Issue - meetings

Report from the Leader and Cabinet Member for Strategic Growth? attached.

The Leader and Cabinet Member for Strategic Growth presented the Parking Standards in Bury Supplementary Planning Document which provides  recommended guidelines for parking provision for new development. It is proposed that, following consultation, a further version of the Parking Standards SPD will be brought back to Cabinet for formal approval.

Decision:

Cabinet:

1.    Approved the draft revised Parking Standards SPD attached at Appendix 1 as the basis for a six-week public consultation commencing February 2025.

2.    Delegated approval to the Executive Director of Place to make minor non-material modifications to the draft revised Parking Standards Supplementary Planning Document- before consultation commences.

Reasons for recommendations:

To ensure that all stakeholders are given the opportunity to have their say on the draft revised Parking Standards Supplementary Planning Document.

Alternative options considered and rejected:

To not approve the SPD for consultation - This would prevent stakeholders from commenting on the SPD and would prevent the Council from being able to proceed to adopt the SPD because it is a statutory requirement that such documents must be consulted on before adoption.