Response 3824678

Response to request for information

Reference

3824678

Response date

31 October 2025

Request

1. Please supply a copy of the minutes from the Development Committee meeting when the "East of Gamston/North of Tollerton" draft SPD was put forward for approval by the committee, and accepted for the public consultation. 
   Please see attached letter
2. Could the Authority please outline and confirm to what extent Barwood, Taylor Wimpey and their consultants were involved in the drafting of the "East of Gamston/North of Tollerton" SPD. 
   The consultants for Barwood and Taylor Wimpey hold the desktop publisher version of the SPD, with Borough Council officers directing what is included in the draft document and officers drafting text for inclusion in the document. Barwood, Taylor Wimpey and their consultants have been able to suggest what is included in the draft SPD but this must be agreed by Council officers.
3. Could the authority please explain why the viability assessments produced by Arcadis and Ward Williams, overseen by Bruton Knowles on behalf of the authority and presented to the key officers, are not included as part of the "East of Gamston/North of Tollerton" SPD presented to the public for consultation?
   Any such information prepared by the consultants referred to is not relevant to the SPD in its current form. There is no requirement for the SPD to be supported by a viability appraisal.

Response

1. Please supply a copy of the minutes from the Development Committee meeting when the "East of Gamston/North of Tollerton" draft SPD was put forward for approval by the committee, and accepted for the public consultation. 

Please see exemption letter

2. Could the Authority please outline and confirm to what extent Barwood, Taylor Wimpey and their consultants were involved in the drafting of the "East of Gamston/North of Tollerton" SPD. 

The consultants for Barwood and Taylor Wimpey hold the desktop publisher version of the SPD, with Borough Council officers directing what is included in the draft document and officers drafting text for inclusion in the document. Barwood, Taylor Wimpey and their consultants have been able to suggest what is included in the draft SPD but this must be agreed by Council officers.

3. Could the authority please explain why the viability assessments produced by Arcadis and Ward Williams, overseen by Bruton Knowles on behalf of the authority and presented to the key officers, are not included as part of the "East of Gamston/North of Tollerton" SPD presented to the public for consultation?

Any such information prepared by the consultants referred to is not relevant to the SPD in its current form. There is no requirement for the SPD to be supported by a viability appraisal.