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Dorset Heathland SPD

Meeting: 20/12/2019 - Cabinet (Item 104)

104 Dorset Heathlands Planning Framework 2020-2025 Supplementary Planning Document PDF 154 KB

To seek approval to consult upon the Dorset Heathlands Planning Framework 2020-2025 Supplementary Planning Document.

To seek approval for the Urban Heaths Partnership funding to be agreed for a further 2 year period.

Additional documents:

Appenix 1, item 104 PDF 1 MB

Decision:

RESOLVED that:-

(a) Cabinet approves the publication of the Dorset Heathlands Planning Framework 2020-2025 Supplementary Planning Document for public consultation;

(b) any minor changes to the consultation document are delegated to the Director of Growth and Infrastructure in liaison with the Portfolio Holder for Strategic Planning; and

(c) Cabinet approves the funding arrangements for the Urban Heaths Partnership for the period 1^st April 2020 to 31^st March 2022.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Strategic Planning

Reason

To ensure the Council maintains a planning framework for mitigating impact on Dorset Heathlands. The document once adopted will have weight in decision making, when determining planning applications for new housing development. It will enable the decision maker a, as Competent Authority under the ‘Habitats Regulations’, the certainty that the impact of development will be mitigated avoiding an adverse effect upon the ‘Dorset Heathlands’.

The document is prepared jointly with Dorset Council and minor modifications may be requested by either Council which will need authorisation.

Minutes:

The Portfolio Holder for Strategic Planning presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'L' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Cabinet approval was sought to consult upon the Dorset Heathlands Planning Framework 2020-2025 Supplementary Planning Document and for Urban Heaths Partnership funding for a further 2 year period.

Cabinet Members spoke in support of the report.