Issue - meetings

** Appendix to follow **

Report of Head of Planning and Affordable Housing Policy and Head of Development Control and Major Developments

Summary

To inform members of the outline bid submission and provide details of the full bid for information.

Recommendations

The Executive is recommended to:

(1)               Note the report and consider any decisions that may arise (further detail may be available by the time of the meeting)

(2)               Approve the contents of the outline bid and supporting information in the Programme of Development as the Council’s submission for eco town funding (copy to be circulated as soon as available)

Agreed

The Head of Planning and Affordable Housing Policy and Head of Development Control and Major Developments submitted a joint report to inform members of the outline bid submission and provide details of the full bid for information.

The Executive requested that their appreciation of the effort put in by staff to produce such a high quality and impressive document within tight timescales be recorded and that the staff involved be thanked.

Councillors Fulljames and Sibley addressed the meeting.

Resolved

(1)               That the report be noted.

(2)               That the contents of the outline bid and supporting information in the Programme of Development as the Council’s submission for eco town funding be approved

Reasons – The Government set out details of £60 million start up funding for the four eco town locations in the Planning Policy Statement published on 16 July 2009.  The Ministerial Statement accompanying the announcement of North West Bicester as an eco town location also identified other sources of funding.  

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