Cabinet Member: Councillor Vincent.

The City Council will be asked to consider the Cabinet recommendation. 

Minutes 130 and 130a (of the Cabinet meeting held on 15 January 2013) and the report of the Director for Place refer.

Councillor Vincent (Cabinet Member for Environment) presented the recommendations in Cabinet minute 130a on the adoption of the North Prospect Area Planning Statement.  Cabinet minute 103 and the written report of the Director for Place to Cabinet also referred.

Councillor Vincent thanked officers, Plymouth Community Homes, ward councillors and the community who had worked together to achieve this outcome. 

The proposals were seconded by Councillor Evans (Leader).

Agreed to adopt the North Prospect Area Planning Statement as interim planning guidance to be used in consideration of future development proposals in North Prospect.

The Director for Place will submit a written report seeking formal adoption of the North Prospect Area Planning Statement, to ensure that there is an up to date planning framework in place to manage the process of change in the area.

The Area Planning Statement incorporates the findings of the previous studies, along with additional information, comments and advice from stakeholders and the public, arising from a six week public consultation exercise that ended on 10 October 2012 and provides a strategy to guide the regeneration over the life of the project.

The Director for Place submitted a written report seeking formal adoption of the North Prospect Area Planning Statement (APS), to ensure that there was an up to date planning framework in place to manage the process of change in the area.

The Area Planning Statement was also submitted incorporating the findings of the previous studies, along with additional information, comments and advice from stakeholders and the public, arising from a six week public consultation exercise that ended on 10 October 2012.  These were combined to create a strategy to guide the regeneration over the life of the project.

Councillor Vincent (Cabinet Member for Environment) presented the report.

In response to questions, Cabinet Members were advised that –

·         officers would meet with ward representatives on some of the assumptions in the planning statement;

·         a design code had been produced with Plymouth Community Homes;

·         the phases of development would be different in design terms.

Alternative options considered and reasons for the decision –

As set out in the report.

Subject to the adoption of the planning statement, agreed to incorporate the principles of the Area Planning Statement into the Plymouth Plan which will be the subject of public consultation in 2013.