Issue - meetings

Report of the Strategic Director of Place

Presented by the Planning and Infrastructure Portfolio Holder

Councillor R Ashman presented the report, which outlined the suggested changes to the planning system in the recent Planning for the Future White Paper, and set out the Council’s proposed response to the accompanying consultation.

It was noted that the Local Plan Committee had considered the Council’s response to the consultation the previous week. The Local Plan Committee’s suggested amendments to the responses had been agreed with officers and the minutes of their meeting circulated to Cabinet in the Additional Papers. 

Members spoke in favour of the responses on the basis that the suggested changes to the planning system were in early stages and it was important to strike a balance between meeting the objectives of the government and being receptive to the needs of local needs and concerns.

It was moved by Councillor R Ashman, seconded by Councillor R Bayliss and

RESOLVED THAT

Cabinet responds to the consultation in respect of the Planning for the Future White Paper as set in questions 1 to 26 attached at Appendix A of the report, as amended by the minutes of the Local Plan Committee.

Reason for decision: To determine the Council’s response to the consultation.