25 July 2012 - East Devon District Council

Arising from consideration of the above minutes:-
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Meeting of the Council, 25 July 2012
a) Localisation of Council Tax Benefit for working age customers
(Cabinet Minute 29)
Correction in text to read Portfolio Holder – Corporate Business instead of
Corporate Services.
b) Seaton – Windsor Gardens access (Cabinet Minute 40)
Councillor Peter Burrows who had specially attended the Cabinet meeting
to raise concerns about the potential problems of allowing developers
access across Windsor Gardens for a year said that these concerns should
have been more clearly set out in the minutes. He said that traffic
movements were a real issue. The Leader advised that the Council had
ensured that the conditions attached to the permission would minimise
disruption and that the Portfolio Holder – Environment and his Deputy
would monitor the works.
c) Cabinet – 11 July 2012
Councillor Pauline Stott had not been present and asked for her apologies
to be recorded.
d) Planning Policy – New East Devon Local Plan 2006 – 2026
Special Meeting of Development Management Committee (Minute 11)
Proposed amendments:
1. Councillor Roger Giles proposed an amendment to the minute to reduce
the allocation of 2 hectares of employment land at Ottery St Mary to 0.67
hectares. He said that this would reflect the advice in the Roger Tym
and Partners‟ report which had been commissioned by the Council.
The amendment was seconded by Councillor Claire Wright.
Councillor Mark Williamson asked the Planning Policy Manager to
respond. Matt Dickins advised that Roger Tym‟s report referred to
Class B Land Use but the 2 hectares included in the draft Local Plan
had wider implications and included educational, retail and residential
care use.
The amendment was put to the vote and lost.
2. Councillor Mike Allen proposed that an Extraordinary meeting of the
Council be held to enable all Councillors to be presented with a full
version of the Local Plan and to contribute to the debate. This would
include further consideration of the proposal in respect of the Sidford
development land and advice from the Environment Agency and
Highways. He said that the meeting could be timetabled without causing
disruption to the Local Plan process and its timelines.