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]