Agenda and decisions

Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning Decisions - Monday, 10 October 2016 10.30 am

Venue: Members Conference Room, County Hall, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2DN

Contact: Andrew Baird 

Items
No. Item

1.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

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    All Members present are required to declare, at this point in the meeting or as soon as possible thereafter

    (i)            Any disclosable pecuniary interests and / or

    (ii)           Other interests arising under the Code of Conduct in respect of any item(s) of business being considered at this meeting

    NOTES:

    ·         Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest

    ·         As well as an interest of the Member, this includes any interest, of which the Member is aware, that relates to the Member’s spouse or civil partner (or any person with whom the Member is living as a spouse or civil partner)

    ·         Members with a significant personal interest may participate in the discussion and vote on that matter unless that interest could be reasonably regarded as prejudicial.

     

2.

PROCEDURAL ITEMS

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2a

Members' Questions

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    The deadline for Members’ questions is 12pm four working days before the meeting (04/10/2016).

2b

Public Questions

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    The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (03/10/2016).

3.

Petitions

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    Notice of Petition

     

    Received from John Nolan, 555 signatures

     

    There is a growing body of evidence of serious and long term consequences. HEALTH: Cancer, preterm birth, silicosis, workplace deaths, etc. Letter published in BMJ Copy and paste link: http://goo.gl/t6l8Jd The Medact Report Copy and Paste Link: http://www.medact.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/medact_fracking-report_WEB4.pdf ENVIRONMENT: Methane leakage (Greenhouse Gas), Polluted aquifers, Earthquakes, Radon gas in homes, crop contamination. FINANCIAL: Short term profit, housing market destabilisation, cost of clean up, medical costs etc. EVIDENCE: Findings to date from scientific, medical, and journalistic investigations combine to demonstrate that unconventional and invasive techniques including high volume hydraulic fracturing poses significant threats to air, water, health, public safety, climate stability, seismic stability, community cohesion, and long term economic vitality. Copy and paste link: http://goo.gl/bK4zXA Evidence shows that regulations are simply not capable of preventing harm i.e. claims of safety are based on wishful thinking.

     

    A response will be tabled at the meeting

     

    Decision:

    That the response to the petition, attached as Annex 1, be approved.

4.

BISLEY COMMON SANG - LEGAL AGREEMENT pdf icon PDF 169 KB

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    A legal agreement is required in conjunction with the proposed residential development of the former Bisley Furniture Factory site, which adjoins Bisley Common, and which has been granted planning permission by Surrey Heath BC subject to the prior completion of the legal agreement, the purpose of the legal agreement being to create a suitable alternative natural greenspace (SANG) on Bisley Common.

     

    Additional documents:

    Decision:

     

    The Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning, following consultation with the Strategic Director of Environment and Infrastructure and the Deputy Leader of the Council, agreed:

     

    1.   the execution of the legal agreement for the creation of a suitable alternative natural greenspace (SANG) on Bisley Common following consultations of financial details and recommendations outlined in the Part 2 report; and

     

    2.   the ring fencing of the landowner payment for the future maintenance of the Bisley SANG, until such time as the remaining capacity of the SANG is utilised by future developments, to ensure that the maintenance liability is underwritten until further developer payments are received

     

5.

EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

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    Recommendation: That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government

    Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information under the relevant paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

     

     

     

     

    PART TWO – IN PRIVATE

     

6.

BISLEY COMMON SANG - LEGAL AGREEMENT

    This Part 2 report contains information which is exempt from Access to Information requirements by virtue of paragraph 3 – Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including commercially sensitive information to the bidding companies).

     

    The information contained in this report may not be published or circulated beyond this report.