Agenda item

To consider Minutes for Confirmation from the Cabinet:

(1)  Minute 11 (Councillors’ Allowances 2020/21 – Recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel).     

(2)  It is anticipated that a Minute for Confirmation regarding the Swindon Borough Local Plan Review - 2nd Regulation 18 Consultation (Preferred & Emerging Options) will arise from the meeting of the Cabinet to be held on 10^th July 2019.

The report relating to this item is available on the Council’s website.  A copy of the Minute of the Cabinet will be circulated under separate cover following the Cabinet meeting.                        .

          (1) Councillor David Renard moved and Councillor Russell Holland seconded:

“That Minute 11 of the Cabinet (Councillors’ Allowances 2020/21 – Recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel) be confirmed and adopted.”

          The resolution was put to the vote and declared carried.

(2) Councillor Garry Sumner moved and Councillor David Renard seconded:

“That Minute 19 of the Cabinet (Swindon Borough Local Plan Review – 2^nd Regulation 18 Consultation (Preferred and Emerging Options) be confirmed and adopted.”

          Councillor Jane Milner-Barry moved and Councillor Stan Pajak seconded that the resolution be amended to read: 

“This Council:

·       Notes Cabinet’s proposal at its 10^th July meeting to authorise for public consultation the preferred and ‘emerging’ options of the Swindon Borough Local Plan Review.

·       Believes that in order to conform to the Government’s mission of halving the energy use of new buildings by 2030 and avoid costly retrofitting, an additional policy needs to be included on sustainable building.

·       Agrees to add to the draft Local Plan for consultation the following policy:

Policy DM2 Design of Buildings

a.     New build residential development shall achieve reductions in CO2 emissions of 19% below the Target Emission Rate of the 2013 Edition of the 2010 Building Regulations (Part L) through insulation and high levels of fabric efficiency. 

b.     All new non-residential buildings shall achieve the BREEAM “Excellent” rating.

c.     All development proposals will be expected to demonstrate how internal overheating will be avoided by the use of passive cooling and ventilation.

d.     New residential developments will be monitored by random post-construction testing to ensure that measured energy consumption is in line with modelled performance.

e.     All new developments (including single buildings) shall source a minimum of 25% of their total energy requirement from generation on site.”

The Amendment was put to the vote and declared carried.

The substantive resolution was put to the vote and declared carried.

(Councillor Roger Smith made a personal declaration of interest in respect of (2) in his capacity as an employee of Savills.)