Agenda item

Motions

Motions for which notice has been given are listed on the agenda in the order in which notice was received, unless the Member giving notice states, in writing, that they propose to move it at a later meeting or withdraw it.

 

If a Motion set out in the agenda is not moved by the Member who gave notice thereof it shall, unless postponed by consent of the Council, be treated as withdrawn and shall not be moved without fresh notice.

 

Up to 60 minutes is allowed for this part of the meeting unless extended by the Chairman of Council on a motion moved, duly seconded and approved by the Council.  Members may ask one supplementary question in addition to their original question.

 

The Motions received are set out in the agenda papers.

Minutes:

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 13, Councillor E A Biggs moved the Motion of which he had given notice as followed:

“Providing information on Brexit Lorry parks in the District

 

This Council notes:

 

1.    That all Councillors are elected by the Community to decide how the Council should carry out its various activities and to represent the public interest.

2.    That Councillors have not been informed of plans for a Lorry Park in the District.

3.    That Department of Transport has been conducting on the ground research for sites in March this year.

4.    That Senior Officers and the Leader were party to these discussions and were informed of a site selected in March this year.

5.    That the Opposition Leader and the Shadow Portfolio for Transport were excluded from any discussions.

6.    That Michael Gove made a statement to the House of Commons on 13th July ‘I stress that there are no plans to build a new lorry park at Dover’

7.    That on 14th July a Senior Officer of the Council responded that Highways England has undertaken a trawl of sites in the District but the conclusions have not been shared with DDC.

8.    That on 15th July Portfolio Holder for Transport responded ‘I only know what we are picking up from Michael Gove’s comments in Parliament”.

 

This Council believes:

 

1.    That in order for Councillors to fulfill their elected mandate major infrastructure plans such as Lorry Parks should be subject to full disclosure.

2.    Any Lorry Park proposal should be subject to all current planning standards and satisfy issues, including impact on the road network, proximity to existing built up areas, avoidance of harm to open landscape and unacceptable harm to ecology, water quality and heritage/archaeology.

3.    Any disruption to the Local Plan should be fully compensated by Central Government.

 

The Motion was duly seconded by Councillor H M Williams.

 

It was pointed out by several Members that the proposals related to an inbound customs clearance centre rather than an outbound traffic lorry park.

 

It was moved as an AMENDMENT by Councillor T J Bartlett, and duly seconded by Councillor N J Collor that

 

(a)  Points 4 and 5 be deleted

(b)  Points 1 to 3 following ‘this Council believes:’ be deleted and replaced with the following text:

 

This Council believes:

Whilst recognising the intention of legislation that gives the government powers to use Special Development Orders this Council believes that, in order for Councillors to fulfil their elected mandate, there should be as much disclosure and consultation as possible on major infrastructure plans such as lorry parks and border control points.

Any such proposals should take account of impact on the local road network, proximity to existing built up areas, avoidance of harm to open landscape and potential harm to ecology, water quality and heritage and archaeology.

 

Councillor E A Biggs and his seconder agreed to accept the AMENDMENT.

 

The SUBSTANTIVE Motion was put to the meeting and

 

RESOLVED:       Providing information on Brexit Lorry parks in the District. This Council notes:

1.    That all Councillors are elected by the Community to decide how the Council should carry out its various activities and to represent the public interest.

2.    That Councillors have not been informed of plans for a Lorry Park in the District.

3.    That Department of Transport has been conducting on the ground research for sites in March this year.

4.    That Michael Gove made a statement to the House of Commons on 13th July ‘I stress that there are no plans to build a new lorry park at Dover’.

5.    That on 14th July a Senior Officer of the Council responded that Highways England has undertaken a trawl of sites in the District but the conclusions have not been shared with DDC.

6.    That on 15th July Portfolio Holder for Transport responded ‘I only know what we are picking up from Michael Gove’s comments in Parliament”.

 

This Council believes:

Whilst recognising the intention of legislation that gives the government powers to use Special Development Orders this Council believes that, in order for Councillors to fulfil their elected mandate, there should be as much disclosure and consultation as possible on major infrastructure plans such as lorry parks and border control points.

Any such proposals should take account of impact on the local road network, proximity to existing built up areas, avoidance of harm to open landscape and potential harm to ecology, water quality and heritage and archaeology.

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