Issue - meetings
Objection to West Berkshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan
Meeting: 16/03/2021 - Cabinet (Item 32)
32 Objection to West Berkshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan 
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Cabinet Member: Environment
Forward Plan Ref: 2021/029
Contact: Kevin Broughton, MWLP Manager Tel: 07979 704458
Report by Corporate Director Communities (CA13 to be circulated separately).
The Cabinet are asked to endorse the officer recommendation to raise an objection to the R19 West Berks Minerals and Waste Local Plan pre-submission draft.
Additional documents:
- CA_MAR1621R20 Appendix 1 West_Berks_MWLP_SoCG_(Draft_for_Reg._19), item 32
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- CA_MAR1621R21 Annex 2 West Berkshire Final letter 15.2.2021, item 32
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- CA_MAR1621R22 West Berkshire - Annex 3 - Suggestions to overcome OCC Objections (Final), item 32
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Decision:
Recommendations agreed.
Minutes:
The Cabinet are asked to endorse the officer recommendation to raise an objection to the R19 West Berks Minerals and Waste Local Plan pre-submission draft.
Councillor John Sanders, Shadow Cabinet Member for Environment spoke in support of the recommendations.
Councillor Yvonne Constance, Cabinet Member for Environment commented that it was unexpected that West berkshire would conntinue to rely on Oxfordshire. An officer added that they were working closely with West Berkshire and had suggested a possible way forward.
RESOLVED: to:
(a) endorse the officer response to the West Berkshire Minerals and Waste Local Plan Consultation (Reg 19 Submission) and the Statement of Common Ground (appended).
(b) To delegate authority to the Corporate Director, Environment and Place in conjunction with the Cabinet member for Environment, to:
i. seek to overcome and where possible withdraw the objections set out in the appended Officer response through duty to co-operate discussion with West Berkshire Council; and
ii. approve the Statement of Common Ground with West Berkshire.