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   Report of the Service Director – Economy and Enterprise is circulated

Councillor Fleur de Rhé-Philipe, Cabinet member for Economic Development and Strategic Planning, introduced the report which invited Cabinet to note the content of the Inspector’s Report on the examination of the Wiltshire and Swindon Waste Site Allocations Local Plan, and to approve the Plan (incorporating the Inspector’s modifications) and recommend to Full Council that the Plan be adopted.

Councillor de Rhé-Philipe noted that the wording on the front of the document (page 15 of the agenda pack) should say Adoption Draft 2013, not Adopted February 2013.

Resolved

That the Cabinet recommends to Full Council that the Wiltshire and Swindon Waste Site Allocations Local Plan, incorporating the Inspector’s main modifications, is adopted.

Reasons for Decision

The Waste Site Allocations Local Plan is the final element of the current waste planning policy framework for Wiltshire and Swindon. The Plan takes its lead from national policy; and the policy framework set out in the adopted Wiltshire and Swindon Waste Core Strategy (July 2009) and Waste Development Control Policies Development Plan Document (September 2009).

In line with the provisions of the Local Government Act 2000 (as amended), the Plan must first be approved by Cabinet before it is agreed for adoption by Full Council.