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Meeting

Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Havant

Meeting Times
Scheduled Time
Start:
Thursday, 6th February 2025
5:30 PM
End:
Thursday, 6th February 2025
9:30 PM
Meeting Status
Status:
Confirmed; Extraordinary
Date:
06 Feb 2025
Location:
Hurstwood Room, Public Service Plaza, Civic Centre Road, Havant, Hampshire PO9 2AX
Meeting Attendees
Public
Spare Copies

Expected

Councillor Ryan Brent photo
Committee Member
Councillor Ryan Brent

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Councillor Andrew Briggs photo
Committee Member
Councillor Andrew Briggs

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Chairman
Chairman of Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Councillor Caren Diamond

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Committee Member
Councillor Reuben Mychaleckyj

Absent

Committee Member
Councillor Jonathan Hulls

Apologies

Committee Member
Vice Chairman of Licensing Committee
Councillor Michael Lind

Present, as expected

Standing Deputy
Councillor Simon Hagan

Present, as substitute

Committee Member
Councillor Peter Oliver

Present, as expected

Committee Member
Councillor Paul Tansom

Present, as expected

Committee Member
Councillor Sharon Collings

Present, as expected

Standing Deputy
Councillor Wilf Forrow

Not required

Committee Member
Councillor Daniel Berwick

Apologies

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Vice-Chairman
Councillor Mark Coates

Labour Party

Apologies

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Committee Member
Councillor Ann Briggs

Apologies

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Standing Deputy
Councillor Sarah Milne

Conservative

Not required

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Standing Deputy
Councillor Munazza Faiz

Not required

Council Staff
Personal Assistant
Jane McEvoy

Not required

Council Staff
Interim Executive Head of Commercial
Chris Riggott

Not required

Secretary
Democratic & Electoral Services Manager
Jenni Harding

Expected

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Committee Member
Vice Chairman of Planning Committee
Councillor David Keast

Conservative

Present, as expected

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Committee Member
Councillor Jason Horton

Present, as expected

Deputee
Cabinet Lead for Place and Chairman of Planning Committee
Councillor Richard Brown

Present, as expected

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Deputee
Cabinet Lead for Climate Emergency, Environment & Water Quality (Climate Change Champion)
Councillor Grainne Rason

Green

Present, as expected

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Officer
Planning Policy Manager
David Hayward

Not required

Officer
Senior Planning Policy Officer
Gill Glover

Not required

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Deputee
Leader of the Council - Cabinet Lead for Corporate Strategy. Performance, and External Relations, Chairman of Human Resources Committee
Councillor Philip Munday

Labour Party

Present, as expected

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Committee Member
Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Lead for Finance, Leader of Liberal Democratic Party
Councillor Philippa Gray

Liberal Democrat

In attendance

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Agenda
1 Apologies for Absence
To receive any apologies for absence.
Minutes Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Berwick, Hulls and Coates with Councillor Hagan standing in as deputy for Councillor Coates.
2 Declarations of Interest
To receive and record any declarations of interests from Members present.
Minutes There were no declarations of pecuniary interests relating to matters on the

agenda.

With regard to those members of the Committee, who were also members of the Cabinet Liaison Panel – Local Plan, the Monitoring Officer had advised that as this an advisory group with no decision making powers, membership of this group did not prevent members from taking part in the debate and vote. However, it was recommended that members of the group should declare their membership.

Therefore, Councillors Tansom, Horton and Hagan declared that they members of the Cabinet Liaison Panel – Local Plan.
3 Minutes of the Previous Meeting
To approve the Minutes of the meeting held on 4 December 2024.
Attachments:
Minutes RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 4 December 2024 be approved as a true record and signed by the Chairman.
Minutes The Committee were given an opportunity to scrutinise and submit comments on the ‘Consultation on the Draft Building a better future plan’ report and it’s appendices.

The committee noted that the meeting’s purpose was to principally to discuss whether the plan should move forward for public consultation; not to discuss the merits of sites.

The Chairman advised that she had asked for a Task and Finish Group to be established to enable members of the Committee to have an opportunity to discuss the Local Plan in greater detail before its final submission for approval.

Members asked questions of clarification from the Leader, Councillor Phil Munday and the officers and raised points in relation to:

·       The provisions in the draft plan to mitigate the risk of private sector developers not completing developments on the allocated sites.

·       How the Council would seek to ensure that the design of all developments of a high quality.

·       The robustness of the assessment process for allocating sites for development in the plan

·       Whether the consultation process would be equitable and included sufficient arrangements to encourage younger and illiterate residents and those areas, with an historically low response rate to consultations, to take part in the consultation.

·       The processes for ensuring that the infrastructure would be able to accommodate developments on the allocated sites.

·       The impact of devolution on the draft plan.

·       How the draft plan balanced unmet need and the natural environment.

·       The population profile of the borough and engagement with Hampshire County Council social care on the need of different types of housing for older persons.

Following questions, Cllr Grainne Rason, at the request of the Chairman, attended the meeting and sought the Committee’s views on the need to include additional environmental safeguards for development sites in Emsworth. The Officers confirmed they supported such a provision and that this could be added in the plan before the relevant Cabinet meeting. In response to Councillor Rason there was no support for additional environmental safeguards being included to protect selected areas in the Borough.

The Chairman reminded members of the Committee that, in view of the importance that the plan, she will make arrangements for a Task and Finish Group to be created to look at the plan in greater detail before its adoption by the Council.

RESOLVED that Cabinet be recommended to:

1.     Approve the Draft Building a Better Future Plan (Appendix A) for consultation;

2.     Approve the Consultation Programme for the Draft Building a Better Future Plan  (Appendix B), which is scheduled to take place from May 2025;

3.     Approve the 2025 Statement of Community Involvement (Appendix C);

4.     Recommend to the Full Council that the Housing Delivery Position Statement be withdrawn; and

5.     Delegate authority to the Executive Head of Place, following consultation with the Leader of the Council to make any necessary amendments to the documents above. These shall be limited to minor updates and editing, changes and correction of any errors and shall not change the substance of the material.
Previous Meetings
Meeting

22nd May 2025

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

9th Apr 2025

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

24th Feb 2025 Cancelled

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

10th Feb 2025

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

6th Feb 2025

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

4th Dec 2024

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

16th Oct 2024

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

9th Sep 2024

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

24th Jul 2024

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

3rd Jul 2024 Cancelled

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Future Meetings
Meeting

28th May 2025 Cancelled

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

12th Jun 2025

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

25th Jun 2025

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

3rd Sep 2025

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

15th Oct 2025

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

19th Nov 2025

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

9th Feb 2026

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

18th Feb 2026

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Meeting

23rd Feb 2026

Overview and Scrutiny Committee

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