The Cabinet had before it a *report of the Head of Planning and Regeneration
requesting Members to consider information on Area B of the Tiverton Eastern Urban Extension (EUE) for Stage 1 public consultation, for a Masterplan Supplementary Planning Document (SPD).
The Cabinet Member for Planning and Economic Regeneration outlined the contents of the report highlighting by way of presentation the area within the Eastern Urban Extension named as Area B. The Allocation and Infrastructure Development Plan Document adopted in January 2010 allocated sites for development which included 153 hectares of land east of Tiverton, he explained the mechanism for the master plan that had followed for Area A but had not fully resolved the land use issue across the whole of the allocation. Since the adoption of the existing masterplan, the Council had commissioned survey work to understand Area B and that this would now form an addendum to the masterplan for the Eastern Urban Extension.
He outlined the proposed 2 stages of consultation which would commence with a scoping exercise which would highlight the key issues of the developable area and amount of development, the access to Area B, green infrastructure and the phasing of development. He also outlined the opportunities available for access to the site and the constraints. He informed the meeting that the Stage 1 consultation programme would be delayed to take into consideration the Devon County Council elections and would therefore start on 16 May 2017 for a 4 week period.
Consideration was given to:
· Reservations regarding the access points to the site
· The impact on local residents and the need for the junction at the A361 to be in place prior to construction
· The impact on Blundells Road and Halberton
· Funding issues with regard to the A361 junction.
RESOLVED that the Area B Masterplan Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) be approved for stage 1 consultation.
(Proposed by Cllr R J Chesterton and seconded by Cllr K I Busch)
Note: - *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.