Issue - items at meetings - Partial Review of Regional Spatial Strategy for South East - Review of Sub Regional Apportionment of Land-Won Aggregates

Report of the Director of Environment (copy attached).

(1)   That the Cabinet Member for Environment approves a response to the Government that:

(a)       Welcomes the review to the sub regional apportionment and notes that the methodology proposed needs to continue to recognise the particular circumstances of East Sussex/Brighton & Hove, which has low production of land won resources and that they exist in the very far east of East Sussex County and the City relies heavily on marine dredged aggregates for local construction.

(b)       Notes that  the City Council supports the County Council in supporting a sub regional allocation for East Sussex / Brighton & Hove of 0.07m tonnes pa and would object to any increase in this allocation;

(c)       Notes that  the City Council agrees with the County Council in not supporting the splitting of the apportionment to separately identify soft sand; see 3.3 / 3.4.

149.1              The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Director of Environment concerning approval to respond to government to support the sub-regional land-won allocation for East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council (for copy see minute book).

149.2              Councillor Mitchell supported the objection to any increase in marine dredging for aggregates and hoped that the council would continue to learn from the One Planet Living project and increase our use of recycled materials.

149.3              The Head of Planning Strategy confirmed that the Waste and Minerals Development Framework would look at converting the waste stream into the mineral stream, but added that marine dredging was currently the most sustainable method for bringing aggregates into the city.

149.4              RESOLVED - That having considered the information and the reasons set out in the report, the Cabinet Member accepted the following recommendations:

(1)       To approve a response to the Government that:

(a)       Welcomes the review to the sub regional apportionment and notes that the methodology proposed needs to continue to recognise the particular circumstances of East Sussex/Brighton & Hove, which has low production of land won resources and that they exist in the very far east of East Sussex County and the City relies heavily on marine dredged aggregates for local construction.

(b)       Notes that  the City Council supports the County Council in supporting a sub regional allocation for East Sussex / Brighton & Hove of 0.07m tonnes pa and would object to any increase in this allocation;

(c)       Notes that the City Council agrees with the County Council in not supporting the splitting of the apportionment to separately identify soft sand; see 3.3 / 3.4.