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Report No:   CAB/FH/16/059

Portfolio Holder: Lance Stanbury             

Chairman of the Working Group: Rona Burt         Lead Officer: Marie Smith

RESOLVED:

That:-

1.           Responses to consultation and engagement on the Preferred Option Core Strategy Single Issue Review (SIR), Preferred Options Site Allocations Local Plan (SALP) and Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) (Report No: LOP/FH/16/011)

          That:-

(a)     The responses, comments and actions as set out in Working Paper 1 (Core Strategy Policy CS7 Single Issue Review), Working Paper 2 (Site Allocations Local Plan Preferred Options) and Working Paper 3 (Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan) to Report No: LOP/FH/16/011 be endorsed, subject to the following amendment to Working Paper 2:

·         Representations 24341 (page 66) and 24342 (page 69) (The Trustees of the E G Lambton 1974 Settlement) (Site N/18 George Lambton Playing Fields)

The following sentence be deleted under the ‘Council’s Assessment’:

“In addition, as located off Fordham Road, development of this large site is likely to raise similar concerns to those recently upheld by the SoS for the development of Hatchfield Farm.”

(b)     The Head of Planning and Growth, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Growth and the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Local Plan Working Group, be authorised to make any minor typographical, factual, spelling and grammatical changes to the Officer responses.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL: (21 December 2016)

(Decisions 2. and 3. below are not subject to call-in)

That:-

2.       Core Strategy Single Issue Review (CS SIR) Submission Document (Regulation 19) (Report No: LOP/FH/16/012)

(a)         The Core Strategy Single Issue Review (CS SIR) Submission document (Regulation 19), as set out in Working Paper 1 to Report No: LOP/FH/16/012, be endorsed.

(b)         The Core Strategy Single Issue Review (CS SIR) Submission document (as set out in Working Paper 1 to Report No: LOP/FH/16/012) and accompanying Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA)/Sustainability Appraisal (SA), together with supporting documents, be approved for Regulation 19 consultation.

(c)         The Head of Planning and Growth, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Growth and the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Local Plan Working Group, be given delegated authority to submit the Core Strategy Submission document, all representations received to it during the final consultation and supporting documents, to the Secretary of State for independent Examination, subject to there being no material issues raised by consultees at the final consultation stage which require further consideration/modifications to the CS SIR.

(d)        The Head of Planning and Growth, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Growth and the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Local Plan Working Group, be authorised to make any minor typographical, factual, spelling and grammatical changes to the document, provided that it does not materially affect the substance or meaning.

3.       Site Allocations Local Plan (SALP) Submission Document (Regulation 19) (Report No: LOP/FH/16/013)

(a)         The Site Allocations Local Plan (SALP) Submission document (Regulation 19) as set out in Working Paper 1 to Report No: LOP/FH/16/013, be endorsed.

(b)         The Site Allocations Local Plan (SALP) Submission document (as set out in Working Paper 1 to Report No: LOP/FH/16/013) and accompanying SEA/SA, together with supporting documents, be approved for Regulation  ...  view the full decision text for item 272

(Report No: CAB/FH/16/059)

Councillor Lance Stanbury, Portfolio Holder for Planning and Growth, presented this report which informed the Cabinet of the following items which had been discussed by the Working Group on 28 November 2016:

(1)     Responses to consultation and engagement on the Preferred Option Core Strategy Single Issue Review (SIR), Preferred Options Site Allocations Local Plan and Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP)

The Core Strategy Single Issue Review had revisited the quashed parts of the 2010 Core Strategy, as well as re-assessing the overall housing need/numbers to ensure compliance with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).  An ‘Issues and Options’ (Regulation 18) consultation was completed in July to September 2012, with a second Issues and Options (Regulation 18) consultation taking place between August and October 2015.  A Preferred Option consultation was completed between April and July 2016 (Regulation 18).

The Working Group had considered the responses, comments and actions from the Preferred Options consultation, as set out in Working Paper 1 (Core Strategy Policy CS 7 Single Issue Review), Working Paper 2 (Site Allocations Local Plan Preferred Options) and Working Paper 3 (Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan) of Report No: LOP/FH/16/011 and had recommended that these be endorsed, subject to the following amendment to Working Paper 2:

·         Representations 24341 (page 66) and 24342 (page 69) (The Trustees of the E G Lambton 1974 Settlement) (Site N/18 George Lambton Playing Fields)

     The following sentence be deleted under the Council’s Assessment:

“In addition, as located off Fordham Road, development of this large site is likely to raise similar concerns to those recently upheld by the SoS for the development of Hatchfield Farm.”

(2)     Core Strategy Single Issue Review (CS SIR) Submission Document (Regulation 19)

The Core Strategy Single Issue Review (CS SIR) revisited the quashed parts of the 2010 Core Strategy, as well as re-assessing the overall housing need/numbers to ensure compliance with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). 

An ‘Issues and Options’ (Regulation 18) consultation was completed on the CS SIR in July to September 2012, with a second Issues and Options (Regulation 18) consultation taking place between August and October 2015.  A Preferred Option consultation was completed between April and July 2016 (Regulation 18).  A final submission consultation was scheduled to take place between 10 January 2017 and 21 February 2017.

The Working Group had considered the Submission draft of the Core Strategy Single Issue Review document, as set out in Working Paper 1 to Report No: LOP/FH/16/002 and had recommended its  approval, with no further amendment.

(3)     Site Allocations Local Plan (SALP) Submission Document (Regulation 19)

The Forest Heath Core Strategy was adopted in May 2010. Following a successful High Court Challenge in May 2011, parts of Policy CS7 detailing how the overall housing need would be distributed between the settlements over a 20-year period (to 2031) were quashed (removed from the Strategy). Consequential amendments were also made to Policies CS1 (Spatial Strategy) and CS13 (Infrastructure and Developer Contributions).

Since then, the Council had been revisiting the quashed parts  ...  view the full minutes text for item 272