Purpose

To seek Cabinet approval for the Council to publish a Notice of Intention to Prepare a New Waste Local Plan for Derbyshire and Derby under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026 and for officers to subsequently prepare the new Waste Local Plan jointly with officers of Derby City Council for submission to the Secretary of State.

Decision

RESOLVED to:

1)      Approve the preparation by the County Council, jointly with Derby City Council of a new Waste Local Plan for Derbyshire (outside the Peak District National Park) and Derby for submission to the Secretary of State under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026;

2)      Approve the publication, in agreement with Derby City Council, of a ‘Notice of intention to prepare a new Waste Local Plan’ as required by the Regulations and the Waste Local Plan timetable contained in Appendix 3 to the report;

3)      Delegate authority to the Executive Director for Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment, to proceed following the notice publication with the preparation of a new waste local plan up to completion and submission of the stage of the Gateway 1 Assessment under the Regulations, including the undertaking of scoping consultation and all evidence gathering to support the plan;

4)      Delegate authority to the Executive Director for Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment, to make any amendment to the timetable that the Executive Director for Place and the City Council may consider to be necessary; and

5)      Support the production by the Executive Director for Place of reports to the Derby Minerals and Waste Joint Advisory Committee at appropriate times to facilitate the performance of its advisory role in the preparation of the new plan.