Agenda item

The Executive Director Place will submit a report seeking authority to adopt the Local Plan following the receipt of the Planning Inspector’s main modifications and additional changes, as it provides an appropriate basis for the planning of the borough and, therefore, meets the criteria for soundness in the National Planning Policy Framework.

RECOMMENDED that the Local Plan, including main modifications included within the Inspector’s report (at Appendix 2 to the report), together with the additional changes proposed by the Council referred to in paragraph 3.9 of this report, be formally adopted by the Council.

The report of the Executive Director Place seeing authority to adopt the Local Plan was:

Moved by Councillor Sir Steve Houghton CBE – Seconded by Councillor Miller.

The report indicated that the Local Plan covered the period 2014-2033 and would be subject to a review in five years’ time.  It gave details of the background to its preparation and the consultation process undertaken together with the input of the Planning Inspectorate.  It outlined in detail the proposals contained within the Plan and the justification for those proposals, the alternative approaches that had been considered as well as the implications for local people and service users.

It was also noted that an All Member Information Briefing had been held on the 2^nd January, 2019 at which Members had been able to question officers in detail about all aspects of the Plan and its implications for the Borough.

Once formally adopted, the decision would be publicised and letters would be sent to all those people who had been asked to be informed of the decision.  The Local Plan, Policies Map and associated documentation would also be made publicly available.

RESOLVED that the Local Plan and Policies Map, including the main modifications included within the Inspector’s report, together with the additional changes proposed by the Council referred to in paragraph 3.9 of the report now submitted be formally adopted.