Issue - meetings

RESOLVED that the Council:-

(1)          call on all developers not to use netting in Teignbridge; and

(2)          urgently write to the relevant Government Ministers calling on the government to ban the use of netting at all sites with planning consent or identified in Local or emerging Local Plans.

The Portfolio Holder for Planning presenting the report on the Notice of Motion regarding Netting on Development Sites. The Portfolio Holder stated that the Council worked hard to maintain a high standard of environmental and wildlife protection and there had been no reports of netting in Local Planning Authority area to date. He asked the Executive to support the Council to call all developers not to use netting in Teignbridge and urgently write to the relevant Government Ministers calling on the Government to ban the use of netting at all sites with planning consent or identified in Local or emerging Local Plans.

The Portfolio Holder for Waste Management & Environmental Health proposed the recommendation, this was seconded by the Portfolio Holder for Communities & IT.

RESOLVED that the Council:-

(1)          call on all developers not to use netting in Teignbridge; and

(2)          urgently write to the relevant Government Ministers calling on the government to ban the use of netting at all sites with planning consent or identified in Local or emerging Local Plans.