REPORT OF THE

EXECUTIVE MEMBER FOR ENVIRONMENT

- NORTH HAMPSHIRE AND SPATIAL STRATEGY

PART I

HAMPSHIRE MINERALS AND WASTE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

1. In May 2004 the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 received Royal Assent. It required each mineral and waste planning authority to prepare a development scheme within 6 months of the Act's commencement which sets out the timetable and resource commitments for producing the various planning documents it contains. A joint scheme was subsequently prepared by the County Council, in partnership with Portsmouth and Southampton City Councils and, following formal approval by the three authorities, was then submitted to the Government Office for the South East for approval in December 2004. In March 2005, the First Secretary of State advised the County Council that he did not intend to issue a Direction to prevent the scheme coming into effect.

2. The County Council is now required under the Regulations to resolve that the scheme shall have effect and specify the date on which this should happen. The Executive Member recommends that the County Council resolves to bring the scheme into effect at its meeting on 21 July 2005. Development schemes have to be reviewed and modified as a result of changing circumstances and it is also recommended, therefore, that the Director of Environment, in consultation with the Executive Member, be authorised to amend the scheme in future as necessary.

RECOMMENDATIONS

1. That the Hampshire Minerals and Waste Development Scheme approved on
25 November 2004 should come into effect on 21 July 2005.

2. That the Director of Environment be authorised, in consultation with the Executive Member for Environment, North Hampshire and Spatial Strategy, to amend the scheme in future as circumstances require.

JONATHAN K. GLEN

Executive Member for

North Hampshire and Spatial Strategy

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