Decision details

Consideration of recommendation HP 22/12 from the meeting of the Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee of 6 September 2022.

Further to the recommendation of the Scrutiny Select Committee, the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health confirmed that the Members views in respect of the General Data Protection Rules (GDPR) would be given due regard as part of the consultation process and that the Urban Capacity Study specification and methodology would be circulated to Members under confidential cover as soon as possible.  In addition, a number of factual points had been raised and these would be clarified and corrected if appropriate before the consultation was published.

The Cabinet RESOLVED that:

(1)         the commencement of the Regulation 18 consultation on the draft Local Plan and Interim Sustainability Appraisal be approved;

(2)         authority be delegated to the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health for any minor amendments, including typographical corrections, to the Regulation 18 consultation on the draft Local Plan; and

(3)         the publishing of evidence base documents, as set out in Annex 2 to the report, alongside the draft Local Plan be approved.