Purpose

Approval of Executive is sought to accept the
changes recommended by the Examiner and to progress the plan to a
referendum.

Content

Councillor Lindsay Ferris
declared a personal interest in agenda item 122: Twyford
Neighbourhood Plan, as a member of the Neighbourhood Plan Working
Group prior to becoming an Executive Member. He advised that he
would leave the meeting room during the consideration of this
item.
 
Councillor Stephen Conway
declared a personal interest in agenda item 122: Twyford
Neighbourhood Plan, as he had been involved in working on the
Neighbourhood Plan prior to joining the Council as an elected
member in 2018. Given that a number of years had passed since his
involvement, he would remain present for the consideration of this
item.  
 
Councillor Lindsay Ferris left
the meeting room for the consideration of this item.
 
RESOLVED that the
Executive:
 

i)              
Accepted the modifications recommended by the
Independent Examination into the Twyford Neighbourhood Plan (as set
out in Enclosure 1) and for the modified plan to proceed to
referendum;
 

ii)             
Agreed that the Twyford Neighbourhood Plan, as
modified in accordance with the recommendations of the Independent
Examiner, meets the basic conditions and complies with the
provisions of Paragraph 8 (1) (a) (2) of Schedule 4B to the
Town

and Country Planning Act 1990 (inserted by the
Localism Act 2011);

 

iii)           
Agreed to publish the ‘Decision
Statement’ as set out at Enclosure 2 of the
report;
 

iv)           
Authorised the Director of Place and Growth, in
consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Local Plan,
to agree minor factual and consequential modifications necessary to
the Twyford Neighbourhood Plan, the Decision Statement, and other
supporting documents prior to the referendum;
 

v)            
Agreed the referendum be organised and conducted in
the Twyford neighbourhood area. The Executive
were keen to facilitate and support the progress of this
neighbourhood plan. It was noted that the cost of the referendum
would be covered by government grant.
 
 
REASONS FOR DECISION:
 
The
report considers the findings of the examination of the submission
Twyford Neighbourhood Plan, the modifications recommended by the
Independent Examiner and if those modifications are accepted, seeks
approval for the plan to progress to a public vote at
referendum.
 
The
Twyford Neighbourhood Plan, prepared by Twyford Parish Council, if
made (adopted) will become part of the development plan and be used
alongside the Wokingham Borough Council’s local plans to
guide decisions on planning applications.