Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director City Development.

Agreed:

RECOMMENDED that Council approve:-

(1) the confirmation of the revised Article 4 Direction (including the Article 4 area plan) attached at Appendix A with non-immediate effect, meaning it will come into effect on 23 December 2024;

(2) the making of a Direction (“the Cancellation Direction”) cancelling the existing Article 4 Direction confirmed in 2014 as this area would be covered by the new Article 4 Direction; and

(3) for the Director for City Development to confirm the Cancellation Direction as of 23 December 2024 subject to the consideration of any representations received on the same.

Reason for Decision: As set out in the report.

The Executive received the report on the Article 4 Direction, which provided a summary of the comments and outcomes from the notification process undertaken to ‘make’ a new Direction, as agreed at the Council meeting on 12 December 2023. The report sought approval to ‘confirm’ the new Direction and to ‘make’ a further direction to cancel the 2014 Direction with non-immediate effect.

Particular reference was made to there being no changes to the provisions to the amended article four direction and that this was the next stage of the legal process, called the confirmation stage. Once agreed by Council, the next stage would be in notifying interested parties, for implementation in December 2024.

Councillor Moore, as an opposition group leader enquired on what the annual monitoring arrangements were for assessing the impact of the policy.

Councillor M. Mitchell, as an opposition group leader enquired on what monitoring would be undertaken on Wards that were not included in the Article 4 Direction?

Executive Members welcomed the detailed report and thanked officers for the work that had been undertaken.

The Portfolio Holder for City Development commended the report and advised that the consultation data had been used to inform from members of the public on the next stages of the Article 4 Direction and would continue to be monitored.

The Assistant Service Lead – Local Plan in responding to points raised by Members, advised that monitoring of student accommodation would continue and be reported to Members through the working group process and the authority monitoring report.

RECOMMENDED that Council approve:-

(1) the confirmation of the revised Article 4 Direction (including the Article 4 area plan) attached at Appendix A with non-immediate effect, meaning it will come into effect on 23 December 2024;

(2) the making of a Direction (“the Cancellation Direction”) cancelling the existing Article 4 Direction confirmed in 2014 as this area would be covered by the new Article 4 Direction; and

(3) for the Director for City Development to confirm the Cancellation Direction as of 23 December 2024 subject to the consideration of any representations received on the same.