Issue - meetings

The Local Development Scheme sets out the timetable for preparation of local plan documents. It is a statutory requirement for the Council to publish and maintain it. In view of the conclusions of the review of the Core Strategy (see agenda item 5), the Council will be asked to approve an updated Local Development Scheme to replace that adopted in February 2019.

Councillor R. Biggs, Executive Member for Planning Policy, introduced a report which sought approval for a revised Local Development Scheme (LDS). This set out the Council’s timetable for preparing Local Plan documents. It was noted that it was a statutory requirement for the Council to publish and maintain this.

The Executive Member for Planning Policy explained that the revisions, set out in Annex 1 to the report, reflected the conclusions of a review of the Core Strategy. It was highlighted that these had been approved and adopted by Council earlier in the meeting. It was therefore unnecessary to set out a programme for preparing a new plan and hence this had been omitted from the revised LDS.

Councillor Biggs concluded by explaining that the revised LDS also updated the likely adoption date of the Development Management Plan (DMP), which was expected to occur in September 2019 due to a minor delay in the receipt of the Inspector’s Report.

RESOLVED that the revised Local Development Scheme (LDS), set out in Annex 1 to the report presented, be adopted and take immediate effect.