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To Members of the Cabinet Executive
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Councillor E.F. White (Leader) − Policy, Equality and Strategic Management
Councillor J.O. Hudson
(Deputy Leader)
− Finance and E-Government
Councillor D.R. Clements − Quality Services and Parish/Town Council
Partnerships
Councillor J.A. Dickinson − Housing and Asset Management
Councillor F.G.H Jackson − The Natural and Built Environment
Councillor W.C. Law − Safer Communities
Councillor E.A. Webster-
Williams
− Community Focus
Dear Councillor,
A meeting of the CABINET EXECUTIVE will be held in the Brooks Room at these offices on
FRIDAY, 2 MARCH 2007 at 9.30 a.m. for the transaction of the following business and your
attendance is requested.
Yours faithfully
Kris Johnston
Head of Administration and Legal Services
AGENDA
5. Blaby District Council Local Development Framework - Revised Local Development
Scheme and 'Saved' policies of the Blaby District Local Plan (Pages 1 - 8)
To consider the report of the Head of Planning and Environmental Health Services
(enclosed).
NOTE :
The Forward Plan is sent out with this agenda as an information item and is also available on
Blaby District Council’s website (www.blaby.gov.uk).
Blaby District Council Council Offices Desford Road Narborough Leicestershire LE19 2EP
Telephone: 0116 275 0555 Fax: 0116 275 0368 Minicom: 0116 284 9786 Web: www.blaby.gov.uk
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BLABY DISTRICT COUNCIL
Meeting: Cabinet Executive
Date: 2 March 2007
Subject: Supplementary Report:
Local Development Framework – Revised Local
Development Scheme and the Extension of “Saved”
Policies in the Blaby District Local Plan
Report of: Head of Planning and Environmental Health Services
Status: Public
1. Purpose of the supplementary report
1.1 To update Cabinet Executive following recent clarification from
Government Office of the East Midlands (GOEM) relating to ‘saved’
policies.
2.
2.1
2.2
2.3
Revised Recommendation
Decision Recommended
Agenda Item 5
That the Revised Local Development Scheme (RLDS), as shown in
Appendix 1 to the original report, be agreed for submission to the
Secretary of State.
That the requested extension of “saved” policies in the Blaby District
Local Plan, as shown in Appendix 2 to the original report (and the
additional policies specified in appendix 1 of this supplementary
report), be agreed for submission to the Secretary of State.
That delegated authority be granted to the Head of Planning and
Environmental Health Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder
for the Natural and Built Environment, to make any necessary
amendments to the final Revised Local Development Scheme
document and the request to extend the “saved” policies of the BDLP
prior to their submission to the Secretary of State.
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3.
3.1
3.2
Reasons for the Decision Recommended
The RLDS and the request to extend “saved” policies of the BDLP must
be submitted to the Secretary of State by 31 March 2007. The
timetable set out in the RLDS represents the Council’s priorities for
producing Local Development Documents (LDD) over the next 5 years.
It is considered that this timetable is both realistic and achievable
having regard to current Government guidance.
Amendments to the RLDS and the request to extend “saved” policies,
shown in Appendices 1 and 2 of the original report respectively (and
the additional policies specified in appendix 1 of this
supplementary report), may be necessary depending on the response
of the GOEM to the current pre-submission discussions.
4. Forward Plan
4.1 Forward Plan Reference Number 07/06 (602).
5. Key Decision
5.1 Yes.
6. Matters for consideration
6.1 Proposed amendments.
6.1.1 Appendices 2 and 3 of the original report set out the policies that are
proposed ‘to be saved’, and those that are proposed ‘not to be saved’.
Following the drafting of the report to Cabinet Executive, GOEM has
clarified advice relating to saved policies, indicating that they can only
be saved in their entirety and not in part. Appendix 3 of the original
report sets out parts of several policies that were proposed not to be
saved. Given GOEM’s advice, it now appears that these policies need
to be saved in their entirety to avoid the loss of that part of the policy
which is still relevant.
6.1.2 Appendix 1 to this supplementary report details additional policies
originally contained in appendix 3 of the original report that now need
to be saved. If the proposed revised recommendation is agreed, these
additional policies will be forwarded to the Secretary of State as part of
the saved policies contained in appendix 2 of the original report.
7. Other Options Considered
7.1 The Council must complete its RLDS in time for it to operate from 1
April 2007. It must also make its request to extend the saved policies
of the BDLP by this date. Delaying its submission to GOEM is not an
option. Other options in respect of the content and timing of
documents included within the RLDS have been considered when
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preparing Section 6 of this report and rejected because they are not
considered to represent the priorities of this Council and/or their
inclusion would result in a timetable which is unrealistic and therefore
not deliverable. Other options in respect of the extension to “saved”
policies have been considered and rejected because they were either
not considered to satisfy Department for Community and Local
Government Protocol, or their omission would leave an undesirable
policy “void”.
8. Appropriate Consultations
8.1 Internal consultations with appropriate officers of this Council.
9. Financial and Asset Implications
9.1 The financial implications of this report will follow.
10. List of Background Papers
10.1 The following have been used as background papers for this report:
- Planning Policy Statement 12: Local Development Frameworks,
ODPM (September 2004)
- Creating Local Development Frameworks – A Companion Guide to
PPS 12, ODPM (September 2004)
- Draft East Midlands Regional Plan (RSS 8), East Midlands
Regional Assembly (September 2006)
- Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Structure Plan 1996-2016,
Leicestershire County, Leicester City and Rutland County Councils
(March 2005)
- Blaby District Local Plan, Blaby District Council (September 1999)
- Local Development Framework Issues Paper Responses
Information Report, Blaby District Council (February 2005)
- Blaby District Local Development Scheme, Blaby District Council
(June 2005)
- Blaby District Statement of Community Involvement, Blaby District
Council (July 2006)
- Blaby District Draft Core Strategy (Preferred Options), Blaby District
Council (April 2006)
- The following studies undertaken by consultants on behalf of Blaby
District Council; Housing Needs and Market Study (April 2005);
Urban Capacity Study (November 2005) and Employment Land
Study (March 2006)
- District of Blaby Community Plan (2005)
- CWA Survey of Residents, Blaby District Council (October 2006)
- Blaby District Council Corporate Plan to 2010, Blaby District Council
(February 2006)
- Letter from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister regarding
preparation of Local Development Schemes to all Chief Planning
Officers (26 November 2004)
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- Letter from The Planning Inspectorate regarding preparation of
Local Development Schemes to the Head of Planning and
Development Services (18 November 2004)
- Letter from the Department of Communities and Local Government
regarding the Protocol for requesting an extension of “saved”
policies to the Chief Executive and Chief Planning Officer (11
August 2006)
- Letter from Government Office for the East Midlands regarding
Local Development Frameworks to the Chief Planning Officer (6
December 2006)
P M Clarke
Head of Planning & Environmental Health Services
2 March 2007
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R15
(a)
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E7 i),
E7 iv)
T13 ii)
New Residential
Development
(Gynsills,
Glenfield)
Employment
Development
Proposals (Mill
Hill Enderby)
Employment
Development
Proposals
(Meridian
Business park,
Braunstone)
Land
Safeguarded for
the Provision of
New Railway
Stations (Station
Road, Croft)
CHAPTER THREE: Housing
Policies to be saved
Appendix 1.
X n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 Policy R15 (a) needs to be saved.
Whilst the policy addresses a site that
has been developed, it forms part of a
wider policy that needs to be saved.
Loss of policy R15 would result in a
policy void that is not addressed
elsewhere in the development plan.
CHAPTER FOUR: Employment
Policies to be saved
X n/a X n/a n/a n/a 1 Policy E7 (i) needs to be saved. Whilst
the policy addresses a site that has
been developed, it forms part of a
wider policy that needs to be saved.
Loss of policy E7 would result in a
policy void that is not addressed
elsewhere in the development plan.
X n/a X n/a n/a n/a 0 Policy E7 (iv) needs to be saved.
Whilst the policy addresses a site that
has been developed, it forms part of a
wider policy that needs to be saved.
Loss of policy E7 would result in a
policy void that is not addressed
elsewhere in the development plan.
CHAPTER Five: Transport and Accessibility
Policies to be saved
X n/a X n/a n/a 0 Policy T13 (ii) needs to be saved.
Whilst it identifies a specific location
for a new railway station which has
very limited likelihood of being
progressed, it forms part of a wider
policy that needs to be saved. Loss of
policy T13 would result in a policy void
that is not addressed elsewhere in the
development plan.

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T13 iii)
T17 i)
T17 iii)
L6 i)
L6 ii)
Land
Safeguarded for
the Provision of
New Railway
Stations (Station
Road,
Elmesthorpe)
Road Schemes
and
Improvements
(A426
GlenParva by
pass)
Road Schemes
and
Improvements
(Leicester
western by-pass)
Other Public
Open Space
Proposals (Dog
& Gun Lane
(south),
Whetstone)
Other Public
Open Space
Proposals (Dog
& Gun Lane
(north),
Whetstone)
X n/a X n/a n/a 0 Policy T13 (iii) needs to be saved.
Whilst it identifies a specific location
for a new railway station which has
very limited likelihood of being
progressed, it forms part of a wider
policy that needs to be saved. Loss of
policy T13 would result in a policy void
that is not addressed elsewhere in the
development plan.
X n/a n/a X n/a n/a X 0 Policy T17 (i) needs to be saved.
Whilst It identifies a specific highway
proposal which has no likelihood of
being progressed, it forms part of a
wider policy that needs to be saved.
Loss of policy T17 would result in a
policy void that is not addressed
elsewhere in the development plan.
X n/a n/a X n/a n/a X 0 Policy T17 (iii) needs to be saved.
Whilst It identifies a specific highway
proposal which has no likelihood of
being progressed, it forms part of a
wider policy that needs to be saved.
Loss of policy T17 would result in a
policy void that is not addressed
elsewhere in the development plan.
CHAPTER Eight: Recreation, Sport, Leisure and Tourism
Policies to be saved
X n/a n/a X n/a X n/a 0 Policy L6 (i) needs to be saved.
Notwithstanding that the proposal has
been implemented, it forms part of a
wider policy that needs to be saved.
Loss of policy L6 would result in a
policy void that is not addressed
elsewhere in the development plan.
X n/a n/a X n/a X n/a 0 Policy L6 (ii) needs to be saved.
Notwithstanding that the proposal has
been implemented, it forms part of a
wider policy that needs to be saved.
Loss of policy L6 would result in a
policy void that is not addressed
elsewhere in the development plan.

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L7 (v)
L10 iv)
viii) ix)
Recreation
Routes v)
Tourism
Development
X n/a n/a X n/a X n/a 0 Policy L7 (v) needs to be saved..
Whilst there is no likelihood that this
proposal will be achieved during the
plan period, it forms part of a wider
policy that needs to be saved. Loss of
policy L7 would result in a policy void
that is not addressed elsewhere in the
development plan
n/a X n/a X n/a X 0 Policy L10 iv - viii) & ix) needs be
saved. Whilst there is no likelihood
that these proposal will be achieved
during the plan period, they form part
of a wider policy that needs to be
saved. Loss of policy 10 would result
in a policy void that is not addressed
elsewhere in the development plan

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