Issue - meetings

The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its three appendices and to make the following resolutions:

(1)           That the revisions to the joint scheme of mitigation for Pagham Harbour Special Protection Area in appendix 1 to this report be endorsed.

(2)           That the reduced level of developer contributions to the joint scheme set out in appendix 2 to this report be approved.

(3)           That the increased expenditure of the joint section 106 funds on the scheme of mitigation as specified in para 5.2 of this report be approved.

(4)           That the Head of Housing and Environment Services be authorised to enter into an agreement with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Arun District Council to deliver mitigation measures for a five-year period, with the option to extend this to ten years.

RESOLVED

(1)           That the revisions to the joint scheme of mitigation for Pagham Harbour Special Protection Area in appendix 1 to this report be endorsed.

(2)           That the reduced level of developer contributions to the joint scheme set out in appendix 2 to this report be approved.

(3)           That the increased expenditure of the joint section 106 funds on the scheme of mitigation as specified in para 5.2 of this report be approved.

(4)           That the Head of Housing and Environment Services be authorised to enter into an agreement with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Arun District Council to deliver mitigation measures for a five-year period, with the option to extend this to ten years.

The Cabinet considered the agenda report and its three appendices (copies attached to the official minutes).

The report was presented by Mrs Purnell.

Mr Day was in attendance for this item.

Mrs Purnell referred to the internationally important status of the Pagham and Chichester Harbours. As set out in para 5.1 of the report, the significant increase in the projected housing numbers for Arun District with the consequential need for improved mitigation measures to address the greater incidence of recreational disturbance had necessitated a revision of the joint CDC/Arun District Council mitigation scheme for Pagham Harbour.  As stated in paras 5.2 and 6.1, the revised scheme would adopt the Bird Aware Solent mitigation scheme’s definition of the ‘in perpetuity’ period.  

Mr Day did not wish to add to Mrs Purnell’s introduction.

In reply to questions on points of detail by Mrs Taylor, Mr Day explained (a) the charging and collection arrangements where housing development would be on land within the area of both the Chichester Harbour and Pagham Harbour SPA mitigation schemes and (b) where there were changes to housing numbers occurring in the Chichester Harbour area, this would then necessitate changes by all the signatory authorities to the Bird Aware Solent mitigation scheme.    

Decision

The Cabinet voted unanimously on a show of hands in favour of the resolutions below.      

RESOLVED

(1)           That the revisions to the joint scheme of mitigation for Pagham Harbour Special Protection Area in appendix 1 to this report be endorsed.

(2)           That the reduced level of developer contributions to the joint scheme set out in appendix 2 to this report be approved.

(3)           That the increased expenditure of the joint section 106 funds on the scheme of mitigation as specified in para 5.2 of this report be approved.

(4)           That the Head of Housing and Environment Services be authorised to enter into an agreement with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Arun District Council to deliver mitigation measures for a five-year period, with the option to extend this to ten years.