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Further to minute 583 of 6 May 2014, to recommend the Council to approve and publish a revised and updated Local Development Scheme.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL

That the draft revised Local Development Scheme 2015-2018 be approved for publication on Chichester District Council’s web site, subject to the following changes:

Paragraph 4.1, final bullet: change date of The Loxwood Parish Neighbourhood Plan from 2014 to 2015.

Paragraph 7.11: add bullet to refer to existing business continuity arrangements.

Further to minute 583 of 6 May 2014, the Cabinet considered the report circulated with the agenda (copy attached to the official minutes).

Mrs Taylor introduced the report, explaining that the Local Development Scheme (LDS) was a document available to the public which set out the timetable for the preparation and publishing of various planning documents such as Development Plan Documents (DPDs) and Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) over a rolling three year time frame from 2015 to 2018. In due course it would include the timetable of the five year review of the Local Plan.

The main changes contained in the draft revision were:-

• The inclusion of the Chichester Harbour Development Management SPD and the Water Resources and Water Management SPD
• The revision of timescales for preparation of the Site Allocations DPD and the Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Site allocation DPD to take account of work on the Local Plan, emerging neighbourhood development plans and resources.

The timetable set out in the Appendix was indicative only but would be constantly kept under review and updated.

The Local Plan Inspector had recommended that the Local Plan should be reviewed within the next 5 years. Whilst the Local Plan timetable was not part of this review of the LDS, the document would need to be revised again in due course to take account of the Local Plan review timetable once the process had been agreed by Cabinet.

Mr Frost (Head of Planning Services) also drew attention to references to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). A hearing into the Council’s Draft Charging Schedule had been held four weeks ago and the examination was ongoing.

Mrs Hardwick drew attention to an error in the date of the Loxwood Neighbourhood Plan, and suggested the addition of a reference to business continuity in the section on Risk Assessment.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL

That the draft revised Local Development Scheme 2015-2018 be approved for publication on Chichester District Council’s web site, subject to the following changes:

Paragraph 4.1, final bullet: change date of The Loxwood Parish Neighbourhood Plan from 2014 to 2015.

Paragraph 7.11: add bullet to refer to existing business continuity arrangements.