Issue - meetings

To consider in the light of recommendations from the Development Plan and Infrastructure Panel and to recommend the Council to approve for consultation, the draft Chichester Site Allocation Development Plan Document.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL

(1)  That the draft Site Allocation Development Plan Document, as set out in Appendix 1 as amended by the update circulated on 24 November 2015, be approved for consultation  for a period of six weeks  from  7 January until 18 February 2016.

(2)  That authority is delegated to the Head of Planning Services to enable minor editorial and typographical amendments to be made to the document prior to its publication.

The Cabinet considered the report circulated with the agenda, together with an update and amended plan for Policy CC6 following the meeting of the Development Plan and Infrastructure Panel on 19 November 2015 (copy attached to the official minutes).

Mrs Taylor introduced the report. She reminded the Cabinet that the Chichester District Local Plan had been adopted in July 2015. The policies contained therein provided the framework for site specific proposals as set out in the Site Allocation Development Plan Document (DPD) and other planning documents. The primary purpose of the Site Allocation DPD was to deliver small scale residential sites and employment sites as set out in the Chichester Local Plan: Key Policies.

The Site Allocation DPD would identify potential sites for development within the city of Chichester and the parishes. Parishes that had Neighbourhood Plans (NP) that had reached pre-submission stage were not included. Parishes that had not reached pre-submission stage by mid August of this year were included. However, if by the end of March 2016 a NP had reached pre-submission stage, then any identified sites, if different within the draft DPD, would be removed.

Only sites with a minimum site size of 0.25 hectare or capable of accommodating at least five dwellings had been considered. The methodology for choosing the sites was set out in the Site Allocation Methodology (Background Paper).

If approved, the draft Site Allocation DPD. would go out for consultation from 7 January until 18 February 2016. The responses to this consultation would be evaluated and reflected in the Pre-Submission Site Allocation DPD which would be subject to further consultation for a period of six weeks.

The Site Allocation DPD would then be formally submitted for Examination by an independent Planning inspector to consider the soundness of the document in light of representations arising from the Pre-submission stage.

In addition to assessing potential sites for residential and employment development,  the draft DPD reviewed the Settlement Boundaries from the 1999 Chichester Local Plan, with the exception of Parishes undertaking a neighbourhood plan and parishes with a strategic development location.

Therefore, throughout the process there were opportunities for the parishes and other parties to comment on the contents of the Site Allocation DPD

The Cabinet’s attention was also drawn to the amendments proposed by the Development Plan and Infrastructure Panel.

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL

(1)  That the draft Site Allocation Development Plan Document, as set out in Appendix 1 as amended by the update circulated on 24 November 2015, be approved for consultation  for a period of six weeks  from  7 January until 18 February 2016.

(2)  That authority is delegated to the Head of Planning Services to enable minor editorial and typographical amendments to be made to the document prior to its publication.