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Recommendations from Planning Policy & Built Heritage Working Party

Meeting: 02/12/2024 - Cabinet (Item 63)

Recommendations from Planning Policy & Built Heritage Working Party

The Planning Policy & Built Heritage Working Party at the meeting held on Thursday 21st November 2024 recommended to Cabinet:

 

 

Norfolk Green Infrastructure and Recreational Impact Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy

 

I.      The Action Plan and Governance arrangements are endorsed, subject to caveats, with additional requests made to the Norfolk Strategic Framework that other stakeholders (such as Norfolk County Council) and those that have wider environmental interests across the County are actively engaged with and, where appropriate, invited to attend board meetings. Final Wording to be delegated to the Acting Planning Policy Manager in consultation with the Planning Portfolio Holder and Chairman of Planning Policy & Built Heritage Working Party.

 

II.     Nominate appropriate Member to sit on the GIRAMS board. The Working Party endorsed Cllr Victoria Holliday as its preferred nominee.

 

 

Planning In Health Protocol 

 

I.                 The revised Planning for Health Protocol be used when preparing Local Plans and determining planning applications.

Decision:

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PLANNING POLICY & BUILT HERITAGE WORKING PARTY

 

Norfolk Green Infrastructure and Recreational Impact Avoidance and

Mitigation Strategy

      I.         The Action Plan and Governance arrangements are endorsed, subject to caveats, with additional requests made to the Norfolk Strategic Framework that other stakeholders (such as Norfolk County Council) and those that have wider environmental interests across the County are actively engaged with and, where appropriate, invited to attend board meetings. Final Wording to be delegated to the Acting Planning Policy Manager in consultation with the Planning Portfolio Holder and Chairman of Planning Policy & Built Heritage Working Party.

     II.         Nominate appropriate Member to sit on the GIRAMS board. The Working Party endorsed Cllr Victoria Holliday as its preferred nominee.

 

Planning In Health Protocol

      I.         The revised Planning for Health Protocol be used when preparing Local Plans and determining planning applications.

Minutes:

Cllr Brown introduced the recommendations from the Planning Policy and Built Heritage Working Party.

 

Norfolk Green Infrastructure and Recreational Impact Avoidance and

Mitigation Strategy

The proposed strategy provides a plan to spend £22million received from revenue from planning application fees raised over the next 20-22 years. The key aims are trying to mitigate harm to the main tourist attractions by creating other facilities across the County. All the District Councils are a member in this scheme, and the funds will be managed by Norwich City Council. Work is also underway to try to bring the County Council to the table to consult alongside other representatives from organisations such as the Campaign To Protect Rural England (CPRE) and Natural England. Cllr Holliday will be the Council’s representative on the board.

 

Cllr Brown recommended that this appointment was endorsed by Cabinet.

 

Cllr Cushing read out a message from Cllr Holliday which said that she would have wanted to expand on the caveats which were in addition to the inclusion of the County Council, which Cllr Brown says is now being sorted out. She wanted to emphasis more around the governance ensuring an evidence base for proposed interventions and measurement of outcomes. She is still concerned some of the proposed interventions have the capacity to increase footfall rather than control it.

 

Planning In Health Protocol

It was necessary to ensure that dentistry provision was included in the modelling, and this has led to the revised protocol.

 

All significant planning applications will need to take into account provision for health services in the surrounding area.

 

It was RESOLVED to approve the recommendations from the Planning Policy and Built Heritage Working Group.

 

Norfolk Green Infrastructure and Recreational Impact Avoidance and

Mitigation Strategy

      I.        The Action Plan and Governance arrangements are endorsed, subject to caveats, with additional requests made to the Norfolk Strategic Framework that other stakeholders (such as Norfolk County Council) and those that have wider environmental interests across the County are actively engaged with and, where appropriate, invited to attend board meetings. Final Wording to be delegated to the Acting Planning Policy Manager in consultation with the Planning Portfolio Holder and Chairman of Planning Policy & Built Heritage Working Party.

    II.        Nominate appropriate Member to sit on the GIRAMS board. The Working Party endorsed Cllr Victoria Holliday as its preferred nominee.

 

Planning In Health Protocol

      I.        The revised Planning for Health Protocol be used when preparing Local Plans and determining planning applications.