Issue - meetings

To consider the attached report of the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development.

These documents will be published as a supplement due to the size of the files.

The Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development presented the Local Plan – Regulation 18 Consultation report.

Members were advised that the Council had a statutory duty to prepare a Local Plan under section 19 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. The Local Plan was a development plan document that set out the vision, framework and policies for guiding new development in the district until 2040.

The Chairman reminded Members that in the agenda were the answers to the key questions that had been submitted on this item. Members discussed issues arising from the answers to the key questions which included:

·         Affordable housing, particularly in urban areas

·         S106 matters

·         Encouraging green development

·         Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO)

It was moved by Councillor C D Zosseder, duly seconded by Councillor H M Williams, and

RESOLVED:       That it be recommended to Cabinet that Decision CAB57 be endorsed as followed:

(a)  That the Local Plan Regulation 18 document, as set out at Appendix 1 to the report, be approved for consultation for a period of eight weeks.

(b)  That the Regulation 18 Consultation Engagement Strategy, as set out at Appendix 2 to the report, be approved.

(c)   That the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services, be authorised to make minor changes to the consultation document, and to take all necessary steps to develop and carry out the Regulation 18 consultation.

To consider the attached report of the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development.

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services

This document will be published as a supplement due to its size.

It was agreed:

(a)   That the Local Plan Regulation 18 document, as set out at Appendix 1 to the report, be approved for consultation for a period of eight weeks. 

(b)   That the Regulation 18 Consultation Engagement Strategy, as set out at Appendix 2 to the report, be approved.

(c)   That the Head of Planning, Regeneration and Development, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services, be authorised to make minor changes to the consultation document, and to take all necessary steps to develop and carry out the Regulation 18 consultation.