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The Principal Planning Policy Officer presented the report to the Committee.

The Successful Places SPD had been updated and renamed Successful Healthy Places to reflect current national guidance and legislation, including Building for a Healthy Life and the Environment Act.

It supported Policy SC3 by promoting high-quality, health-focused residential design tailored to the District.

The draft of the revised Successful Healthy Places SPD was first discussed by the Local Plan Implementation Advisory Group on 25^th June 2025 before it was presented to the Committee on 3^rd September 2025.  This was before it was subject to consultation in line with the Town and Country Planning Regulations (2012) and the Council’s Statement of Community Involvement (SCI).

A 4-week targeted consultation was held with statutory consultees, developers, agents, and others on the Local Plan for Bolsover District (March 2020) database.  Documents were also made available at libraries and the Council’s contact centres.  Two drop-in events were held in Bolsover Town and Shirebrook.  The consultation ran from 8^th September 2025 to 6^th October 2025.

The Council had received 4 submissions during the consultation period: Coal Authority; Natural England; Stancliffe Homes; and Historic England.

The main points from each submission were summarised in the report.   Some were considered to merit revisions to the approved consultation draft Successful Healthy Places SPD.  The full schedule of responses and the Council’s proposed response to the points was attached at Appendix 1.

Alongside the main channel for representations regarding the consultation draft

document, the Council had made the same questionnaire survey available on the Ask Derbyshire website.  5 responses were received and made anonymously.  The feedback received was summarised in the report with key comments highlighted.

A final version of the SPD with revisions was attached at Appendix 2.

A Member noted the document (and the previous presentation / training on the SPD provided to Members) had been accomplished to a very high standard.

The Chair thanked the team for their work.

Moved by Councillor Catherine Tite and seconded by Councillor John Ritchie

RESOLVED that the Committee: 1) note the outcome of the consultation exercise as set out in the report and set out in Appendix 1;

2)    approve the proposed responses to the main points and the consequential revisions to the proposed SPD as set out in the report and set out in Appendix 2;

3)    recommends to Council that the Successful Healthy Places Supplementary Planning Document is adopted as a material consideration in planning decisions.