Minutes from IOW Planning Committee Meeting 22/9/209 Oct 2020 12:03
13. Motion submitted to Full Council 15 July 2020
The Chairman read out the motion put forward by Councillor John Medland at Full Council on Wednesday, 15 July 2020.
This Council believes that the current procedure for the public consultation on the oil application planned for Arreton 20/00513/FUL is inadequate as it fails to comply with relevant legislative provisions. In particular, it appears that the current consultation procedure being followed is not proportionate to the potential impact of the development. Therefore, this Council believes that the procedure for the public consultation should be temporarily withdrawn and reintroduced at a time that allows (a) the public to inspect paper copies of the plans, (b) physical attendance at the Arreton Parish Council and IWC Planning Committees, (c) for all the normal rights of political association and public meetings and demonstration guaranteed under Article 11 of the Human Rights Act 1998, and (d) attendance by the members of the Planning Committee at a site visit.
Officers advised the committee on the process of advertising new applications being submitted during the pandemic and the emergency legislation that had been put in place. An error had been picked up and the consultation period had been extended to allow for comments, the site notice had been replaced a number of times to ensure residents were notified of the application.
A vote was taken and the result was:
RESOLVED:
I. THAT the motion be refused
II. THAT a covid-19 safe site visit would be arranged when the application was due to be considered by the Planning Committee
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