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Search the Public Notice PortalA bid to strengthen planning protections around a military training area has been ruled impossible, after Powys councillors were told existing plans can't be altered for it.
At a Powys County Council meeting on Thursday, March 5, Reform UK group leader Cllr Iain McIntosh had a second chance to secure backing for his motion to reinstate a Statement of Common Ground in the council’s adopted Local Development Plan.
The statement between the council and the Ministry of Defence refers to a 10-kilometre planning buffer zone around the Sennybridge Training Area (SENTA).
Cllr McIntosh (Yscir, with Honddu Isaf and Llanddew) said: “There’s been ample opportunity to view the background and wording of the proposal and correspondence between myself, government ministers, and the Ministry of Defence.
“The SoCG was created to protect one of the UK’s most important training sites; its value to national defence is unquestionable.”
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He said council Leader Cllr Jake Berriman (Liberal Democrat – Llandrindod North), a former planning officer, said in December that the current local development plan fully protects the MoD’s interest.
Cllr McIntosh added: “Yet here we are, facing two wind farm proposals only a stone’s throw away from SENTA."
Senior strategic planning officer Adrian Humpage said the statement was created to deal with MoD objections, and a new renewable assessment was done for the LDP which created the 10km buffer zone.
Mr Humpage said: “There is no legal mechanism to reintegrate or bring things back into the LDP.”
The council has started work on a replacement LDP and is preparing a plan that will eventually go out to public consultation, when issues with the LDP can be considered afresh.
Mr Humpage said: “The MoD are an important stakeholder in that process.”
Cabinet member for legal and regulatory services Cllr Richard Church (Liberal Democrat – Welshpool Castle) asked: “What would be the legal implications and risks for this council if this motion were to be adopted, what force would it have?”
Head of legal services Clive Pinney added: “It would have no legal effect, as we could not implement it.”
Cllr Church said: “So the whole debate would be completely pointless.”
Councillors voted to move on to other business, and the motion was not put to a vote.
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