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Wirral Local Plan 2021-37 - Publication of Submission Draft Plan (Regulation 19) and Submission to Secretary of State for Examination (Regulation 22)

Meeting: 21/03/2022 - Council (Item 101)

101 Wirral Local Plan 2021-37 - Publication of Submission Draft Plan (Regulation 19) and Submission to Secretary of State for Examination (Regulation 22) pdf icon PDF 159 KB

The Council is requested to consider the recommendation from the Policy and Resources Committee, to be considered at the Committee’s meeting on 16 March, 2022.

 

The report is attached and the appendices can be viewed here.

 

The minute extract will be included in a supplementary agenda.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The first item requiring approval was in relation to the Wirral Local Plan 2021-37 – Publication of Submission Draft Plan (Regulation 19) and Submission to Secretary of State for Examination (Regulation 22).

 

Councillor Janette Williamson moved and Councillor Yvonne Nolan seconded the recommendations of the Policy and Resources Committee of 16 March, 2022 with regard to the Wirral Local Plan.

 

Following a full and considered debate and Councillor Williamson having replied, it was –

 

Resolved (58:0) - That Council:

 

(1)  Agrees and publishes the Wirral Local Plan-Submission Draft and Policies Map (as set out as Appendices 1 and 2 to the Director’s report respectively) (“the Wirral Local Plan”) for a period of six weeks as soon as practicable for representations to be invited as to soundness and legal compliance in accordance with Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (as amended) (“the Regulations”);

 

(2)  Agrees the submission of the Wirral Local Plan, along with representations received, to the Secretary of State for Independent Examination under section 20 of the Planning Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended) ("the 2004 Act"), together with the submission documents prescribed by Regulation 22 of the Regulations, following the conclusion of the Regulation 19 publication period;

 

(3)  Notes the Sustainability Appraisal, Habitats Regulation Assessment, Equality Impact Assessment, the Local Plan Duty to Co-operate Statement of Compliance, the Regulation 18 Consultation Statement and Local Plan evidence base published alongside Wirral Local Plan;

 

(4)  Authorises the Director of Regeneration and Place, in such consultation with the Chair and Spokespersons of Policy and Resources Committee as is practical and appropriate, to:

 

(a) make non-material typographical, formatting, mapping and other minor amendments to the Wirral Local Plan prior to publication and prior to submission of the Local Plan to the Secretary of State;

 

(b) produce and submit any supplementary information and documentation to the Local Plan Inspector(s) as may be required to complete the examination and address any issues relating to soundness and legal compliance including statements of common ground with various organisations;

 

(5)  Authorises the Director of Regeneration and Place, in consultation with Chair and Spokespersons of Policy and Resources Committee to:

 

(a) agree such main and other modifications to the Wirral Local Plan during the examination in public process as may be necessary to make the Wirral Local Plan sound and legally compliant, in accordance with section 20(7C) of the 2004 Act; and

 

(b) write to the Local Plan Inspector(s) appointed to carry out the Independent Examination of the submitted Wirral Local Plan asking them to recommend such main or other modifications to the submitted Wirral Local Plan as may be necessary to make the Wirral Local Plan sound and legally compliant, in accordance with section 20(7C) of the 2004 Act;

 

(6)  Endorses the Wirral Local Plan-Submission Draft as a material consideration to be used in the determination of planning applications, with appropriate weight given in accordance with paragraph 48 of the National Planning Policy Framework; and

 

(7)  Agrees in  ...  view the full minutes text for item 101