Issue - meetings
Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy and Worcestershire Local Transport Plan No 3 - Responses
Meeting: 10/01/2011 - Executive (Item 143)
To consider Redditch Borough Council’s response to the Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy and the Worcestershire Local Transport Plan No 3.
(Report attached)
Additional documents:
- Worcs Waste Core Strategy Appendix 1, item 143
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- Worcs Waste Core Strategy Appendix 2, item 143
PDF 98 KB
Decision:
RECOMMENDED that
1)
the response prepared to the
Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy, as detailed in the Appendix to
the report, be endorsed; and
2) the response to the Worcestershire Local Transport Plan No. 3, as detailed in the Appendix to the report, be endorsed subject to an amendment in respect of Paragraph 4.2 (iii) of the report regarding the potential opening of bus lanes to other traffic.
(Members were opposed to any such move and asked Officers to liaise with Councillors Gandy and Debbie Taylor regarding amendment to the wording to reflect the Council’s wishes in this respect.)
Minutes:
Members considered a report which sought approval for:
1)
the Council’s response to the Worcestershire
Waste Core Strategy; and
2) Redditch Borough Council and Bromsgrove District Council’s response to the Worcestershire Local Transport Plan No 3 (LTP3).
Officers reported that the Council’s support for the content of the Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy and would encourage the location of waste management facilities in Redditch
Officers also reported that Redditch Borough and Bromsgrove District Council’s general response was supportive of the content of LTP3 but had raised a number of concerns which should be addressed by Worcester County Council (WCC) before adoption of the final plan.
In particular, Members expressed their concerns regarding the possibility of opening bus lanes to motorcycles and other traffic, a suggestion that had previously been opposed by WCC.
Members were opposed to any such move and asked Officers to liaise with Councillors Gandy and Debbie Taylor regarding an amendment to the wording to reflect the Council’s wishes in this respect.
RECOMMENDED that
1)
the response prepared to the
Worcestershire Waste Core Strategy, as detailed in the Appendix to
the report, be endorsed; and
2) the response to the Worcestershire Local Transport Plan No. 3, as detailed in the Appendix to the report, be endorsed subject to an amendment in respect of Paragraph 4.2 (iii) of the report regarding the potential opening of bus lanes to other traffic.