Social Value Ideas for Torridge District Council

Northern Neighbourhood Plan to referendum

The council agreed the planning-policy route for the Northern Neighbourhood Plan: accept the examiner’s recommendations and modifications, publish a decision statement, and take the amended plan to re…

“Thanks. So, the report asks you to consider the outcome of the independent examination of the Northern Neighborhood Plan, and to decide whether the pl…”

Local plan scoping consultation approved

Members approved the publication of the local plan scoping consultation and accompanying documents, with authority delegated to officers to finalise wording and layout. The consultation is to run for …

“Speaker 7: Thank you, chair. Good morning, members. Scope and consultation. So at the last meeting, members approved the timetable for the of the new …”

New housing needs assessment procured

Officers confirmed they have recently gone out to procurement for a new housing economic needs assessment, and will meet the new consultants shortly. This is a direct consultancy spend to support evid…

“Speaker 9: So, yeah, just just to reassure, we we're already having conversations with Devon County Council in terms of transport. They've already sta…”

Settlement hierarchy evidence built

The committee considered a new settlement assessment that scores settlements across six categories to help shape the future spatial strategy. Members agreed this is only a baseline and that weighting,…

“Speaker 12: So the set the settlement assessment represents a first step towards developing a spatial strategy for the local plan. So this the the pla…”

Member views to be circulated

A specific recommendation was proposed and approved to circulate the settlement assessment report to all members of both councils, inviting initial feedback for consideration by the thematic working g…

“Speaker 6: But this this is just a first step, and I think it's important. Thing I don't wanna do or I I would be I wouldn't support is, as we did las…”

Consultation comms and access support

Officers agreed to strengthen consultation access and communication, including FAQs, myth-busting messaging, social media promotion, member briefings, paper copies, deposit locations such as libraries…

“Speaker 7: So, basically, the final recommendation is to delegate authority for us to be able to publish and and consult on that document when it's re…”

Five-dwelling reserved matters approved

The committee approved the reserved matters application for five dwellings at Melbourne Road, Parkham. The decision was based on the principle of development already established at outline stage, with…

“Good morning. This application is a reserved matters application for access, appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale for five dwellings following a…”

Solar farm amendment approved

The committee approved amendments to an already consented ground-mounted solar farm at Cold Harbor Farm, including changes to panel layout, substation design, drainage swales, cabling around a gas pip…

“So, this application is for uh variations to the previous permission for a ground mounted solar farm um with associated access tracks, cable routting …”

Temporary rural dwelling approved

The committee approved a temporary agricultural workers dwelling at Fairy Cross after debating the adequacy of functional and financial need evidence and the safety of the access to the A39. Members s…

“So it's a three bedroomedroom uh temporary log cabin and the elevations and these are the material planning considerations. Now, I think you know the …”

2025-26 surplus allocated

Council considered how to allocate a one-off £2.6 million surplus from the draft 2025-26 outturn. The recommended split was mainly to support community regeneration capital delivery, with additional s…

“Thank you. Good evening everyone. So here's the report on the draft financial outturn for 2526. So the QBR quarterly business reporting for went to in…”

Member Budget Working Group - Fees & Charges Detailed Review

Committee formally referred identified fees and charges items back to member budget working group for detailed analysis before any mid-year supplementary increases. Items to be analyzed include: gambl…

“Proposed by councelor Brenton, seconded by councelor James. Items raised here today to go back to the member budget working group um highlighting what…”