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(Report of Director of Planning, Housing
and Environmental Health)
 
Consideration was
given to the Borough Council’s response to the
Government’s ‘Freight, Logistics and the Planning
System: Call for Evidence’ consultation.  A proposed response to be submitted by the
deadline of 6 October was set out at Annex 1.
 
The consultation
sought views of the efficacy of local plans and planning policies
in relation to planning for freight and logistics. Questions were
also posed in relation to engagement between these sectors and
local planning authorities and the decision making process.
 
Following
consideration by the Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee
and having regard to the comments made by Members, the Cabinet
Member for Planning resolved that:
 
(1)            
the proposed response to the Freight and Logistics Call for
Evidence, as set out at Annex 1, be approved and submitted by 6
October; and
 
(2)            
authority be delegated to the Director of Planning, Housing and
Environmental Health, in liaison with Cabinet Member for Planning,
to approve any necessary further minor changes to the consultation
response that might be required for reasons of clarity or
presentation.