Report to follow.

Members were reminded that the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) required local planning authorities to produce a Local Plan for their area.  Brentwood Borough Council was producing a new Local Development Plan and had reached Publication stage (Regulation 19).  To reach this stage consultation had taken place on a Pre-Submission Local Plan (February 2019) and an Addendum of Focussed Changes to the Pre-Submission Local Plan (October 2019). 

Consideration of representations received in response to the Pre-Submission Local Plan, specifically concerns regarding new homes proposed in Blackmore and Shenfield, resulted in further public consultation on focussed changes.  Consultation on the Addendum of Focussed Changes concluded in November 2019.  Responses to this consultation were summarised in Appendix A. 

The Council had approved delegated authority for the Director of Strategic Planning, in consultation with the Chief Executive and Leader of the Council, to finalise and submit the Pre-Submission Local Plan (and supporting documents) with non-material amendments if required.   For the Addendum of Focussed Changes to be submitted alongside the Pre-Submission Local Plan, approval was required from the Council.

The next stage of the plan-making process was Submission of the Local Plan to the Planning Inspectorate on behalf of the Secretary of State (Regulation 22), to take place in January 2020.

Members were advised of some additional wording being added to paragraph 3 of the main published report which was included when the recommendations was moved. 

Cllr Hossack MOVED and Cllr Tumbridge SECONDED the recommendation in the report with the additional wording.

Cllr Keeble MOVED and Cllr Kendall SECONDED an AMENDMENT that sites R25 and R26 be removed from the Local Development Plan and placed at Dunton Hills Garden Village.

Cllr Hossack DID NOT ACCEPT the AMENDMENT  and following a discussion a recorded vote was requested and taken.  Members voted as follows:

FOR: Cllrs Aspinell, Barrett, Dr Barrett, Chilvers, Mrs Davies, Fryd, Haigh, Keeble, Kendall, Laplain, Lewis, Morrissey, Mynott and Naylor (14)

AGAINST: Cllrs Bridge, J. Cloke, Hirst, Mrs Hones, Hossack, Kerslake, McCheyne,  Nolan, Parker, Mrs Pearson, Poppy, Mrs Pound,

Reed, Miss Sanders, Tanner, Mrs Tierney and Tumbridge (17)

ABSTAIN: Cllr Jakobsson (1)

The AMENDMENTwas LOST.

Returning to the SUBSTANTIVE MOTION, following a discussion during which Cllr Tumbridge MOVED and Cllr Mrs Hones SECONDED and it was RESOLVED that ‘The question be now put’,  a recorded vote was requested and taken and Members voted as follows:

FOR:  Cllrs Bridge, J. Cloke, Hirst, Mrs Hones, Hossack, Jakobsson, Kerslake, McCheyne,  Nolan, Parker, Mrs Pearson, Poppy, Mrs Pound,

Reed, Miss Sanders, Tanner, Mrs Tierney and Tumbridge (18)

AGAINST:  Cllrs Aspinell, Barrett, Dr Barrett, Chilvers, Mrs Davies, Fryd, Haigh, Keeble, Kendall, Laplain, Lewis, Morrissey, Mynott and Naylor (11)

ABSTAIN: Cllrs Barrett, Dr Barrett and Morrissey (3)

The MOTION was CARRIED and it was RESOLVED:

1.            To approve that Appendix B - the Addendum of Focussed Changes to the Pre-Submission Local Plan be submitted to the Secretary of State as part of the Brentwood Local Plan Examination-in-Public process.

2.            For clarification, in relation to item b. of the five proposed site allocations, the additional words ‘and to require multiple access points to the combined sites R18 and R19’  be added.

Reasons for Recommendations

1. Approval to submit the Pre-Submission Local Plan was resolved by Extraordinary Council on 8 November 2018 (Item No. 181).  This was approved subject to non-material amendments between Publication stage (Regulation 19) through to Submission (Regulation 22) and Examination, with delegated authority for the Director of Strategic Planning in consultation with the Chief Executive and Leader of the Council.  Since then, the Council has also resolved to publish amendments to the Pre-Submission Local Plan through the Addendum of Focussed Changes document (Policy, Resources and Economic Development Committee, 11 September 2019, Item No. 168).

2. The Addendum of Focussed Changes document was subject to public consultation in order that the amendments could be treated as part of the submitted plan by the Inspector, as specified in Planning Practice Guidance (Paragraph 054, Reference ID 61-054-20190315, Revision Date 15/03/19).  The recommendation would enable the Addendum to be submitted alongside the Pre-Submission Local Plan.