Agenda and draft minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

Minutes:

There were no apologies.

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2.

Members' declarations under the code of conduct in respect of items on the agenda

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest.

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3.

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To agree the public minutes and summary of the meeting held 15 July 2013.

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Minutes:

RESOLVED – that the public minutes and summary of the meeting held on Monday 15 July be approved as a correct record, subject to Simon McGinn being listed as in attendance.

 

Matters Arising

Key Issues from Consultation

The Chairman noted that the key issues listed under item three of the minutes of the 15 July meeting would be the subject of the current meeting.

 

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4.

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Report of the City Planning Officer.

 

(A copy of the Local Plan has been separately circulated).

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Minutes:

The Chairman introduced the report of the City Planning Officer, noting that the current draft of the Local Plan had been through several stages to date, including a round of public consultation and a meeting of the Sub Committee in July 2013. He therefore invited Members to discuss the key issues outlined within the report.

                     

The Planning and Performance Director (PPD) added that the finalised Local Plan would have to be submitted to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and therefore officers had taken the opportunity to review the processes and format that had been adopted for the proposed Plan with an advisory planning inspector on 24 September. The inspector had concluded that the relevant rules had been followed and that the City of London Corporation had a good evidence base for the Plan and therefore there was no obvious impediment to the Plan being adopted in good time.

 

The Sub Committee proceeded to discuss the following key issues:

 

Offices

The PPD noted that both the Core Strategic (CS) and Development Management (DM) policies on Offices had been amended to reflect the importance of the long term viability of office space in the City and further references to viability should be added to policy DM1.1. In response to a query from a Member the Sub Committee agreed that DM 1.1 should retain reference to ‘large office development sites’.

 

Licensing and Planning

The PPD outlined the main changes to DM 3.5 Night Time Entertainment, noting that it had been amended to focus on what the Corporation could do specifically to safeguard local amenity, in its role as a planning authority.

 

In response to an observation from a Member, the Chairman commented that the idea behind the amendment was to ensure that both the Planning and the Licensing

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5.

Questions on matters relating to the work of the Committee

Minutes:

There were no questions.

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6.

Any other business that the Chairman considers urgent

Minutes:

There was no other business.

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