Social Value Ideas for Torridge District Council

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 …”

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…”

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…”

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…”

BESS scheme refused

The committee refused the battery energy storage system at Woodtown East-the-Water after concluding that the harms outweighed the benefits. Reasons discussed included landscape and visual harm, herita…

“Right, I think we've given this a very good airing and discussion. It has been proposed by Councillor Bush Bushby, seconded by Councillor Cannady, tha…”

BESS cumulative impact concerns

Members and speakers repeatedly raised concern that the Webbery BESS contributed to cumulative industrialisation of the Alverdiscott/Huntshaw area, including existing substation and solar and storage …

“The reality of spatial saturation, cumulative impact. If we look at the parish of Alverdiscott and Huntshaw today, it is no longer just a rural Devon.…”