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West Suffolk Operational Hub

Meeting: 15/09/2015 - Forest Heath Cabinet (Item 101)

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Report No: CAB/FH/15/040

Portfolio Holder: David Bowman               Lead Officer: Mark Walsh

Decision:

RESOLVED:

That:-

1.           The contents of Report No CAB/FH/15/040, be noted.

 

2.           A further six-week period of public pre-application consultation be approved, to give an opportunity for suggestions for alternative sites and provide information for public scrutiny including the:

 

(i)      case for a shared waste hub.

(ii)     site selection criteria.

(iii)    process of site selection.

(iv)   sustainability appraisal

 

       and

 

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL (14 October 2015):

That:-

3.           Funding of £220,000 (£112,000 FHDC and £108,000 SEBC), as detailed in Section 3 of Report No CAB/FH/15/040, be approved and for this to be allocated from the respective Council’s Strategic Priorities and Medium Term Financial Strategy reserve to enable the project to progress.

 

(Note: Council approval is needed for Resolution 3. above before Resolution 2. above can be implemented).

Minutes:

(Repot No CAB/FH/15/040)

 

The Portfolio Holder for Operations presented this report which sought approval for a further period of pre-planning applications consultation and also recommended to Council, the approval of a further total allocation of £220,000 (£112,000 FHDC and £108,000 SEBC) funding to enable the project to progress.

 

A second six-week pre-application consultation was planned which would make further documents available for public scrutiny.  These documents included a sustainability appraisal, the case for co-locating facilities into a single site, site selection criteria and the process to-date of site review and selection.  This background detail would provide further opportunity for interested parties to consider putting forward credible, available alternative sites.

 

With the vote being unanimous, it was

 

RESOLVED:

 

          That:-

 

1.           The contents of Report No CAB/FH/15/040, be noted.

 

2.           A further six-week period of public pre-application consultation be approved, to give an opportunity for suggestions for alternative sites and provide information for public scrutiny including the:

 

(i)          case for a shared waste hub.

(ii)         site selection criteria.

(iii)        process of site selection.

(iv)       sustainability appraisal

 

          and

 

          RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL: (14 October 2015)

 

          That:-

 

3.           Funding of £220,000 (£112,000 FHDC and £108,000 SEBC), as detailed in Section 3 of Report No CAB/FH/15/040, be approved and for this to be allocated from the respective Council’s Strategic Priorities and Medium Term Financial Strategy reserve to enable the project to progress.

 

(Note: Council approval is needed for Resolution 3. above before Resolution 2. above can be implemented).