Recommended
That Council:
1. adopts the Bournemouth, Christchurch,
Poole and Dorset Waste Plan subject to the inclusion of the main modifications
that are appended to the Inspector’s Report;
2. confirms that the formal adoption date
will begin two weeks from the date at which both BCP Council and Dorset Council
have resolved to adopt the plan;
3. delegates to the Lead Member for
Planning, after consultation with the Executive Director for Place:
a. any additional (non-material)
modifications to the Plan which were the subject of consultation, together with
any other additional modifications which benefit the clarity of the Plan;
b. authority to expedite any
technical/procedural matters associated with adoption of the plan, including
those connected with Dorset Council’s role as the Competent Authority on matters
relating the Habitats Regulations Assessment1 of the Plan.
Reasons
for Decisions
1. To ensure Dorset Council had an
up-to-date statutory policy framework for
considering planning applications for waste
development.
2. To comply with the requirements of the
statutory/consequential orders concerning Shaping Dorset Council which required
a council-wide local plan by 2024.