Decision details

To present Part 1 of the Register to Members and explain the new statutory requirements

Resolved

(1)          That the statutory requirement for the Council to produce a Brownfield Land Register at least annually and the implications of including land within the Register be noted.

(2)          That the Brownfield Land Register (Part 1) (annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book) be approved so that it can be published by 31 December 2017 to meet the statutory requirement, and that  the Head of Strategic Planning & the Economy and Strategic Lead for Growth be authorised to make any necessary minor amendments prior to publication.

(3)          That it be noted that responsibility for preparing Part 1 of the Brownfield Land Register lies with Planning Policy officers and that annual reviews will be presented to the Executive alongside the Annual Monitoring Report.

(4)          That it be noted that responsibility for the optional entering of land into Part 2 of the Brownfield Land Register, and for the consequential grant of ‘Permission in Principle’, rests with Development Management officers and the Planning Committee.