Purpose

Watton Neighbourhood Plan - Decision on Examiners
Recommendations.

Decision

Agree
option 1 as follows:
 

i.  
To confirm that Breckland Council has considered
each of the recommendations proposed in the Examiners Report dated
30 August 2023 and the reasons for them, as required by the 1990
Town and Country Planning Act schedule 4B, section 12, para (2) and
that in deciding what action to take for each recommendation, that
all those proposed are accepted, subject to the comments
in Appendix A, as well as making minor correcting
errors.
 
ii. To
confirm that, subject to the above, Breckland Council is satisfied
that the Watton Neighbourhood Plan meets the ‘basic
conditions’ and that the Plan therefore proceeds to a
referendum as it meets the requirements of the 1990 Town and
Country Planning Act schedule 4B, section 12, para (4).
 

Reasons for the decision

To meet the requirements of the above
legislation.

Alternative options considered

There are two options available:
 

Option 1:

 

i.       
To confirm that Breckland Council has considered
each of the recommendations proposed by the independent examiner,
and the reasons for them, as required by the 1990 Town and Country
Planning Act schedule 4B, section 12, para (2) and that in deciding
what action to take for each recommendation, that all those
proposed are accepted, as well as making minor correcting errors,
subject to the comments within Appendix A.

 

ii.     
To confirm that, subject to the above, Breckland
Council is satisfied that the Watton Neighbourhood Plan meets the
‘basic conditions’ and that the Plan therefore proceeds
to a referendum as it meets the requirements of the 1990 Town and
Country Planning Act schedule 4B, section 12, para (4).
 
Option 2:
 
To consider the
contents of this report and not accept the findings of the
Examiner’s Report and determine that the Watton Neighbourhood
Plan has not met the requirements of the 1990 Town and Country
Planning Act schedule 4B, section 12 paragraph (4).