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Supplementary Planning Documents - for public consultation

Meeting: 05/12/2019 - Executive (Item 74)

74 Supplementary Planning Documents

To consider a report in relation to Supplementary Planning documents.

Supporting documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED that:

 

(i)              The Executive approve the updated draft Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document, Barn and Farm Conversions Supplementary Planning Document, Historic Parks and Gardens Supplementary Planning Document and Reigate Shop Front Design Supplementary Planning Document for public consultation; and

 

(ii)             The Head of Planning in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning Policy, be authorised to make any necessary minor amendments to the draft updated Supplementary Planning Documents prior to consultation.

Minutes:

Councillor R. Biggs, Executive Member for Planning Policy, introduced four draft Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) which had been updated to align with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the Development Management Plan. The report sought the approval of the Executive to commence a four-week consultation.

Councillor Biggs explained that local and national policy changes meant that the Council was no longer able to secure affordable housing contributions from smaller developments and that the NPPF had changed the type of housing that could be classified as affordable. Consequently, the Affordable Housing SPD, which had been published in 2014, required updating and would now complement the Housing Delivery Strategy, in providing certainty as to when and where affordable housing would be delivered. 

In response to a question by a Visiting Member, the Senior Policy Officer explained that all SPDs were part of a programme of review, and that the four presented to Members had been prioritised.

The Leader surmised that the SPDs allowed the Council to defend its planning policies and noted that the outcome of the consultation, and any proposed amendments, would be reported back to the Executive. 

RESOLVED that:

(i)         The Executive approve the updated draft Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document, Barn and Farm Conversions Supplementary Planning Document, Historic Parks and Gardens Supplementary Planning Document and Reigate Shop Front Design Supplementary Planning Document for public consultation; and

(ii)        The Head of Planning in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning Policy, be authorised to make any necessary minor amendments to the draft updated Supplementary Planning Documents prior to consultation.

Reason for decision: Regulation 12(b) of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 require public consultation on draft supplementary planning documents for at least 4 weeks prior to adoption.

Alternative options: Not to approve the draft Affordable Housing SPD, Barn and Farm Conversions SPD, Historic Parks and Gardens SPD and Reigate Shop Front Design SPD for public consultation. Not to agree to necessary minor amendments being made prior to consultation.