A period not exceeding three minutes is allowed for the presentation of a petition or deputation provided that no such petition or deputation is in relation to:
· Matters relating to individual Council Officers, or
· Matters relating to current or pending legal proceedings
Minutes:
16.1 Mr Steve Morgan presented the following petition signed by 139 people:
“We the undersigned call upon Gloucester City Council to use its existing plans, policies and strategies to resist any development on Greenfield sites in Hempsted until all brownfield sites in the vicinity are built out.”
16.2 Councillor Organ stated that he agreed that building on brownfield sites was desirable where possible and that urban sprawl should be resisted; however, the Council did not own the land and brownfield sites tended to be more difficult to development. He explained that working with developers was important; including encouraging them to get the best out of poor sites, but the City was running out of land to develop due to the challenging boundaries.