Issue - meetings

 Report of the Corporate Director – Department of Neighbourhood & Planning is circulated.

Public participation

Questions

A question had been received from Ms Ginny Scrope and the Leader gave her the opportunity to address Cabinet.

Cllr Fleur de Rhe Philipe, Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Strategic Planning presented the report which informed Cabinet of the findings of detailed assessments undertaken on the remaining 22 site options for sand and gravel extraction and sought approval for a revised local forecast rate of 1.2 million tonnes per annum, to be used as the basis upon which to prepare the proposed submission draft Minerals Sites DPD.  She added that there were now just eight remaining sites stressing that these had been assessed objectively.

Resolved:

That Cabinet:

a.               Agrees a local forecast rate of 1.2 million tonnes per annum is used as the basis for making provision in the emerging Aggregate Minerals Sites Allocations DPD.

b.              Agrees that the sites identified in Option 2 of Appendix 2 of the report are carried forward into the proposed submission draft Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD.

c.               Agrees that all remaining site options not included in Option 2 of Appendix 2 of the report are dropped from further consideration.

d.              Notes that a proposed submission draft Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD will be presented to Cabinet in September 2011 for approval to commence formal consultation for a period of six weeks.

Reason for the decision

To ensure that an appropriate level of provision for sand and gravel extraction is established for Wiltshire and Swindon, in accordance with national and local policy and sufficient sites are identified to meet this requirement.   Once adopted, the Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations DPD will form part of the Council’s policy framework