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The Local Development Scheme is a project plan that sets out the timetable to produce new or revised Development Plan Documents which will form the Council’s Local Development Plan. This LDS, which supersedes all previous versions, sets out a planning work programme for the Council over a three-year period to 2025.

Following consideration, the committee unanimously resolved:

(1)      That the Committee approved the revised Local Development Scheme (April 2022) at Appendix 1 to the report.

The Committee received a report presenting a Local Development Scheme for approval. The Local Development Scheme sets out the timetable to produce new or revised Development Plan Documents which will form the Council’s Local Development Plan over a three-year period to 2025.

The following matters were considered:

a)            Local Plan Programme. The Committee noted the key milestones for the Local Plan Programme as detailed in the report. These were:

·                     October/November 2022 – Draft Local Plan Consultation (Regulation 18)

·                     October/November 2023 – Submission Public Consultation (Regulation 19)

·                     December 2023 – Submission to the Secretary of State

·                     Winter 2024 – Estimated date of adoption

The Head of Place Development informed the Committee that the draft Local Plan would be presented to the Committee for agreement prior to consultation. This had been included in the forward plan for the Committee’s meeting on 27 October 2022. Officers were confident that these milestones could be met.

b)            Evidence base. The Committee noted that the Head of Place Development had reviewed the evidence base for the Local Plan and had identified those which required update or replacement. A plan for the update/replacement of these documents had been produced and taken into account in the key milestones for the Local Plan Programme.

Following consideration, it was resolved:

(1)      That the Committee approved the revised Local Development Scheme (April 2022) at Appendix 1 to the report.