Councillor Colin Barnard

To consider the recommendations from the meeting of the Local Plan Working Party on 21 March 2019.

Cabinet considered the recommendations from the Local Plan Working Party held on 21 March 2019.

Resolved to:

1.    Agree the change to the Local Development Scheme timetable;

2.    Note the progress on the site selection work;

3.    Note the progress on drafting the new Local Plan policies and encourage Members who wish to make suggestions on their content to forward these to the Portfolio Holder, Cllr Barnard, to pass on to officers for consideration; and

4.    Note the progress on the local Green Space assessment methodology, subject to this being amended to reflect in the criteria the importance of green spaces to local communities that are not well served by other nearby public recreation land, following consultation with the Local Plan Working Party on the precise wording.