Agenda item

Policy and Resources Committee – 4 December 2014

 

Minute 38 - Localisation of Council Tax Support 2015/2016 Scheme (page 19)

 

Minute 39 - Joint Committee And / Or Combined Authority For York, North Yorkshire And East Riding (page 31)

 

Minute 40 - Timetable of Meetings 2015-16 (page 51)

 

Planning Committee – 16 December 2014

 

Minute 145 – Ryedale Community Infrastructure Levy – Revised Draft Charging Schedule (minute to follow – report attached at page 57)

 

Minute 146– Exempt Information (minute to follow)

 

Minute 147 – The Helmsley Plan – Land at Helmsley (minute to follow – report attached at page 69)

Policy and Resources Committee – 4 December 2014

 

Minute 38 - Localisation of Council Tax Support 2015/2016 Scheme

 

It was moved by Councillor Mrs Cowling and seconded by Councillor Arnold that the following recommendations of the Policy and Resources Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended to approve:

 

(i)  To approve a Local Council Tax Support Scheme which was unchanged from 2014/13; and

(ii) The Finance Manager, in consultation with the Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee be authorised to undertake the necessary consultation work to design a scheme for 2016/17, in light of the experience in previous years, to be presented to Policy and Resources Committee in December 2015.

 

Councillor Clark moved and Councillor Woodward seconded the following amendment:

 

After “Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee”, add “and Group Leaders”.

 

Upon being put to the vote the amendment was lost.

 

Voting Record

11 For

13 Against

0 Abstentions

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That Council:

 

(i)              Approves a Local Council Tax Support Scheme which was unchanged from 2014/13; and

(ii) Authorises the Finance Manager, in consultation with the Chairman of Policy and Resources Committee to undertake the necessary consultation work to design a scheme for 2016/17, in light of the experience in previous years, to be presented to Policy and Resources Committee in December 2015.

 

Voting Record

19 For

5 Against

0 Abstentions

 

Minute 39 - Joint Committee And / Or Combined Authority For York, North Yorkshire And East Riding

 

It was moved by Councillor Mrs Cowling and seconded by Councillor Arnold that the following recommendations of the Policy and Resources Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended to approve:

 

(i)     That Ryedale District Council supports the principle of and agrees to form part of a Joint Committee arrangement for economic development, regeneration, strategic planning and transport matters in York, North Yorkshire and East Riding; and

 

(ii)    That the potential for a Combined Authority covering parts of York, North Yorkshire and East Riding be assessed post-May 2015.

 

Councillor Clark moved and Councillor Woodward seconded the following amendment:

 

Delete “of and agrees to form part of a” and add [at the end of (i)] “enters into discussions with the other councils”.

 

Upon being put to the vote the amendment was lost.

 

Recorded Vote

 

For

Councillors Joy Andrews, Paul Andrews, Clark, Richardson and Woodward.

 

Against

Councillors Councillors Acomb, Arnold, Bailey, Mrs Burr, Mrs Cowling, Cussons, Mrs Frank, Hawkins, Hicks, Hope, Mrs Hopkinson, Ives, Keal, Legard, Maud, Raper, Wainwright and Windress.

 

Abstentions

Councillor Mrs Goodrick

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That Council:

 

(i)            Supports the principle of and agrees to form part of a Joint Committee arrangement for economic development, regeneration, strategic planning and transport matters in York, North Yorkshire and East Riding; and

 

(ii)          Agrees to asses the potential for a Combined Authority covering parts of York, North Yorkshire and East Riding be assessed post-May 2015.

 

Voting Record

19 For

4 Against

1 Abstention

 

Minute 40 - Timetable of Meetings 2015-16

 

It was moved by Councillor Mrs Cowling and seconded by Councillor Arnold that the following recommendations of the Policy and Resources Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended to approve:

 

The timetable of meetings for 2015-2016, attached at Annex A to the report.

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That Council approve:

 

The timetable of meetings for 2015-2016, attached at Annex A to the report.

 

Voting Record

21 For

0 Against

0 Abstentions

 

Planning Committee – 16 December 2014

 

Minute 145 – Ryedale Community Infrastructure Levy – Revised Draft Charging Schedule

 

It was moved by Councillor Windress and seconded by Councillor Mrs Frank that the following recommendations of the Planning Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended to approve:

 

The revised Draft Charging Schedule at Appendix 1 for formal public consultation and subsequent submission to the Secretary of State for Examination.

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That Council approve:

 

The revised Draft Charging Schedule at Appendix 1 for formal public consultation and subsequent submission to the Secretary of State for Examination.

 

Voting Record

24 For

0 Against

0 Abstentions

 

Exempt Information

 

It was moved by Councillor Mrs Cowling and seconded by Councillor Raper that the meeting move into exempt session.

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 that the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item as there will be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 3 & 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as:

1)      Information relating to any individual;

2)      Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person;

3)      Information which reveals that the authority proposes

a)    To give under any enactment a notice under or by virtue of which requirements are imposed on a person; or

b)    To make an order or direction under any enactment

 

Minute 147 – The Helmsley Plan – Land at Helmsley

 

It was moved by Councillor Windress and seconded by Councillor Mrs Cowling that the following recommendations of the Planning Committee be approved and adopted.

 

That Council be recommended to:

 

(i)      Give authority for the Compulsory Purchase, pursuant to section 226(1)(b) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, of the land edged red shown in Annex 1;

 

(ii)     Agree the use of the New Homes Bonus Reserve to fund the undertaking of the Compulsory Purchase Order and associated work in line with paragraphs 6.11 to 6.17 and to subsequently reimburse the New Homes Bonus Reserve;

 

(iii)       Adjust the Council’s Local Development Scheme to reflect the amended timetable for the Examination and eventual adoption of the Helmsley Plan.

 

Upon being put to the vote the motion was carried.

 

Resolved

 

That Council:

      

(i)      Give authority for the Compulsory Purchase, pursuant to section 226(1)(b) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, of the land edged red shown in Annex 1;

 

(ii)     Agree the use of the New Homes Bonus Reserve to fund the undertaking of the Compulsory Purchase Order and associated work in line with paragraphs 6.11 to 6.17 and to subsequently reimburse the New Homes Bonus Reserve;

 

(iii)    Adjust the Council’s Local Development Scheme to reflect the amended timetable for the Examination and eventual adoption of the Helmsley Plan.

 

Voting Record

18 For

2 Against

4 Abstentions