Issue - meetings

Council considered and approved the recommendations of the inquorate Executive meeting held on 4 April 2012, in respect of the Local Development Scheme (LDS) Version 3 – May 2012.

RESOLVED – that (A) the Local Development Scheme (LDS) version 3 – May 2012, as detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ of the report now submitted, be agreed and take effect from 1 May 2012;

(B)      the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning Policy and Economic Development, be given authority to make any consequential amendments to the Local Development Scheme (LDS) Version 3 following final publication of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations, as appropriate;

(C)      the Local Development Framework (LDF) and associated terminology be replaced with District Plan; and

(D)      the Local Development Framework Executive Panel be renamed as the District Planning Executive Panel to reflect the change in terminology.

Minute 25 refers

The Executive considered and supported the recommendations of the Local Development Framework Executive Panel made at its meeting held on 29 March 2012, in respect of the Local Development Scheme (LDS) Version 3 – May 2012. 

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the Local Development Scheme (LDS) version 3 – May 2012, as detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ of the report now submitted, be agreed and take effect from 1 May 2012;

(B)      the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning Policy and Economic Development, be given authority to make any consequential amendments to the Local Development Scheme (LDS) Version 3 following final publication of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations, as appropriate;

(C)      the Local Development Framework (LDF) and associated terminology be replaced with District Plan; and

(D)      the Local Development Framework Executive Panel be renamed as the District Planning Executive Panel to reflect the change in terminology.

The Executive Member for Planning Policy and Economic Development submitted a report presenting Version 3 of the Council’s Local Development Scheme (LDS).  He also detailed the schedule and work programme that set out when and how the Council would prepare its Development Plan Documents (DPD) and also sought agreement to amend the plan-making terminology, in order to reflect changes to the planning system.

Arising from questions and comments by Members, Officers accepted that the risk assessments undertaken in respect of possible legal challenges to the preparation of Development Plan Documents (DPDs) should be amended to show its likelihood as ‘1’ rather than ‘0’.

Officers further advised that following the publication of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), previous advice regarding Neighbourhood Plans stood and that the approach taken by the Council to date, had been confirmed by the NPPF.

The Panel recommended the proposals now detailed to the Executive.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the Local Development Scheme (LDS) version 3 – May 2012, as detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ of the report now submitted, be agreed and take effect from 1 May 2012;

(B)       the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning Policy and Economic Development, be given authority to make any consequential amendments to the Local Development Scheme (LDS) Version 3 following final publication of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations, as appropriate;

(C)       the Local Development Framework (LDF) and associated terminology be replaced with District Plan; and

(D)       the Local Development Framework Executive Panel be renamed as the District Planning Executive Panel to reflect the change in terminology.