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This report advises Members of the production of a revised Local Development Scheme (LDS), which is the three-year project plan for delivery of the Local Development Framework (LDF) for the City, and asks them to approve the revised LDS for formal submission to the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber, subject to some minor changes requested by the LDF Working Group.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the draft Local Development Scheme at Annex B to the report, which incorporates the recommendations made by the LDF Working Group on 4 November 2008, be approved for formal submission to the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber

REASON:      To ensure that the Local Development Scheme for York is submitted to the Government Office as required under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act.

                        (ii)        That authority be delegated to the Director of City Strategy, in consultation with the Executive Member and Shadow Executive Member for City Strategy, to make any other necessary changes arising from the recommendations of the LDF Working Group or Executive, prior to submission to the Government Office.

REASON:      To ensure that any recommendations are incorporated into the submission draft LDS.

                        (iii)       That authority be delegated to the Director of City Strategy, in consultation with the Executive Member and Shadow Executive Member for City Strategy, to make any minor changes arising from comments made by the Government Office or the Planning Inspectorate following formal submission of the LDS.

REASON:      To enable the authority to respond to any comments made by the Government Office or the Planning Inspectorate that would lead to minor changes to the LDS.

Members considered a report that advised them of the production of a revised Local Development Scheme (LDS), which was the three-year project plan for delivery of the Local Development Framework (LDF).

PPS12, the document containing government guidance on the production of development plans, had been revised and re-published in June 2008.  A summary of the changes was provided in paragraphs 7 to 15 of the report.  Briefly, these included the introduction of:

• Less detailed and prescriptive guidance overall
• The ability to allocate ‘strategic sites’ within Core Strategies
• Informal consultation before submission, in place of the ‘Issues and Options’ and ‘Preferred Options’ formal stages.
• A requirement for plans to be ‘justified’, ‘effective’ and ‘consistent with national policy’, in place of the ‘tests of soundness’.

Members were invited to approve the draft LDS for formal submission to the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber, subject to the recommendations made on the document by the LDF Working Group at their meeting on 4 November 2008 (Option 1).  Minutes of that meeting were attached as Annex A to the report.  A draft copy of the LDS, amended to reflect the Working Group’s comments, was attached as Annex B.  Other available options were to seek further amendments to the LDS (Option 2) or to request Officers to prepare an alternative project plan (Option 3).

RESOLVED: (i)         That the draft Local Development Scheme at Annex B to the report, which incorporates the recommendations made by the LDF Working Group on 4 November 2008, be approved for formal submission to the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber. ¹

REASON:      To ensure that the Local Development Scheme for York is submitted to the Government Office as required under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act.

                        (ii)        That authority be delegated to the Director of City Strategy, in consultation with the Executive Member and Shadow Executive Member for City Strategy, to make any other necessary changes arising from the recommendations of the LDF Working Group or Executive, prior to submission to the Government Office.

REASON:      To ensure that any recommendations are incorporated into the submission draft LDS.

                        (iii)       That authority be delegated to the Director of City Strategy, in consultation with the Executive Member and Shadow Executive Member for City Strategy, to make any minor changes arising from comments made by the Government Office or the Planning Inspectorate following formal submission of the LDS. ²

REASON:      To enable the authority to respond to any comments made by the Government Office or the Planning Inspectorate that would lead to minor changes to the LDS.