Issue - meetings

The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its appendix in the agenda supplement and to make the following resolution:

That the approach to addressing strategic planning issues within West Sussex and Greater Brighton through the production of Local Strategic Statement 3 and a Statement of Common Ground be endorsed, as set out in the report to the West Sussex and Greater Brighton Strategic Planning Board (attached as an appendix to the agenda report).

RESOLVED

That the approach to addressing strategic planning issues within West Sussex and Greater Brighton through the production of Local Strategic Statement 3 and a Statement of Common Ground be endorsed, as set out in the report to the West Sussex and Greater Brighton Strategic Planning Board (attached as an appendix to the agenda report).

[Note The audio recording for this meeting reveals that for officer availability reasons this item was in fact taken before agenda item 11 but it appears in these minutes (as well as in the audio recording) in accordance with the published order of business in the agenda]

The Cabinet received and considered the agenda report and its appendix in the agenda supplement.   

This item was introduced by Mrs Taylor.  

Mr Allgrove was in attendance for this matter.

Mrs Taylor said that the nature of the duty to co-operate (DTC), with which CDC must comply if the Local Plan Review were to be pronounced sound, was the subject of proposed changes in a recent government consultation (paras 3.2 and 3.3 of the report) which would lead to the revision of the National Planning Policy Framework and the requirement to prepare a Statement of Common Ground (SCG). Accordingly and in view of the proposed approach to strategic planning (Local Strategic Statement 3 (LSS3)) set out in the West Sussex and Greater Brighton Strategic Planning Board (WSGB) document appended to the report, there was now a need for the WSGB authorities to agree a SCG. Sections 4, 5 and 6 of the report addressed how to achieve LSS3 and satisfy the DTC. 

Mr Allgrove emphasised that the process of preparing LSS3 would assist CDC in meeting the DTC in relation to the current Local Plan Review.

Decision

The Cabinet voted unanimously on a show of hands to make the resolution which is set out below. 

RESOLVED

That the approach to addressing strategic planning issues within West Sussex and Greater Brighton through the production of Local Strategic Statement 3 and a Statement of Common Ground be endorsed, as set out in the report to the West Sussex and Greater Brighton Strategic Planning Board (attached as an appendix to the agenda report).