Agenda item

Report of the Cabinet Member for Resources, seeking approval of the City Centre Action Plan and the City Centre Master Plan, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref CAB 12/13 9963)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member forResources, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To approve the City Centre Action Plan (Proposed Submission) as placed in the members’ room.

(ii)  To approve the City Centre Master Plan as placed in the members’ room, including as a material consideration in the determination of planning applications where it is consistent with the Action Plan.

(iii)  To delegate to the Head of Service for Planning, Transport and Sustainability (in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Resources) the power to make changes to the City Centre Action Plan and City Centre Master Plan;  provided these do not affect the main policy direction of the Plans.  Such changes to the Action Plan could be made prior to publication of the ‘proposed submission’ or ‘submission’ plan;  or proposed during the public examination.