Agenda item - Local Development Framework - Brighton and Hove Core Strategy: Submission

Extract from the proceedings of the Cabinet meeting held on the 12 November 2009, together with a report of the Director of Environment (copies attached).

 

Note:     The procedural document for the debate on this item has been included with the agenda papers for information.

 

             Due to its size the full paperwork associated with the Core Strategy has been made available on the council’s web site and copies have been placed in the Members’ Rooms.

 

36.1       The Mayor noted that the council was quarate and therefore reconvened the meeting at 6.55pm.

 

36.2       Councillor Peltzer Dunn asked for a point of clarification on whether the detailed list of amendments circulated to all councillors on the evening of the 9^th December showed the extent of the amendments known at that time.

 

36.3       The Head of Democratic Services confirmed that the detailed list that had been e-mailed to all Members was considered to be the correct version at the time of circulation.

 

36.4       Councillor Peltzer Dunn queried why the hard copy of amendments then circulated to Members just prior to the meeting differed from the version that had been e-mailed.

 

36.5       The Head of Law stated that an administrative error had been highlighted in the morning of the Council meeting, which officers had then sought to clarify and subsequently rectify so that the hard copy of amendments listed in the Addendum papers was correct.  The difference being that elements in relation to the Labour Group amendment on the Marina should have been shown as part of the Joint Amendment rather than as part of the Labour Amendment under Theme 2 – The Economy.

 

36.6       The Mayor noted the information and called on Councillor Mears to introduce the report.

 

36.7       Councillor Mears introduced the report and formally moved that the Core Strategy be adopted and submitted to the Secretary of State.

 

36.8       Councillor Theobald formally seconded the report and wished to place on record his thanks to the officers involved in putting the revised Local Development Framework together.

 

36.9       The Mayor noted that the protocol covering the consideration of the item had been agreed and therefore each theme would be moved and seconded by representatives of the Administration, followed by those moving seconding joint and/or individual amendments under each theme, before moving to a general debate and then voting on the amendments and the final substantive recommendations.

 

36.10    Councillor Theobald introduced the first theme covering ‘The Spatial Strategy, Housing and Urban Fringe’ and moved that the theme be approved.

 

36.11    Councillor Caulfield seconded the theme.

 

36.12    Councillor Mitchell moved the joint Liberal Democrats/Green/Labour Groups’ amendment to the theme as detailed in the addendum papers.

 

36.13    Councillor Elgood seconded the joint amendment.

 

36.14    Councillor Meadows moved the Labour Group’s amendment to theme.

 

36.15    Councillor Marsh seconded the Labour Group’s amendment.

 

36.16    Councillor Wrighton moved the Green Group’s amendment to theme.

 

36.17    Councillor West seconded the Green Group’s amendment.

 

36.18    The Assistant Director – City Planner informed the council that the Green Group’s amendment was unsound and could not therefore be regarded as a viable amendment to the Core Strategy.

 

36.19    The Mayor noted the information and ruled that the Green Group’s proposed amendment could not be considered or voted upon.

 

36.20    Councillor Kemble introduced the second theme covering ‘The Economy’ and moved that the theme be approved.

 

36.21    Councillor Caulfield seconded the theme.

 

36.22    Councillor Elgood moved the joint Labour/Green/Liberal Democrats Groups’ amendment to the theme as detailed in the addendum papers.

 

36.23    Councillor Randall seconded the joint amendment.

 

36.24    Councillor Hamilton moved the Labour Group’s amendment to theme.

 

36.25    Councillor Carden seconded the Labour Group’s amendment.

 

36.26    Councillor Kitcat moved the Green Group’s amendment to theme.

 

36.27    Councillor Taylor seconded the Green Group’s amendment.

 

36.28    The Assistant Director – City Planner informed the council that the Green Group’s amendment was unsound and could not therefore be regarded as a viable amendment to the Core Strategy.

 

36.29    The Mayor noted the information and ruled that the Green Group’s proposed amendment could not be considered or voted upon.

 

36.30    Councillor Theobald introduced the third theme covering ‘Transport and Infrastructure’ and moved that the theme be approved.

 

36.31    Councillor Young seconded the theme.

 

36.32    Councillor Mitchell moved the joint Green/Labour/Liberal Democrats Groups’ amendment to the theme as detailed in the addendum papers.

 

36.33    Councillor West seconded the joint amendment.

 

36.34    Councillor Turton moved the Labour Group’s amendment to theme.

 

36.35    Councillor Lepper seconded the Labour Group’s amendment.

 

36.36    Councillor Duncan moved the Green Group’s amendment to theme.

 

36.37    Councillor Phillips seconded the Green Group’s amendment.

 

36.38    The Assistant Director – City Planner informed the council that four of the Green Group’s elements listed under their overall amendment were unsound and could not therefore be regarded as viable amendments to the Core Strategy.  However, two elements were sound and could therefore be included.

 

36.39    The Mayor noted the information and ruled that the four elements listed as unsound under the Green Group’s proposed amendment could not be considered or voted upon.  However, the remaining two elements could be debated and voted on in due course.

 

36.40    Councillor Elgood raised a point of order and asked if the Mayor would agree to a short adjournment as he believed there was an opportunity for the Group Leaders to reach an agreement on the various amendments and how they should be dealt with.

 

36.41    The Mayor noted the information and agreed to Councillor Elgood’s request on the basis that it was hoped agreement could be reached which would assist the process for consideration of the matter before council.

 

36.42    The meeting was adjourned at 8.25pm.

 

36.43    The Mayor reconvened the meeting at 10.00pm and asked the Monitoring Officer to outline the process that had been agreed by the Group Leaders and their Groups during the adjournment.

 

36.44    The Monitoring Officer informed council that following discussions the Groups had been able to identify a number of the elements listed under each of the Joint Amendments where unanimity existed.  It was therefore proposed that these should be taken on block and voted on.  This would then leave a number of elements that could not be accepted and therefore would have to be taken on an individual basis and voted on separately.  In view of this, it was proposed to enable the remaining three themes and the amendments to be moved and seconded formally, to dispense with the intended general debate on the report and the amendments and to move to a vote on the various themes and amendments as necessary.

 

36.45    The monitoring Officer then confirmed that it was proposed to vote on the joint amendments as follows:

         

          Theme 1,

          Theme 2 other than one element changes to DA2 Brighton Marina,

          Theme 4,

          Theme 5,

          Theme 6 with a slight change to wording to be clarified by the Assistant Director – City Planner,

          Theme 3 with the various elements not accepted taken individually, followed by:

 

          The Labour Group’s amendments in respect of Themes 1, 2 and 3; and

          The Green Group’s two elements in respect of Theme 3.

 

36.46    The Mayor noted the information and put the proposals to the council which were agreed.

 

36.47    Councillor Mears noted that a number of elements under Themes 2 and 3 remained unaccepted and therefore requested that a recorded vote be taken when they were due to be voted upon.

 

36.48    The Mayor noted that sufficient support had been indicated for a recorded vote and also noted that the proposers of the four notices of motion listed on the agenda had asked to withdraw them in view of the lateness of meeting and sought agreement from the council, which was agreed.

 

36.49    Councillor Simson introduced the fourth theme covering ‘Reducing Inequalities’ and moved that the theme be approved.

 

36.50    Councillor Oxley seconded the theme.

 

36.51    Councillor Elgood moved the joint Liberal Democrats/Labour/Green Groups’ amendment to the theme as detailed in the addendum papers.

 

36.52    Councillor McCaffery seconded the joint amendment.

 

36.53    Councillor Wakefield-Jarrett moved the Green Group’s amendment to theme.

 

36.54    Councillor Fryer seconded the Green Group’s amendment.

 

36.55    The Assistant Director – City Planner informed the council that the Green Group’s amendment was unsound and could not therefore be regarded as a viable amendment to the Core Strategy.

 

36.56    The Mayor noted the information and ruled that the Green Group’s proposed amendment could not be considered or voted upon.

 

36.57    Councillor Norman introduced the fifth theme covering ‘Open Space, Biodiversity, Sports and a Healthy City’ and moved that the theme be approved.

 

36.58    Councillor Brown seconded the theme.

 

36.59    Councillor Randall moved the joint Green/Liberal Democrats/Labour Groups’ amendment to the theme as detailed in the addendum papers.

 

36.60    Councillor Watkins seconded the joint amendment.

 

36.61    Councillor Fallon-Khan introduced the sixth theme covering ‘Sustainable Development, Design and Public Spaces and Climate Change’ and moved that the theme be approved.

 

36.62    Councillor Older seconded the theme.

 

36.63    Councillor Kennedy moved the joint Labour/Liberal Democrats/Green Groups’ amendment to the theme as detailed in the addendum papers.

 

36.64    Councillor Allen seconded the joint amendment.

 

36.65    The Assistant Director – City Planner confirmed that there was cross-party support for the Joint Amendment to Theme 1.

 

36.66    The Mayor moved that the Joint Amendment to Theme 1 be agreed.

 

36.67    The motion was carried.

 

36.68    The Assistant Director – City Planner confirmed that there was cross-party support for all the elements listed under the Joint Amendment to Theme 2, other than in respect of the proposed amendment to DA2 Brighton Marina (27 -29).

 

36.69    The Mayor moved that the various elements detailing changes under the Joint Amendment to Theme 2, other than DA2 Brighton Marina (27-29) be agreed.

 

36.70    The motion was carried.

 

36.71    The Mayor noted that a recorded vote had been requested and moved that the proposed amendments to the wording listed in the Joint Amendment for Theme 2, DA2 Brighton Marina (27-29) be agreed;

 

	NAME	For	Against	Abstain
Cllr	Alford		x
	Allen	x
	Barnett		x
	Bennett			x
	Brown		x
	Carden	x
	Caulfield		x
	Cobb		x
	Davey	x
	Davis	x
	Drake		x
	Duncan	x
	Elgood	x
	Fallon-Khan		x
	Fryer	x
	Hamilton	x
	Harmer-Strange		x
	Hawkes	x
	Hyde		x
	Janio		x
	Kemble		x
	Kennedy	x
	Kitcat	x
	Lepper	x
	Marsh	x
	McCaffery	x
	Meadows	x
	Mears		x
	Mitchell	x
	Morgan	x
	Norman, Ann		x
	Norman, Ken		x
	Older		x
	Oxley		x
	Peltzer Dunn		x
	Phillips	x
	Pidgeon		x
	Randall	x
	Rufus	x
	Simpson	x
	Simson		x
	Smart		x
	Smith		x
	Steedman	x
	Taylor	x
	Theobald, Carol		x
	Theobald, Geoffrey		x
	Turton	x
	Wakefield-Jarrett	x
	Watkins	x
	Wells		x
	West	x
	Wrighton	x
	Young		x
	Total	28	25	1

 

36.72    The motion was carried.

 

36.73    The Assistant Director – City Planner confirmed that there was cross-party support for the Joint Amendment to Theme 4.

 

36.74    The Mayor moved that the Joint Amendment to Theme 4 be agreed.

 

36.75    The motion was carried.

 

36.76    The Assistant Director – City Planner confirmed that there was cross-party support for the Joint Amendment to Theme 5.

 

36.77    The Mayor moved that the Joint Amendment to Theme 5 be agreed.

 

36.78    The motion was carried.

 

36.79    The Assistant Director – City Planner confirmed that there was cross-party support for the Joint Amendment to Theme 6, subject to a change in the wording in relation to Valley Gardens.

 

36.80    The Mayor moved that the Joint Amendment to Theme 6 with the revised wording in relation to Valley Gardens be agreed.

 

36.81    The motion was carried.

 

36.82    The Assistant Director – City Planner confirmed that the elements 11, 13 (first 13), 24a, 25b, 28, 32-33, 38a, 42a, 46-47, 51a, 57, 59b, 104 and 105 listed under the Joint Amendment to Theme 3 could not be accepted and therefore would be taken on an individual basis.

 

36.83    The Mayor moved that the various elements detailing changes under the Joint Amendment to Theme 3, other than those listed by the Assistant Director, which were to be the subject of separate votes be agreed.

 

36.84    The motion was carried.

 

36.85    The Mayor noted that a recorded vote had been requested and moved that the proposed amendment to the wording listed under 11 in the Joint Amendment for Theme 3, be agreed;

         

	NAME	For	Against	Abstain
Cllr	Alford		x
	Allen	x
	Barnett		x
	Bennett		x
	Brown		x
	Carden	x
	Caulfield		x
	Cobb		x
	Davey	x
	Davis	x
	Drake		x
	Duncan	x
	Elgood	x
	Fallon-Khan		x
	Fryer	x
	Hamilton	x
	Harmer-Strange		x
	Hawkes	x
	Hyde		x
	Janio		x
	Kemble		x
	Kennedy	x
	Kitcat	x
	Lepper	x
	Marsh	x
	McCaffery	x
	Meadows	x
	Mears		x
	Mitchell	x
	Morgan	x
	Norman, Ann		x
	Norman, Ken		x
	Older		x
	Oxley		x
	Peltzer Dunn		x
	Phillips	x
	Pidgeon		x
	Randall	x
	Rufus	x
	Simpson	x
	Simson		x
	Smart		x
	Smith		x
	Steedman	x
	Taylor	x
	Theobald, Carol		x
	Theobald, Geoffrey		x
	Turton	x
	Wakefield-Jarrett	x
	Watkins	x
	Wells		x
	West	x
	Wrighton	x
	Young		x
	Total	28	26

 

36.86    The motion was carried.

 

36.87    Councillor Simson moved that the remaining elements which made up the joint amendment for Theme 3 be taken on block rather than on an individual basis.

 

36.88    The Mayor put the proposal to council which was agreed.

 

36.89    The Mayor noted that a recorded vote had been requested and moved that the proposed amendments to the wording listed under 13 (first 13), 24a, 25b, 28, 32-33, 38a, 42a, 46-47, 51a, 57, 59b, 104 and 105 in the Joint Amendment for Theme 3, be agreed;

         

	NAME	For	Against	Abstain
Cllr	Alford		x
	Allen	x
	Barnett		x
	Bennett		x
	Brown		x
	Carden	x
	Caulfield		x
	Cobb		x
	Davey	x
	Davis	x
	Drake		x
	Duncan	x
	Elgood	x
	Fallon-Khan		x
	Fryer	x
	Hamilton	x
	Harmer-Strange		x
	Hawkes	x
	Hyde		x
	Janio		x
	Kemble		x
	Kennedy	x
	Kitcat	x
	Lepper	x
	Marsh	x
	McCaffery	x
	Meadows	x
	Mears		x
	Mitchell	x
	Morgan	x
	Norman, Ann		x
	Norman, Ken		x
	Older		x
	Oxley		x
	Peltzer Dunn		x
	Phillips	x
	Pidgeon		x
	Randall	x
	Rufus	x
	Simpson	x
	Simson		x
	Smart		x
	Smith		x
	Steedman	x
	Taylor	x
	Theobald, Carol		x
	Theobald, Geoffrey		x
	Turton	x
	Wakefield-Jarrett	x
	Watkins	x
	Wells		x
	West	x
	Wrighton	x
	Young		x
	Total	28	26

 

36.90    The motion was carried.

 

36.91    The Mayor then put the Labour Group’s amendment under Theme 1 to the vote.

 

36.92    The motion was carried.

 

36.93    The Mayor then put the Labour Group’s amendment under Theme 2 to the vote.

 

36.94    The motion was lost.

 

36.95    The Mayor then put the Labour Group’s amendment under Theme 3 to the vote.

 

36.96    The motion was lost.

 

36.97         The Mayor then put the Green Group’s two remaining elements which proposed amendments to Theme 3 to the vote.

 

36.98         The motion was carried.

 

36.99         The Mayor then put the substantive motion, that the Core Strategy and supporting documents as amended be approved and adopted for submission to the Secretary of State, preceded by a 6-week publication stage, subject to any minor editorial changes agreed by the Cabinet Member for Environment in consultation with the Director of Environment.

 

36.100     The motion was carried.

 

Note:   The full set of amendments to the Core Strategy as approved by the Council are appended to the minutes (appendix 1).