Issue - meetings

David Arnold introduced the report, which had been circulated in advance of the meeting, informing Committee of the continued joint work with Derbyshire partners that was taking place across Planning Services to develop up to date and meaningful policies to help tackle climate change.

The report was supported with a presentation jointly made with Richard Sandbach which provided the Committee with an overview of the Planning function, its link with the Council’s climate change agenda, an introduction to the SPG application assessment tool and the energy study that would be taking place across the county and Peak District National Park, in the near future.

Members asked a number of questions around the Policy.  The Chair suggested that at the next meeting Members might like to consider adding this topic to the Committee’s work programme for 2022/23 to look at specific aspects of it in more detail.

RESOLVED to acknowledge the progress being made and support the ongoing activity in collaborative work with D2 partners for developing low carbon planning policies including the development of draft Supplementary Planning Guidance and the Strategic Renewable Energy Study.