Part A
1
Welcome and Announcements
The Chairman will welcome members of the public and Councillors and remind everyone to use microphones at all times when they are speaking. The Chairman will also explain action in the event of an emergency, mobile phones switched to silent, audio-recording of the meeting. Councillors who are members of the committee will introduce themselves.
2
Substitutions
Councillors will be asked to say if they are attending on behalf of a Committee member who is absent.
3
Urgent Items
The Chair will announce if there is any item not on the published agenda which will be considered because it is urgent and will explain the reason for the urgency.
4
Declarations of Interest
Councillors will be asked to say if there are any items on the agenda about which they have a disclosable pecuniary interest which would prevent them from participating in any discussion of the item or participating in any vote upon the item, or any other registerable interest or non-registerable interest.
5
Minutes of Previous Meeting
The Councillors will be invited to confirm that the minutes of the meeting held on 17 June 2024 are a correct record.
6
Have Your Say! (Hybrid Local Plan Meetings)
Up to eight members of the public may make representations to the Local Plan Committee on any item on the agenda or any other matter relating to the business of the Local Plan Committee. Each representation may be no longer than three minutes. Members of the public wishing to address the Local Plan Committee must register their wish to address the meeting by emailing democratic.services@colchester.gov.uk by 12:00 noon on the working day before the meeting. In addition, a written copy of the representation should be supplied.
The Committee are invited to note the reasons behind the making of an article 4 direction concerning land at Pennsylvania Lane, Tiptree, and to support the formal confirmation of the article 4 direction within the requisite 6 month period.
The Committee are asked to instruct the Head of Service to re-serve the Article 4 Directions as soon as possible and delegate to the Planning Head of Service powers to consider any representations received in response and, as appropriate, confirm the directions within the requisite statutory timescale. In the event that a large volume of adverse responses are received raising substantive new issues, then the Head of Service will refer the confirmation back for the Committee's further consideration.
The Committee are invited to agree the changes to the Local Development Scheme.
The Committee are asked to note the collated Issues and Options report and agree to publish it on the Council's Local Plan Webpages.
The Committee are invited to note the progress made on the evidence base to support the Colchester Local Plan Review.
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Exclusion of the Public (not Scrutiny or Executive)
In accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public, including the press, from the meeting so that any items containing exempt information (for example confidential personal, financial or legal advice), in Part B of this agenda (printed on yellow paper) can be decided. (Exempt information is defined in Section 100I and Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972).