Members received the recommendation from Town Vision as contained with the circulated reports pack.
It was proposed by Councillor B Samuels, seconded by Councillor Gillies and RESOLVED to review the Planning and Licensing deliverables to ensure all ‘Aims’ fit within the remit of the Committee as a consultee.
Members received the Planning and Licensing Committee’s Deliverables as contained within the circulated reports pack.
The Officer Manager / Assistant to the Town Clerk gave a detailed summary of the current position and requested that Members consider the aims which have been set for the Planning and Licensing Committee comparing these to the committee’s Terms of Reference.
Members discussed the Deliverables ‘Aims’ and in particular highlighting the difficulty of ensuring that certain aims are met, when considering that the Town Council is a consultee within the planning process.
It was proposed by Councillor B Samuels, seconded by Councillor Miller and RESOLVED to approve the recommendation subject to the following:
1. Under Strategic Priority 1 – Boosting Jobs and Economic Prosperity - retain the ‘Aim’ – To ensure in review of planning and licensing applications and considerations, economic opportunities and impacts are examined appropriately;
2. Remove Strategic Priority 2 – Health and Wellbeing ‘Aim’ – To ensure appropriate support or recommendations are given to applications or projects that support health care development or change of use to a health care setting in Saltash – as the review of applications and their economic impact is ensured within Strategic Priority 1;
3. Remove Strategic Priority 3 – Housing ‘Aims’ – To ensure the availability of all housing types are considered inclusive of rental and affordable housing to improve access to housing for all in Saltash;
4. Add under Strategic Priority 3 – Housing ‘Aim’ - To exercise full delegated authority to respond on behalf of Saltash Town Council to all licensing and development applications including applications related to listed buildings, conservation areas, advertisement consents and other relevant planning matters received from Cornwall Council;
5. Add under Strategic Priority 3 – Housing ‘Aim’ - To review the Town Council Planning Policy Procedure and make recommendations to the Town Council to ensure that the Town Council is able to meet any additional requirements of the planning process;
6. Remove Strategic Priority 5 – Climate Emergency ‘Aim’ – To continue to acknowledge a climate emergency and considerations given to planning and licensing applications to ensure developments are sustainable and meeting future climate demands;
7. Remove Strategic Priority 6 – Recreation and Leisure ‘Aim’ – To support improvement in keeping with planning policies for open green spaces, leisure and recreational in review of planning and licensing applications in Saltash.
8. To delegate to the Office Manager / Assistant to the Town Clerk to review all deliverables ‘what success looks like’ to ensure they are achievable within the remit reporting back to the following Planning and Licensing Committee meeting.