Issue - meetings

To recommend the Council to approve the revised Local Development Scheme.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL

(1)  That the revised Local Development Scheme, as updated, be approved.

(2)  That the Head of Planning Services be authorised to make typographical and other minor amendments to the Scheme before it is published.

Further to minute 18 of 7 July 2015, the Cabinet considered the report and appendix circulated with the agenda, together with an update providing amendments suggested by the Development Plan and Infrastructure Panel (DPIP) (copies attached to the official minutes).

Mrs Taylor introduced the report, explaining that the Local Development Scheme (LDS) contained information about the current Development Plan for Chichester District and the timetable for the future production of planning policy documents. It was an important document for keeping the community informed and as such was published on the Council’s website.

The LDS had last been updated and approved by the Council in July 2015. It had to be subject to constant review to take account of new documents, not least the review of the Local Plan. It covered a rolling three year time frame from 2016 – 2019.

The LDS enabled residents and interested parties to know the timetables of the documents and when they could participate in the planning process. The LDS gave the profile of each document, setting out its scope and the proposed timetable. The timings were indicative and would be kept under review.

The document had been discussed by the DPIP on 25 February resulting in some amendments set out on the update sheet. She also added a recommendation to enable minor amendments to be made under delegated authority.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL

(1)  That the revised Local Development Scheme, as updated, be approved.

(2)  That the Head of Planning Services be authorised to make typographical and other minor amendments to the Scheme before it is published.