Issue - meetings

To receive a verbal update on the Local Plan.

The Committee received a verbal update from the Service Lead for Strategic Planning and Enterprise, and the Group Head – Place Protection and Prosperity, on the Local Plan.

A summary of the update is included with these minutes.

The Committee queried whether the Environment Agency (EA) would be able to attend a future Committee meeting to discuss the flood risk issues. Councillor Beecher informed the Committee that he had spoken to the EA and been advised that they would be unable to attend any committee meetings due to volume of work and staffing issues.

The Committee asked whether the design codes, once established, would apply to developers looking to build within the borough and were advised that was the purpose of the codes.

The Committee resolved to note the update.