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(incorporating the recommendations arising from the Local Plan Working Group meeting held on 30  June 2015)

Report No: CAB/FH/15/029

Portfolio Holder: James Waters               

Chairman of the Local Plan Working Group: Rona Burt

Lead Officer: Marie Smith

RESOLVED:

That:-

1.   Progress made to the Core Strategy Single Issue Review (CS SIR) and Site Allocations (SSA) Issues and Options Local Plan Documents be endorsed.

2.   The Core Strategy Single Issue Review (SIR) (Working Paper 1) and the Site Specific Allocations (SSA) Issues and Options (Working Paper 2) Local Plan Documents, Tables of Proposed Material Amendments (Working Papers 3 and 4) and accompanying Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)/Sustainability Appraisal (SA), together with supporting documents, be approved for public consultation.

3.   The Head of Planning and Growth, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Growth, be authorised to make any minor typographical, factual, spelling and grammatical changes to these documents, provided that it does not materially affect the substance or meaning.

(Report No CAB/FH/15/029)

The Chairman of the Local Plan Working Group presented this report which explained that the Working Group had considered the following items of substantive business at their meeting on 30 June 2015:

1.       The progress which had been made on the Core Strategy Single Issue Review (CS SIR) and the Site Allocations (SSA) Issues and Options Local Plan Consultation Documents.

2.       To inform the final draft Core Strategy Single Issue Review (SIR) and Site Allocations Local Plan (SALP) Issues and Options documents for consultation.

Working Paper 1 to Report No CAB/FH/15/029 was the second ‘Issues and Options’ (Regulation 18) consultation document for the Core Strategy Single Issue Review.  This document considered two options for the level of housing to be provided within the district from 2011 to 2031 and four reasonable alternative options for its distribution between towns and villages.

The Working Group had considered the content of Working Paper 1 and had expressed their general support for the options contained within the consultation document.   A table of proposed amendments to the draft Single Issue Review document was also presented to the Working Group (attached as Working Paper 3) and Members expressed their support for the changes.   In addition, three further changes to the document were proposed by the Working Group, which were included in the table of amendments.

Working Paper 2 to Report No CAB/FH/15/029 was the Site Allocations Issues and Options Local Plan (SALP) consultation document, which updated and superseded the issues and options consultation undertaken in 2006.

The Working Group had considered the content of Working Paper 2 and expressed their general support for the options contained within the consultation document.   A table of proposed amendments to the SALP document were presented to the Working Group (attached as Working Paper 4) and Members expressed their support for the changes.  In addition, two further changes to the document were proposed and which were included in the table of amendments.

Following approval by Cabinet of these Consultation Documents, the consultation would take place from 11 August 2015 for an eight week period (ending on 6 October 2015) and which would also include a series of events being held during September 2015.

With the vote being unanimous, it was

RESOLVED:

That:-

1.           Progress made to the Core Strategy Single Issue Review (CS SIR) and Site Allocations (SSA) Issues and Options Local Plan Documents be endorsed.

2.           The Core Strategy Single Issue Review (SIR) (Working Paper 1) and the Site Specific Allocations (SSA) Issues and Options (Working Paper 2) Local Plan Documents, Tables of Proposed Material Amendments (Working Papers 3 and 4) and accompanying Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)/Sustainability Appraisal (SA), together with supporting documents, be approved for public consultation.

3.           The Head of Planning and Growth, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Growth, be authorised to make any minor typographical, factual, spelling and grammatical changes to these documents, provided that it does not materially affect the substance or meaning.