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That the Strategic Planning
Committee noted:

a.    
The content of the report and the activity across
the three affected river catchments that feed into the Somerset
Levels and Moors (Tone, Parrett, and Brue) which continues to
unlock the delivery of housing and affected development to ensure
nutrient neutrality.
 
b. The recent legislative
changes introduced by the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023,
(as summarised in paragraphs 37 to 39 of the report).
 
That the Strategic Planning
Committee agreed:
c. to delegate authority to the
Head of Planning / Chief Planning Officer in consultation with the
Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee to:
i. oversee the delivery of the
interim delivery strategy including approving any documents (e.g.
Section 106 agreements) needed to support implementation of the
interim delivery strategy, enclosed as Appendix A.
ii. spend up to £9.6m
from the Local Nutrient Mitigation Capital Funding to deliver
nutrient mitigation schemes in line with grant conditions and
promised outstanding government funding in financial year
2024/25.
iii. commit to the spend of the
Local Nutrient Mitigation Fund, on the delivery of nutrient
mitigation with the indicative programme of spend as detailed in
Table 4 of Appendix A; to the report
 
For
4, Against 1, Abstention 1.