Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Planning and Regeneration requesting Members to consider the draft Design Guide for the Tiverton Eastern Urban Extension.

The Cabinet had before it a *report of the Head of Planning and Regeneration requesting it to consider the draft design guide for the Tiverton Eastern Urban Extension.

The Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Regeneration outlined the contents of the report highlighting the consultation process that had taken place to date and the role of the design guide which sought to bring clarity to design requirements for the whole of the Eastern Urban Extension.  He explained the method of design requirements throughout the whole site based on the theme of a new garden neighbourhood for Tiverton.

Consideration was given to:

·         Minor amendments to the wording within the guide

·         Comparison developments

·         What weight the guide would have  within the planning process

·         The possibility of  translating the design guide into a Supplementary Planning Document and the weight that this would have in planning terms

·         The cost  and resource  required to produce a Supplementary Planning Document

RESOLVED that Members were minded to approve the document but wished to defer the decision to allow for minor amendments to be made to the wording of the guide and  for consideration of the implications, costs and timescales of developing a Supplementary Planning Document as an addition to the guide.

(Proposed by Cllr R L Stanley and seconded by Cllr C R Slade)

Note:  *Report previously copy attached to minutes.