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Councillors voted down an amendment to remove the third part of the motion, then resolved all three parts. The resolved motion says the existing adopted plan and national policy should guide planning decisions until Welsh Government directs withdrawal of the LDP.
Apologies for absence were submitted on behalf of Councillors I David Bithell MBE, Emma Holland, John C Phillips, Fred Roberts, Ross Shepherd, Alison Tynan and Kate Wilkinson.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED – (i) To formally recognise that the LDP was adopted as instructed in the judgement by Mr. Justice Eyre. This was later overturned by the Court of Appeal which ruled that the Council was under no obligation to adopt and subsequently the adoption was quashed. Until withdrawn, it therefore reverts to the status of an unadopted plan and weight attached to it, if any, is a matter for the decision makers. (ii) Wrexham Council formally requests Welsh Government to direct withdrawal of the LDP as a matter of urgency (iii) That, until direction to withdraw the plan is given, the significant relevant policies in the determination of planning applications are the adopted development plan (which consists of the Unitary Development Plan and Future Wales), and Planning Policy Wales, Technical Advice Notes and Welsh Government Circulars.
Members considered a Notice of Motion in the following terms proposed by Councillor Marc Jones and seconded accordingly: (i) To formally recognise that the LDP was adopted as instructed in the judgement by Mr. Justice Eyre. This was later overturned by the Court of Appeal which ruled that the Council was under no obligation to adopt and subsequently the adoption was quashed. Until withdrawn, it therefore reverts to the status of an unadopted plan and weight attached to it, if any, is a matter for the decision makers. (ii) Wrexham Council formally requests Welsh Government to direct withdrawal of the LDP as a matter of urgency (iii) That, until direction to withdraw the plan is given, the significant relevant policies in the determination of planning applications are the adopted development plan (which consists of the Unitary Development Plan and Future Wales), and Planning Policy Wales, Technical Advice Notes and Welsh Government Circulars.” An amendment was proposed and seconded, to remove part 3 of the motion, as follows: (i)To formally recognise that the LDP was adopted as instructed in the judgement by Mr. Justice Eyre. This was later overturned by the Court of Appeal which ruled that the Council was under no obligation to adopt and subsequently the adoption was quashed. Until withdrawn, it therefore reverts to the status of an unadopted plan and weight attached to it, if any, is a matter for the decision makers. (ii)Wrexham Council formally requests Welsh Government to direct withdrawal of the LDP as a matter of urgency” In accordance with Standing Order 18(2), a recorded vote was then taken on the amended motion, the voting being as follows: For – Councillors Bryan Apsley, Paul Blackwell, Gary Brown, Brian Cameron, Krista Childs, Dana Davies, Frank Hemmings, Corin Jarvis, Malcolm King OBE, Stella Matthews, Graham Rogers and Derek Wright (12) Against - Councillors William Baldwin, Trevor Bates, David A Bithell, I David Bithell MBE, Beryl Blackmore, Annette Davies, Mike Davies, Terry Evans, Andy Gallanders, Carrie Harper, Pete Howell, Jon Jolley, Hugh Jones, Marc Jones, Steve Joe Jones, Jeremy Kent, Claire Lovett, Tina Mannering, Becca Martin, John McCusker, Michael Morris, Jeremy Newton, Beverley Parry-Jones, Paul H Pemberton, John Pritchard, Mark Pritchard, Paul Roberts, Rondo Roberts, Paul Rogers, Debbie Wallice, Robert Walsh, Anthony Wedlake, Jerry Wellens, Andy Williams, Nigel Williams and Phil Wynn (36) Abstain – Councillor Robert Ian Williams (0) The amendment was lost. RESOLVED – (i) To formally recognise that the LDP was adopted as instructed in the judgement by Mr. Justice Eyre. This was later overturned by the Court of Appeal which ruled that the Council was under no obligation to adopt and subsequently the adoption was quashed. Until withdrawn, it therefore reverts to the status of an unadopted plan and weight attached to it, if any, is a matter for the decision makers. (ii) Wrexham Council formally requests Welsh Government to direct withdrawal of the LDP as a matter of urgency (iii) That, until direction to withdraw the plan is given, the significant relevant policies in the determination of planning applications are the adopted development plan (which consists of the Unitary Development Plan and Future Wales), and Planning Policy Wales, Technical Advice Notes and Welsh Government Circulars.
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