Councillor O’Brien, Leader and Cabinet Member for Strategic Growth reported that this item concerns another new draft supplementary planning document that supports a policy in the recently adopted Places for Everyone plan. The Holcroft Moss Planning Obligations supplementary planning document applies across the whole Places for Everyone plan area and is, therefore, being prepared jointly by the nine Places for Everyone districts.
Holcroft Moss is situated within the borough of Warrington and is a lowland raised bog that is thought to be the only known example in Cheshire that has never been cut for peat. It is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and forms part of the Manchester Mosses Special Area of Conservation and therefore warrants strong protection.
DECISION:-
· Cabinet approves the draft Holcroft Moss SPD attached at Appendix 1 as the basis for a six-week public consultation commencing no earlier than 1st November 2024.
· Cabinet delegates approval to the Executive Director of Place to make minor, non-material modifications to the draft Holcroft Moss Supplementary Planning Document before consultation commences, subject to consultation and agreement with the eight other Places for Everyone authorities.
Reason for Recommendations:
To enable stakeholders to have the opportunity to provide comment on the draft Holcroft Moss Supplementary Planning Document before it is formally adopted.