Issue - meetings

A new Local Plan Programme has been prepared to set the process and timetable for the new Epsom & Ewell Local Plan.  The Committee is asked to consider and agree to adopt the new timetable with immediate effect.

The Committee considered a revised Local Plan programme which detailed the process and suggested timetable to achieve the delivery of the Local Plan.

It was noted that the policies that made up the evolving local plan were a combination of substantive and emerging strategies some of which would be superseded by the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for example CS7 which does not take into account the government’s standard methodology for calculating objectively assessed housing need. 

The Committee was informed that the personnel listed under Internal Resources was current staff levels, however it was recognised that when the new NPPF is published and officers have a clearer picture of the government’s expectations, the level of resources required to achieve the delivery of the Local Plan would be reviewed.

Having considered the revised timetable, the Committee agreed to the publication of the Local Plan programme on the Council’s website, with immediate effect.