Issue - meetings

Minute 218 refers

RESOLVED – that (A) the feedback received from stakeholders as part of Round 2: Stakeholder Engagement of the Strategic Land Availability Assessment (SLAA) be considered and amendments made as appropriate, before a final SLAA Round 2 report is published; and

(B)      the use of the District-wide interim SLAA Round 2 capacity of 2,173 dwellings to inform ongoing work in developing the District Plan: Part 1 - Preferred Strategy, be supported.

(see also Minute 235 above)

Minute 6 refers

The Executive considered the recommendations of the District Planning Executive Panel made at its meeting held on 26 July 2012 in respect of the Strategic Land Availability Assessment (SLAA) Stage 2 Update.

In response to a question from Councillor Mrs R Cheswright, the Executive Member for Strategic Planning and Transport reiterated the importance of providing an audit trail and that all sites, however unsuitable they might be, are included in the evidence base.

The Executive supported the recommendations as now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the feedback received from stakeholders as part of Round 2: Stakeholder Engagement of the Strategic Land Availability Assessment (SLAA) be considered and amendments made as appropriate, before a final SLAA Round 2 report is published; and

(B)      the use of the District-wide interim SLAA Round 2 capacity of 2,173 dwellings to inform ongoing work in developing the District Plan: Part 1 - Preferred Strategy, be supported.

(see also Minute 223 below)

The Panel considered a report updating Members on the progress of the Strategic Land Availability Assessment, which sought to identify a District-wide interim SLAA Round 2 dwelling capacity figure to be used to inform ongoing work in developing the District Plan: Part 1 - Preferred Strategy.

It was noted that Round 2 had applied a site size and location threshold and only considered those sites where there was currently no in-principle objection to their development, i.e. those sites which were located within the development boundaries of the Six Main Settlements and Category 1 Villages.  This schedule of 233 sites had been previously agreed by Members.  Following the publication of the National Planning Policy Framework, it was considered appropriate to exclude some sites from this round of the SLAA process, as detailed in the report now submitted.  An updated schedule of sites that were assessed was detailed at Essential Reference Paper ‘B’ of the report submitted.

The Panel also noted the outcome of the stakeholder engagement, the details of which had been posted on the Council’s website alongside Officer’s initial site assessments.  The initial assessments identified capacity of 2,173 dwellings District-wide over a 15 year period.  A preliminary assessment of the feedback received did not indicate any material impact on the emerging interim Round 2 dwelling capacity.  All comments received would be considered and amendments made, as appropriate, before a final SLAA Round 2 report would be published after being endorsed by Council later this year.

The Panel supported the recommendations as now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the feedback received from stakeholders as part of Round 2: Stakeholder Engagement of the Strategic Land Availability Assessment (SLAA) be considered and amendments made as appropriate, before a final SLAA Round 2 report is published; and

(B)      the use of the District-wide interim SLAA Round 2 capacity of 2,173 dwellings to inform ongoing work in developing the District Plan: Part 1 - Preferred Strategy, be supported.