Agenda and minutes

There were no apologies for absence.

The Executive is asked to approve the minutes of the meeting held on Thursday 7 March 2019.

The Executive considered the minutes of the meeting held on 7 March 2019.

RESOLVED:

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 7 March 2019 for signature by the Chair.

A copy of the Register of Interest for each Selby District Councillor is

available for inspection at www.selby.gov.uk.

Councillors should declare to the meeting any disclosable pecuniary

interest in any item of business on this agenda which is not already

entered in their Register of Interests.

Councillors should leave the meeting and take no part in the

consideration, discussion or vote on any matter in which they have a

disclosable pecuniary interest.

Councillors should also declare any other interests. Having made the

declaration, provided the other interest is not a disclosable pecuniary

interest, the Councillor may stay in the meeting, speak and vote on that

item of business.

If in doubt, Councillors are advised to seek advice from the Monitoring

Officer.

There were no declarations of interest.

The Leader of the Council noted that this was the last meeting of the Executive before the election and thanked all Members and officers for their work over the past four years.  The Leader of the Council thanks Councillor Metcalfe for his work as it was noted that he was not standing for election.

Report E/18/49 outlines the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) for the Ferrybridge D Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Power Station and seeks support in principle for the project.

The Lead Executive Member for Place Shaping presented a report which outlined the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) for the Ferrybridge D Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Power Station and sought support in principle for the project.

The Lead Executive Member for Place Shaping explained that this project was the third NSIP to take place in Selby to modernise the power station. It was noted that an application needed to be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate with a final decision being made on the application by the Secretary of State.

The Executive was informed that the new CCGT power station would be situated on land which was in the area of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council while the associated new underground gas pipeline would be constructed within land falling under the jurisdiction of Selby District Council (SDC) and North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC).

Concern was raised at the current work taking place on the site and the impact this was having on residents in relation to noise, dust and on their health.  It was explained that there were regular meetings held on site in relation to the work and there were specific procedures which needed to be followed in relation to environmental health. Additionally, it was noted that in relation to the new CCGT proposal, an environmental impact report needed to be submitted which focused on areas such as noise, air quality and health.

The Executive were supportive of the proposals.

RESOLVED:

i)             To note the contents of this report and to agree to support this NSIP application in principle, subject to agreement in relation to specific and localised matters of detail.

ii)            To authorise the Director of Economic Regeneration and Place in consultation with the Executive Member for Place Shaping to agree the Local Impact Report, Statement of Common Ground, the content of the draft DCO, and all further necessary representations by the District Council, together with post decision monitoring of planning conditions and enforcement of the DCO.

REASON FOR DECISION

Timescales for commenting on the DCO application once it is submitted are embedded in statute and it is important that appropriate delegation arrangements are in place so that the Council is able to meet the deadlines which are set by PINS.

E/18/50 outlines details regarding consultations about the Waste Strategy 2018.

The Lead Executive Member for Housing, Health and Culture presented the report which outlined detailed regarding consultations about the Waste Strategy 2018.

The Lead Executive Member for Housing, Health and Culture explained that there were four consultations related to the waste strategy which were regarding:

• Taxing plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled content.
• Consistent collections including food waste and free garden waste
• Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging and the concept of full net cost recovery for LA’s
• Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for the UK

The Executive was informed that the consultation with the greatest impact on waste collections for local authorities was the consistency of collection consultation. The Executive considered the question responses outlined in part two of the report and made the following comments:

• In relation to the answers for questions 17 to 23, the Executive were in agreement with the response that the service relating to food waste should remain at the discretion of the local authority. The Head of Commissioning, Contracts and Procurement explained that the Council was checking with North Yorkshire County Council regarding their response to the same question.

• In relation to the answers for questions 32 to 39, the Executive noted that the Council was the only authority in North Yorkshire to not charge for collecting garden waste. They were in agreement with the proposed response and it was noted that the response outlined by the District Council’s Network to these questions would be aligned with the Council’s response. The Executive also stated that the response should outline that all authorities should be treated equally in relation to any funding made available by the Government irrespective of whether they currently charged for green waste or not. 

The Executive were in agreement to the responses proposed to the other questions.

RESOLVED:

i)             To approve the responses to the seven areas of

consultation within this report as detailed in the report.

ii)            To delegate authority for the Lead Executive Member for Housing, Health and Culture in consultation with the Director of Corporate Service and Commissioning to sign off Selby District Council’s response to the consultation.

REASON FOR DECISION:

To ensure the Executive is consulted and signs off the responses on behalf of Selby District.