Agenda and draft minutes

To appoint a Chair for the Municipal Year 2025/2026

RESOLVED: Councillor Everett was appointed as Chair for the Municipal Year 2025/2026.

To appoint a Vice-Chair for the Municipal Year 2025/2026

RESOLVED: Councillor Jones was appointed Vice- Chair for the Municipal Year 2025/2026.

To receive any apologies for absence.

An apology of absence was received from Councillor J Rust, J Lowe and R Colwell.

To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the previous meeting held on 20^th March 2025.

RESOLVED: The minutes from the previous meeting held on the 20^th March 2025 were agreed as a correct record.

Please indicate if there are any interests which should be declared.  A declaration of an interest should indicate the nature of the interest (if not already declared on the Register of Interests) and the agenda item to which it relates.  If a disclosable pecuniary interest is declared, the Member should withdraw from the room whilst the matter is discussed.

These declarations apply to all Members present, whether the Member is part of the meeting, attending to speak as a local Member on an item or simply observing the meeting from the public seating area.

Councillor Kemp advised she was a member of the Youth Advisory Board.

To consider any business which, by reason of special circumstances, the Chairman proposes to accept as urgent under Section 100(b)(4)(b) of the Local Government Act, 1972.

There was no urgent business under Standing Order 7.

Members wishing to speak pursuant to Standing Order 34 should inform the Chairman of their intention to do so and on what items they wish to be heard before the meeting commences.  Any Member attending the meeting under Standing Order 34 will only be permitted to speak on those items which have been previously notified to the Chairman.

There were no members present under Standing Order 34.

There was none.

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The representatives from the Youth Advisory Board gave a presentation.

The Chair thanked the representatives from the Youth Advisory Board and invited questions and comments from Committee.

Councillor Bone commented the presentation was inspiration and provided faith in change going forward and steps were to be taken to make this successful as previous work was carried out but was unsuccessful. He added the Committee needed to work hard to gain funding and push forward with this project.

A representative from the Youth Advisory Board questioned why fibre glass was used on skate board ramps and the impact it had on children using them.

The Operations Manager advised she would take this comment away and consider with making improvements to play areas.

Councillor Kemp thanked the representatives for their presentations and commented it brought this to attention of Councillors. She added a source of funding could be CIL.  

Councillor Sayers echoed the thanks for the presentation. He commented there was scope for an assessment as the published map which identified accessible play areas highlighted there was not one King’s Lynn and West Norfolk and therefore this needed to be a priority.

Vice- Chair, Councillor Jones referred to the project Rise in North Lynn and commented this project needed to benefit King’s Lynn as a whole.

A representative from the Youth Advisory Board highlighted there was a park survey on the Youth Advisory website and encouraged members to complete the survey..

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The Committee was invited to appoint Members of the Committee to the KLAC Planning Sub-Group and Play Areas Informal Working Group.

RESOLVED: The following Members were appointed to:

KLAC Planning Sub-Group- Councillor Collop (Chair), Councillor Ware and Jones. (Councillor Heneghan and Joyce as substitutes)

Play Areas Informal Working Group- Councillor Bone, Rust, Heneghan, Kemp. (The Democratic Service Officer would contact Councillor Colwell to determine if he would like to continue as a member).

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The Committee received a presentation on the Local Plan by the Principal Planner and Graduate Planner (Planning Policy team).

The Chair thanked Officers for the presentation and invited comments and questions from the Committee.

Councillor Joyce sought clarification on the definition of adjacent and King’s Lynn in relation to LP02.

The Principal Planner confirmed adjacent meant the development should adjoin the development boundaries as shown on the policies map. He clarified in terms of LP02, King’s Lynn was not just the unparished area of King’s Lynn but also included parts of North Runcton, West Winch, South Wootton and Castle Rising that fall within the existing built-up area. He added there were separate boundaries for King’s Lynn Urban Area and the surrounding parishes such as North Runcton, West Winch etc, as mentioned.

Councillor Bone commented on the proposal for a King’s Lynn Town Council for the unparished areas and raised concern on the definition of development boundaries and these being able to be breached creating an urban sprawl.

The Principal Planner commented that development boundaries could potentially be breached, however if breached, developments could not continue to expand the built-up area. He further added there was little scope to develop urban areas further. He highlighted to the Committee that development needed to meet all policies in the Local Plan.

Councillor Kemp sought clarification if the West Lynn Ferry was included in the local plan.

The Principal Planner referred to paragraph 8.71 to 8.72 of the local plan and confirmed the importance of the West Lynn Ferry was recognised.

Councillor Sayers questioned why Nar Ouse Way was not included in the employment area however other ongoing projects were reference in the local plan.

The Principal Planner clarified the local plan was designed to look forward with future projects. He explained this was decided by the Inspectors through the recent Local Plan examination.  Only some of the projects which were previous allocations were included in the new Local Plan 2021-2040; those already fully or substantially complete were not taken forward into the Plan

The Committee is asked to consider items for a future Work Programme for

The Committee is also asked to consider the Cabinet’s Forward Decision List.

Councillor Heneghan commented there was significant items scheduled for the next Committee meeting and felt they might not receive enough time spent and discussed on them.

Councillor Sayers sought clarification if it was in the Committee’s powers and terms of reference to be able to set up a Town Council.

The Assistant Director advised he would confirm with the Monitoring Officer the terms of reference and remit in relation to the Town Council.

The Committee discussed potential dates for the Committee to visit the King’s Lynn Fire Station and agreed on the 10^th July 2025 at 4:30pm as a potential date and time. It was agreed the Democratic Service Officer would liaise with the Fire Service.

RESOLVED: The Committee’s Work Programme and Forward Decision List was noted.

The next meeting of the Committee is to be held on the 19^th June 2025 at 5:15pm in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, Saturday Market Place.  

The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for 19th June 2025 at 5:15pm in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, Saturday Market Place.