Issue - meetings

This report seeks approval for an interim Local Development Scheme (Annex B), which supersedes all previous versions and sets out a planning work programme for the Council from March 2025.

Resolved:

                         i.         Approved the interim Local Development Scheme (Annex B)

Reason: To ensure that the Council Complies with the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011).

The Head of Strategic Planning Policy introduced the report, outlining that Council’s across the country were required to renew their Local Development Scheme in light of the new National Planning Framework.

The Executive Member for Housing, Planning and Safer Communities thanked officers for their work on the Local Development Scheme. He noted that the report had been to the Local Plan Working Group and welcomed cross party support and acknowledgement of the challenges, and the timescale required for reviewing the local plan. He noted that the Council had several priorities including introducing supplementary planning documents and introducing a community infrastructure levy. 

Resolved:

                         i.         Approved the interim Local Development Scheme (Annex B)

Reason: To ensure that the Council Complies with the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011).