Issue - meetings

Report of Executive Director: Place and Growth

Purpose of report

To propose that the Executive recommends to Council that it ‘makes’ the Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan following the successful referendum held in Adderbury Parish on 21 June 2018.

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended:

 1.1        To note the referendum result of 21 June 2018 where 91.6% of those who voted were in favour of the Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan which is above the required 50%

1.2         To recommend to Council that it 'makes' the Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan so that it continues to have effect as part of the statutory Development Plan for the District.

1.3         To recommend to Council that it approves the issuing and publication of a decision statement.

Resolved

(1)          That the referendum result of 21 June 2018 where 91.6% of those who voted were in favour of the Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan which is above the required 50% be noted.

(2)          That Council be recommended to 'make' the Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan so that it continues to have effect as part of the statutory Development Plan for the District.

(3)          That Council be recommended to approve the issuing and publication of a decision statement.

The Executive Director: Place and Growth submitted a report to propose that the Executive recommends to Council that it ‘makes’ the Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan following the successful referendum held in Adderbury Parish on 21 June 2018.

Resolved

(1)           That the referendum result of 21 June 2018 where 91.6% of those who voted were in favour of the Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan which is above the required 50% be noted.

(2)           That Council be recommended to 'make' the Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan so that it continues to have effect as part of the statutory Development Plan for the District.

(3)           That Council be recommended to approve the issuing and publication of a decision statement.

Reasons

A referendum was held on the Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan on 21 June 2018. Of those eligible to vote, 651 voted in favour of the Plan with 58 against. The vote of 91.6% in favour, meets the requisite majority and the Plan is now part of the statutory Development Plan. The Council is still required to formally 'make' the Plan and there is no known breach or incompatibility with EU or human rights obligations which prevents this. The Executive is therefore requested to recommend the 'making' of the Adderbury Neighbourhood Plan to the meeting of Council on 16 July 2018 which would be within the prescribed eight week period.

Alternative options

Where a referendum poll results in more than half of those eligible to vote voting in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan, the local planning authority must ‘make’ the Plan.  The Council is not subject to this duty if the making of the plan would breach, or would otherwise be incompatible with, any EU or human rights obligations.  There is no known breach or incompatibility.  Consequently there are no other options.