Agenda item

The Executive RESOLVED that

(i)              the Draft Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area Avoidance Strategy Supplementary Planning Document (2018) as set out in Annex 1 to the agenda report be approved for public consultation in accordance with Regulation 13 of the Town & Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012;

(ii)             the SANGs Levy footnote on the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Regulation 123 List be updated to accord with the Developer Contributions section of the draft Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area Avoidance Strategy Supplementary Planning Document (2018); and

(iii)            if there are no significant changes arising from the consultation, authority  be delegated to the Executive Head of Regulatory, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning & People, to adopt the SPD.

The Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area Avoidance Strategy Supplementary Planning Document (2018) (Regulation 13 Consultation Draft) set out the approach that the Council would take to avoiding harm to the Special Protection Area as a result of new housing development.

The Executive was advised that the draft Supplementary Planning Document SPD updated the existing Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area Avoidance Strategy SPD 2012 and had taken into account guidance that had been issued since the 2012 SPD had been adopted. The notable changes included:

·       The addition of the requirement for considering step-in rights where a Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG) was not owned by the Council

·       The definition of ‘in perpetuity period’ had been updated in accordance with the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009, which was considered to be at least 125 years, as SANGs were expected to be provided and funded in perpetuity

·       Enabling the allocation of strategic or shared SANG (local authority owned) for development sites located in Camberley Town Centre, which were over the size threshold for triggering the requirement for bespoke SANGs, but unable to provide SANG land on-site

·       A consolidation of how developer contributions were currently collected for SANG and Strategic Access Management and Monitoring payments

The revised SPD would be subject to a 6- week period of public consultation. 

RESOLVED that

(i)          the Draft Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area Avoidance Strategy Supplementary Planning Document (2018) as set out in Annex 1 to the agenda report be approved for public consultation in accordance with Regulation 13 of the Town & Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012;

(ii)        the SANGs Levy footnote on the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Regulation 123 List be updated to accord with the Developer Contributions section of the draft Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area Avoidance Strategy Supplementary Planning Document (2018); and

(iii)      if there are no significant changes arising from the consultation, authority  be delegated to the Executive Head of Regulatory, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning & People, to adopt the SPD.