Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to approve the Aberdeen Planning Guidance: Health Impact Assessment (Appendix 1) as non-statutory planning advice;

(ii)            to note the findings of the consultation on the Draft Health Impact Assessment Guidance Document, and subsequent responses and revisions proposed by Officers to the Draft document (Appendix 2);  

(iii)          to instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to review Section 75 agreements during the production of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2028, in order to assess how a 'health in all policies' approach can be more effectively integrated with future developer obligations;

(iv)          to instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to review the appendices of the Aberdeen Planning Guidance: Health Impact Assessment on an annual basis to ensure the data remains up to date, and to publish any updates on the Council’s website; and

(v)           to request that a report be brought back to this Committee in one year, to provide details on how the guidance has been implemented.

With reference to article 7 of the minute of the meeting of 20 June 2024, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning, which sought approval to adopt the Aberdeen Planning Guidance (APG):  Health Impact Assessments. 

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)           approve the Aberdeen Planning Guidance: Health Impact Assessment (Appendix 1) as non-statutory planning advice;

(b)           note the findings of the consultation on the Draft Health Impact Assessment Guidance Document, and subsequent responses and revisions proposed by Officers to the Draft document (Appendix 2); 

(c)           instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to review Section 75 agreements during the production of the Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2028, in order to assess how a 'health in all policies' approach can be more effectively integrated with future developer obligations; and

(d)           instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to review the appendices of the Aberdeen Planning Guidance: Health Impact Assessment on an annual basis to ensure the data remains up to date, and to publish any updates on the Council’s website.

The Committee resolved:

(i)            to request that a report be brought back to this Committee in one year, to provide details on how the guidance has been implemented; and

(ii)           to approve the recommendations

-       COUNCILLOR CIARAN MCRAE, Convener