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South Downs National Park Authority - Delegation of Development Control function to constituent authorities
Meeting: 22/03/2012 - Council (Item 89)
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Minutes:
Meeting: 20/03/2012 - Governance Committee (Item 73)
Report of the Strategic Director, Place (copy attached)
Decision:
RESOLVED
That the committee recommend that Council agrees that the Agency Agreement dated 21 June 2011 between South Downs National Park Authority and the Council relating to the provision of planning services in Brighton and Hove, be terminated on a date to be agreed by the South Downs National Park Authority and the Strategic Director, Place.
Minutes:
73.1 The committee considered the report of the Strategic Director, Place regarding the South Downs National Park Authority and the termination of Development Control Agency Arrangements in Brighton and Hove. The South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) became the Local Planning Authority for the National Park on 1 April 2011. The Council entered into an Agency Agreement under s101 of the Local Government Act 1972 with the SDNPA to provide Development Control services for that part of the National Park within the City on a temporary basis of up to three years. The report sought to terminate that agreement. The number of application reviewed over the last year had been low, with 23 applications having been received. The SDNPA now had its own planning department.
73.2 Councillor Theobald said that termination of the agreement had been expected, but had concerns over where the planning meetings would be held. Councillor Theobald was advised that the meetings would be held in Midhurst, unless there were a high number of residents involved in a matter when an alternative more locally based venue would be considered. Councillor Theobald was concerned that Midhurst was difficult to travel due, with a lack of public transport, and felt that an alternative venue such as Arundel should be considered. The Chair asked if those comments could be passed to the SDNPA.
RESOLVED
That the Governance Committee recommend that Council agrees that the Agency Agreement dated 21 June 2011 between South Downs National Park Authority and the Council relating to the provision of planning services in Brighton and Hove be terminated on a date to be agreed by the South Downs National Park Authority and the Strategic Director, Place.