protections under the planning system.

 

RESOLVED: That the Arborfield and Newland Village Design Statement be adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document.