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Apologies To receive any apologies for absence. Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillor Kelly, Councillor Hussain and Councillor Taylor. |
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Declarations of Interest Members are required to declare any disclosable pecuniary, personal or personal and prejudicial interests they may have and the nature of those interests relating to items on this agenda and/or indicate if S106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them. Minutes: There were no declarations of interest. |
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Urgent Items of Business To determine whether there are any additional items of business which, by reason of special circumstances, the Chair decides should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency. Minutes: There were no urgent items of business. |
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To consider the minutes of the meeting of the Pennines Township Committee held on 20 July 2021. Minutes: Resolved: That the minutes of the meeting of the Pennines Township Committee held on 20th July 2021 be approved and signed as a correct record. |
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Open Forum Half an hour has been set aside for members of the public to raise any issues relevant to the business of the Committee and the Township.
Minutes: The following matter was raised as part of the Open Forum:-
a) Community Rail Partnership – Calder Valley Line
Mr Jackson informed the Committee about difficulties that the Littleborough Civic Trust had experienced in trying to become involved with the Community Rail Partnership for the Calder Valley Line.
In response, the Assistant Director (Economy) informed the Committee that the Partnership was in its very early stages and had not met yet and matters such as stakeholder involvement had not been finalised. The comments would be passed to the Officer in the Council who was co-ordinating work to establish the Community Rail Partnership to provide a response. |
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Littleborough Station Supplementary Planning Document To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Economy and Communications / Director of Economy. Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered a report which advised that a draft Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) has been produced for consultation purposes for the Littleborough Station area to support the redevelopment and renewal of the area by providing detailed planning and design advice. The report sought the views of the Township Committee on the content of the Draft SPD as part of the consultation with key stakeholders.
As set out in the National Planning Policy Framework, Supplementary Planning Documents build upon and provide more detailed advice or guidance on the policies in the Local Plan. Regulations 11 to 16 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 set out the requirements for producing SPDs. Regulation 12 requires that consultation is undertaken prior to the adoption of an SPD.
In considering the submitted report, written questions had been submitted by members of the public present at the meeting. A submission from Mr Hooson was also read out by the Assistant Director (Economy) as part of the introduction to the report and a submission from Councillor Taylor was read out by the Chair in his absence.
The written questions submitted from members of the public included:
There were also questions asked in the meeting about the formal consultation process and what format that would take; the possibility of the consultation process being extended as had happened with the Castleton SPD consultation recently; clarity about some of the terminology being used in the Draft SPD and the potential use of CPO powers.
Committee Members asked questions and made comments including;
The Committee were advised by the Assistant Director (Economy) and the Portfolio Holder for Economy and Communications that:
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