Decision details

The Cabinet considered the recommendations from the most recent meeting of the Local Plan Working Party.

RESOLVED that Cabinet agrees to:

1.    Approve the draft Spelthorne Functional Economic Area Analysis for public consultation;

2.    Approve the Draft Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report for public consultation;

3.    Approve the Strategic Land Availability Assessment Methodology;

4.    Approve the Brief for the Green Belt Assessment for public consultation and authorises the Chairman (Cllr Harvey), to approve any appropriate alterations to the brief arising from that consultation;

5.    Approve the Planning Monitoring Report 2016; and

6.    Approve the following proposals on the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL):

a.    5% of monies received be retained by the Borough Council to meet its costs of administering the CIL process (in accordance with the CIL Regulations);

b.    Engagement with local communities on how the ‘neighbourhood funding’ element (15% of CIL monies received) should be based on the 5 main community areas of the Borough – Ashford, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell and Sunbury;

c.    Decisions on the allocation of the ‘neighbourhood funding’ element to be solely for the Borough Council to make subject to appropriate community consultation; and

d.    A Joint Infrastructure Working Group with Surrey County Council, including the portfolio holder for Planning and Economic Development or a Deputy, be established to put in place appropriate mechanisms for establishing priorities and programming for expenditure of the remaining *up to 80% of CIL monies. [*amendment made at Cabinet 23/11/16]