Agenda item

The minutes of the meeting held on 14 May 2019, subject to the following amendment to Minute 5d, page 14 of the minutes, fifth paragraph, were confirmed as a correct record by the Committee and signed by the Chair:

“The Policy Team Leader noted in more general terms that some of the comments made related more to the Interim Policy itself, rather than the specifics of the proposal. It was noted that the emerging County Durham Plan includes an updated version of the Interim Policy, which has recently been subject to public consultation. The representations made as part of this consultation will be subject to discussion at the Examination in Public on the Plan”.

The Area Planning Team Leader (Central and East), Sarah Eldridge noted that Councillor O Temple had been in contact with Planning Officers as regards the matter of housing density he had raised at the last meeting.  She explained that Councillor O Temple had believed that the average figure for housing density for new build properties on previously developed land in 2018 was 22 per hectare, with the Senior Planning Officer having suggested an average of 30 per hectare.  The Area Planning Team Leader noted that subsequent to the meeting Councillor O Temple had checked as regards the average density for previously developed land in 2018 and found it to be 21 per hectare and wished this to be clarified for Committee.