Agenda item

Report of the City Planning Officer.

Consideration was given to a report of the City Planning Officer relative to the response to Thames Tideway Tunnel Section 48 Consultation.

There were 3 minor amendments to the report –

Page 99, paragraph 24, line 6 – Should read ‘This location has been agreed by your Officers…’

Page 102, paragraph 36 line 6 and 7 – Should read ‘the Control of Pollution Act 1974’

Page 107, paragraph 71, line 4 – Should read ‘an unacceptable adverse impact on the City…’

RESOLVED – That,

i)                 The City Planning Officer be authorised to inform Thames Water of the City’s continued support of the proposal to construct the Thames Tideway Tunnel and its associated structures, whilst continuing to seek changes and modifications to the proposals that would be required to ensure that its effects  were not harmful to the City and where possible result in improvements; and

ii)                Officers be authorised to continue discussions and negotiations with Thames Water to seek these changes and prepare the necessary documentation in order that support can be given to the proposal prior to the anticipated submission of the application to the Inspectorate in January 2013 for determination.