Agenda and minutes

Lead Member for Transport and Environment - Monday, 19th December, 2016 10.00 am

Venue: Committee Room, County Hall, Lewes. View directions

Contact: Simon Bailey Democratic Services Officer

Items
No.	Item
20.	Decisions made by the Lead Cabinet Member on 17 October 2016 PDF 12 KB Minutes: 20.1 RESOLVED to approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 17 October 2016.
21.	Disclosure of Interests Disclosure by all Members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the Members regard the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct. Minutes: 21.1 Councillor Maynard declared a personal interest in Item 5, as the Chair of the Joint Waste Committee, but he did not consider this to be prejudicial. 21.2 Councillor Standley declared a personal interest in Item 5, as a member of the Joint Waste Committee, but he did not consider this to be prejudicial.
22.	Reports Minutes: 22.1 Reports referred to in the minutes below are contained in the minute book.
23.	A27 East of Lewes improvement scheme - proposed consultation response PDF 137 KB View the background to item 23. View the decision for item 23. Report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport Additional documents: LMTE 191216 - A27 Improvements Appendix , item 23. PDF 320 KB Minutes: 23.1 The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport. DECISION 23.2 RESOLVED to approve the County Council’s response to Highways England’s consultation on smaller scale improvements to the A27 between Lewes and Polegate. Reasons 23.3 Following the outcomes of the A27 Feasibility Improvement Study in 2014, £75m was allocated in the DfT’s Roads Investment Strategy towards a package of smaller scale improvements to the A27 east of Lewes. The County Council does not support the proposals for Wilmington and Selmeston which have been assessed as offering poor value for money and that further work is required to justify the need for the shared footway / cycleway along the whole length of the A27. 23.4 The County Council does support the proposals to improve the Drusillas roundabout and the improvement to the A27 / A2270 signalised junction along with the railway bridge widening and provision of two lanes in both directions between the A27 / A2270 and Cophall Roundabout junctions in Polegate which both offer very high value for money. This support is on the proviso that these proposed smaller scale improvements do not compromise our, and our local authority and business partners’, wider ambitions for a more comprehensive improvement between Lewes and Polegate coming forward.
24.	Waste and Minerals - Monitoring Report 2015/16 and Local Aggregate Assessment 2016 PDF 149 KB View the declarations of interest for item 24. View the background to item 24. View the decision for item 24. Report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport Additional documents: LMTE 191216 - Waste Appendix 1 - AMR_Executive_Summary , item 24. PDF 70 KB LMTE 191216 - Waste Appendix 2 - LAA16 , item 24. PDF 130 KB Minutes: 24.1 The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport. DECISION 24.2 RESOLVED to (1) approve the Waste and Minerals Monitoring Report 2015/16; and (2) adopt the Local Aggregate Assessment 2016 for publication. Reasons 24.3 The production of a Monitoring Report on waste and minerals policies is a statutory requirement of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011). The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that mineral planning authorities should prepare an annual Local Aggregate Assessment to plan for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates.