19 September 2023 – Agenda
SUMMONS TO ATTEND A MEETING
TO: All Members of the Neighbourhood Plan Continuity Committee
Cllrs D Bretherton, N Champken-Woods, D Dawson, H Dollman, M Dyer, L Emery, H Fickling, C Jones (Chairman), H Richards (Deputy Chairman)
Ex Officio (Voting) Members – A Dite (Town Mayor) and A Gilbert (Deputy Mayor)
To all other Members for information
You are hereby summoned to attend a meeting of the Neighbourhood Plan Continuity Committee on Tuesday 19 September 2023 on the rising of the Planning & Environment Committee and not before 7:15pm (maximum two hours) in the Upper Chamber (Thame Town Hall) for the transaction of business as set out on the attached agenda.
Mandy Sturdy
Clerk of the Council
Date: Wednesday 13 September 2023
AGENDA
1 Apologies for Absence
2 Declarations of Interest and Dispensations
To notify of any items that appear in the agenda in which there may be an interest that has not been recorded in the Member’s Register of Interest, and confirmation of any relevant dispensations.
3 Public Participation and Public Questions
To consider applications from members of the public to address the Committee (5 minutes maximum), in respect of any item of business included in the agenda. Applications to speak must have been received by the Town Clerk no later than 5pm on the last working day preceding the meeting.
To consider questions from members of the public (who live, work, or run a business in the Parish). Written questions must have been received by the Town Clerk no later than 4pm on the last working day preceding the meeting.
4 Minutes
To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the Committee Meeting held on 20 June 2023.
5 Working Groups
To receive a report / update from the chairmen of the:
a) NPCC Co-Ordination Working Group (NPCCCWG)
b) Infrastructure Delivery Plan Working Group (IDPWG)
To re-confirm that the Town Council would like South Oxfordshire District Council to automatically transfer its CIL share, rather than hold the monies on the Town Council’s behalf.
c) Green Living Plan Working Group (GLPWG)
d) Travel Plan Working Group (TPWG)
5d. Travel Plan Working Group Update – 19 September 2023 [PDF]
e) Burial Space Working Group (BSWG)
6 Reports from Town Council Representatives
- Transport Representative – Cllr Bretherton
- Thame Community Land Trust – Bob Austin
6b. Report – Affordable Housing & Community Land Trust (CLT) [PDF]
7 South Oxfordshire District Local Plan
To receive a verbal update from the Neighbourhood Plan Continuity Officer (NPCO) on the latest known status of the South Oxfordshire District Local Plan.
8 Thame Neighbourhood Plan Revision (TNP2)
To receive a verbal update from the Neighbourhood Plan Continuity Officer (NPCO) on the latest progress towards the adoption of TNP2.
9 Future of NPCC
To consider the future of the Neighbourhood Plan Continuity Committee meetings.
To consider whether meetings should be called when required, rather than scheduled (currently 8-weekly).
10 Consultations
To note the following consultations, and that the NPCO will circulate a draft response via email for Members input.
- Additional flexibilities to support housing delivery, the agricultural sector, businesses, high streets and open prisons; and a call for evidence on nature-based solutions, farm efficiency projects and diversification. Consultation closes 25 September 2023.
- Plan-making reforms: consultation on implementation. Consultation closes 18 October 2023.