Agenda item

Assessment under the Habitat Regulations: Delegated Authority

Minutes:

The Head of Development Management informed Members that the proposal was that the of the delegated powers to make a Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Habitat Regulations assessment be delegated to the Chief Executive,, although it is proposed that these stages would be delegated to Officers.

 

If there was a project that had serious public objections or that had significant impacts that could not be mitigated in Stages 3 & 4, these matters would be not delegated but brought to Planning Committee for wider consideration.

 

The Officer recommendation was moved, seconded, put to the vote and carried.

 

RESOLVED:

 

 

That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive:-

·         To determine whether an appropriate assessment is required under regulation 63 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended)

·         To carry out appropriate assessments under regulations 63 and 64 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended) including, without limitation, to require further information, to carry out consultations (and for that purpose to determine whether the opinion of the general public should be taken) and to have regard to any representations received.

 

 

 

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