Issue - meetings

Progress on the Local Plan

Meeting: 24/01/2019 - Licensing and Planning Policy Committee (Item 41)

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This report provides Members with an update on the progress being made on the review of the Local Plan.

Decision:

It was resolved:

That the Committee:

(1)      noted the good progress being made in preparing the new Local Plan;

(2)      noted the government’s Housing Delivery Test and the implications that would follow; and

(3)      agreed to advise the Planning Committee that planning applications should be determined with the knowledge that there is not a demonstrable five year housing land supply.

 

Minutes:

The Committee received a report providing an update on progress against the new Local Plan’s project milestones. 

The report informed the Committee that the focus was currently upon completing a robust and proportionate evidence base that would support the new Local Plan through the forthcoming submission and examination stages. The report provided an overview of the Housing Delivery Test, the Borough’s performance and the implications for the Council’s Local Plan and decision making.

The following matter was considered:

a)            Communication to Planning Committee. The Committee noted that the report recommended that it should advise the Council’s Planning Committee that planning applications should be determined with the knowledge that there was not a demonstrable five year housing land supply. Officers informed the Committee that if this recommendation was agreed, a report would be presented to a future meeting of the Planning Committee to advise it of the issue.

Following consideration, it was resolved:

That the Committee:

(1)      noted the good progress being made in preparing the new Local Plan;

(2)      noted the government’s Housing Delivery Test and the implications that would follow; and

(3)      agreed to advise the Planning Committee that planning applications should be determined with the knowledge that there is not a demonstrable five year housing land supply.