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Report of the Cabinet Member Built Environment

The Cabinet Member Built Environment introduced what was largely a technical matter following a set of revisions to a document with which any Planning Committee members would be reasonably familiar with.  Cabinet had agreed the draft revisions for consultation on the 25 September 2012, eight comments had been received (as set out at Appendix 3) and the amendments were approved by Cabinet at their meeting on the 15 January 2013.

There had been nine specific wording changes which covered three main areas; (A) the type of uses deemed to be acceptable; (B) the role of the Municipal Offices Heritage Assessment September 2010 in the design and decision-making process; and (C) the nature of bus interchange provision and the work emerging from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.  B and C aimed at bringing the document up to date and A addressed an inconsistency between the Brief and the SPD in the description of acceptable uses, the wording was less prescriptive, suggesting what might be acceptable and offering more flexibility in line with the requirements of the National Planning Policy Framework which called for councils to encourage development. 

There were no questions or comments.

Upon a vote it was

RESOLVED (with 1 abstention) that for planning purposes the schedule of revisions to the Royal Well Development Brief, part of the Cheltenham Civic Pride Urban design Framework Supplementary Planning Document as set out at Appendix 2, be approved. 

Report of the Cabinet Member Built Environment

RESOLVED

Torecommend to Council the adoption for planning purposes of the schedule of revisions to the Royal Well Development Brief part of the Cheltenham Civic Pride Urban Design Framework Supplementary Planning Document as set out at Appendix 2 to this report.

The Cabinet Member Built Environment introduced the report which sought technical revisions to the Royal Well Development Brief. The Brief is a technical appendix to the Cheltenham Civic Pride Urban Design Framework Supplementary Planning Document. The revisions, listed in Appendix 2, arose from the need to correct inconsistencies between the Brief and the parent SPD in order to clarify the planning position when progressing the site to market.

The Cabinet Member explained that the aim of the draft revisions was to focus on wording changes to the Brief. The main aims of this were to make the wording around use less exclusive, reflecting the altered policy environment of the National Planning Policy Framework and the altered state of the market. It also established a consistency between the SPD and the Brief; and clarified the existence and role of the Municipal Offices Heritage Assessment September 2010; and allowed solutions to the bus interchange and traffic management issue to emerge in a more pragmatic manner.

RESOLVED

Torecommend to Council the adoption for planning purposes of the schedule of revisions to the Royal Well Development Brief part of the Cheltenham Civic Pride Urban Design Framework Supplementary Planning Document as set out at Appendix 2 to this report.