Agenda and minutes

Apologies for absence were received from Sheriff Christopher Hayward (Deputy Chairman), Shravan Joshi and William Upton QC.

The Chair stated that his firm were Board Members of the Fleet Street project.

To agree the public minutes of the meeting held on 14 January 2020.

The Sub Committee considered and approved the public minutes of the 14 January 2020 meting as a correct record.

Report of the Director of the Built Environment.

The Sub Committee considered a report of the Director of the Built Environment highlighting the main changes that are now proposed to the November 2018 draft Local Plan and including those sections of the Plan which were not considered by the Sub-Committee at its last meeting on 14^th January 2020.

With reference to the target dates for final Committee approval of the Plan, the Chair clarified that the March 2020 meeting of Planning and Transportation would now take place on 6^th March and not the 10^th March as suggested within the covering report.

Officers highlighted that those changes proposed by Members at the 14^th January meeting of this Sub Committee were detailed using bold text at Appendix 2 of the report. Members indicated that they were satisfied that the amendments made here reflected their comments and concerns. Appendix 1 contained text relating to Section 4.2 of the draft Plan ‘Safe and Secure City’ which was a city-wide policy and had now been considered by the Senior Security Board, Section 7 of the plan ‘Key Areas of Change’ and Section 8, ‘Implementation’.

A Member questioned why more prosaic crime such as knife crime, burglary and assault were not referenced at paragraph 4.1.1 of the ‘Safe and Secure City section given that these types of crime tended also to be of concern to those living, working in and visiting the City. Officers highlighted that paragraph 4.1.2 did mention violent and acquisitive crime and reflected current priorities set out in the Policing Plan.

A Member commented that rough sleepers and anti-sociable behaviour had been a big topic at this morning’s rate payers meeting and asked if this also might be covered here. Another Member commented that Strategic Policy S2 specifically covered the need to minimise the potential for crime

There were no questions.

There were no additional, urgent items of business for consideration.