Public Issues
To receive any public questions, statements or petitions submitted in accordance with the Constitution. Further information on the requirements for submitting these is available to view at the following link:-
https://democracy.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/ieListMeetings.aspx?CommitteeID=151&Info=1&bcr=1
The deadline for the submission of public questions is mid-day on Wednesday 4 December 2024 [12 noon, 3 clear working days before the meeting].
The deadline for the submission of a statement is mid-day on Monday 9 December 2024 [mid-day the working day before the meeting].
The deadline for the submission of a petition is Monday 25 November 2024 [10 working days before the meeting].
Decision:
Public Statement from Andrew Emery (East Cliff Community Group) on Agenda Item 13 – East Cliff and Springbourne Neighbourhood Plan
Dear Cabinet, on behalf of the East Cliff community group I appeal to you to postpone decision to approve the Springbourne and East Cliff Neighbourhood Plan Area and Forum which excludes over 700 East Cliff residents west of Meyrick Road until alternative overlapping proposals, acknowledged in paragraph 22 of the report before you, for an East Cliff only Neighbourhood Area which has been registered with BCP Council but has yet to be consulted upon.
To do otherwise risks the Council being vulnerable to a likely successful application for permission for judicial review as paragraph 16 of the Cabinet Report contravenes Regulation 9A(3) of the Neighbourhood Planning regulations 2012.
The Ward based proposals before you today do not reflect the boundaries of the two sustainable communities of the East Cliff and Springbourne with their very different demographics, built environments and social challenges. These communities deserve independent neighbourhood plans.
Public Statement from Mark Elkins (East Cliff and Springbourne Residents Group) on Agenda Item 13 – East Cliff and Springbourne Neighbourhood Plan
This proposed deferral is really unfair. The East Cliff and Springbourne Neighbourhood Plan (NP) application has been delayed by over a year. Original documentation was approved in 2023 by one member of staff and then required changes sought by a new member of staff in August 2024. Numerous progress follow ups were made from 2023 and I was told various reasons for the delay. Yet this recent East Cliff one is experiencing no such delay and was not even officially proposed until November 2024.
Please decline this deferral. If not I request a new East Cliff and Springbourne NP consultation to include the rest of East Cliff in Bournemouth Central Ward and then delay a decision on the East Cliff NP until that consultation is complete. The East Cliff and Springbourne NP report explains we wanted to accommodate boundary change requests and it now seems advice given was misleading.
Minutes:
Public Statement from Andrew Emery (East Cliff Community Group) on Agenda Item 13 – East Cliff and Springbourne Neighbourhood Plan
Dear Cabinet, on behalf of the East Cliff community group I appeal to you to postpone decision to approve the Springbourne and East Cliff Neighbourhood Plan Area and Forum which excludes over 700 East Cliff residents west of Meyrick Road until alternative overlapping proposals, acknowledged in paragraph 22 of the report before you, for an East Cliff only Neighbourhood Area which has been registered with BCP Council but has yet to be consulted upon.
To do otherwise risks the Council being vulnerable to a likely successful application for permission for judicial review as paragraph 16 of the Cabinet Report contravenes Regulation 9A(3) of the Neighbourhood Planning regulations 2012.
The Ward based proposals before you today do not reflect the boundaries of the two sustainable communities of the East Cliff and Springbourne with their very different demographics, built environments and social challenges. These communities deserve independent neighbourhood plans.
Public Statement from Mark Elkins (East Cliff and Springbourne Residents Group) on Agenda Item 13 – East Cliff and Springbourne Neighbourhood Plan
This proposed deferral is really unfair. The East Cliff and Springbourne Neighbourhood Plan (NP) application has been delayed by over a year. Original documentation was approved in 2023 by one member of staff and then required changes sought by a new member of staff in August 2024. Numerous progress follow ups were made from 2023 and I was told various reasons for the delay. Yet this recent East Cliff one is experiencing no such delay and was not even officially proposed until November 2024.
Please decline this deferral. If not I request a new East Cliff and Springbourne NP consultation to include the rest of East Cliff in Bournemouth Central Ward and then delay a decision on the East Cliff NP until that consultation is complete. The East Cliff and Springbourne NP report explains we wanted to accommodate boundary change requests and it now seems advice given was misleading.