Issue - meetings

To consider a report of Cabinet Member for Planning.

That the response submitted (as set out in Appendix A of the report) to the recent Government consultation on the proposed introduction of a new permitted development right for small-scale, non-domestic wind turbines, be endorsed.

Reason for decision

The proposed new permitted development right would streamline the planning process for small-scale non-domestic wind turbines which met certain criteria.

The consultation response set out in Appendix A supported the principle of the new proposed permitted development right whilst also highlighting the importance of a full assessment of impacts through a planning application for larger scale schemes.     

The Cabinet Member for Planning presented a report on the retrospective consultation response regarding the proposal introducing a new permitted development rights for small-scale, non-domestic wind turbines. The response, set out in the appendix of the report, supported the proposal and welcomed the streamlined planning process. A member webinar held in May helped to inform the response.

It was proposed by Cllr S Bartlett and seconded by Cllr J Andrews

Decision

That the response submitted (as set out in Appendix A of the report) to the recent Government consultation on the proposed introduction of a new permitted development right for small-scale, non-domestic wind turbines, be endorsed.

Reason for decision

The proposed new permitted development right would streamline the planning process for small-scale non-domestic wind turbines which met certain criteria.

The consultation response set out in Appendix A supported the principle of the new proposed permitted development right whilst also highlighting the importance of a full assessment of impacts through a planning application for larger scale schemes.