Agenda item

The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its appendix and make the following resolutions:

1.    That Cabinet approve the Authority’s Monitoring Report 2018-2019 for publication.

2.    That the Director of Planning and the Environment be authorised, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning Services, to make any minor amendments to the Authority’s Monitoring Report prior to its publication. 

RESOLVED

1.    That the Authority’s Monitoring Report 2018-2019 be approved for publication.

2.    That the Director of Planning and the Environment be authorised, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning Services, to make any minor amendments to the Authority’s Monitoring Report prior to its publication. 

Mrs Taylor introduced the report. She explained that the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) is the main mechanism for assessing the performance implementation and outcomes of the current adopted Local Plan within the Local Plan area. The AMR covers the period 1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019 and includes significant events that have occurred since that time.

Mrs Taylor outlined the key highlights including:

·         Following responses to the Local Plan preferred response approach consultation between December 2018 and February 2019 additional evidence is now being prepared.

·         North Mundham and Sidlesham Neighbourhood Plans have received designations.

·         CIL receipts totally £48,000 have been spent on the Lavant Bio-Diversity opportunity area and Brandy Hole Copse.

·         Section 106 funding totalling £400,000 has been spent on recreational mitigation at Chichester and Pagham harbours with £1.6 million received for the A27.

·         Employment floor space completions totalled 23,000 square metres due largely to 10,000 square metres achieved at Glenmore Business Park.

·         654 net dwellings have been completed, significantly exceeding the 435 net dwellings requirement of the Local Plan housing requirement.

·         300 dwellings are underway at the Shopwhyke Lakes Strategic Site with outline planning permission permitted for the remaining 580 dwellings.

·         The 300 dwellings at Westhampnett have commenced

·         The reserved matters have been permitted for 750 on the Land West of Chichester site following outline planning permission permitted in April 2018.

·         A development partner has been selected for the Tangmere Strategic Development Site.

·         Parts of the Chichester Harbour SSSI were reclassified from unfavourable recovering to unfavourable no change in February 2019. The SSSI area is currently 90.3% favourable or recovering which is less than the Natural England target of 95%. The council is working to address this with Natural England through policy and planning applications.

·         Domestic carbon emissions have fallen.

·         AMR changes have been made since the Development Plan and Infrastructure Panel on 16 January 2020:

o   The A27 upgrade rising cost of mitigation is acknowledged.

o   The Section 106 section of report has been revised to highlight that over £4.5 million has been secured in relation to the A27 improvements.

o   A link has been provided to the waste water improvements information available on the Southern Water website.

Mrs Plant highlighted the time required to bring forward new homes. Mrs Taylor acknowledged Mrs Plants comment and added that last year the council exceeded its target. Mr Frost explained that the number of completed dwellings has seen a rise over recent years due to the lead in time required for the council’s four main strategic sites. It is hoped this will continue given the progress on the sites.

Mrs Plant requested bullet point 2 on page 37 of the pack be amended to nitrogen dioxide rather than nitrogen. She also requested section 2.5 on page 143 of the pack be amended to confirm that the cost to mitigate the scheme has risen. She added that the figures on page 205 of the pack need to be reviewed.

Mr Briscoe highlighted the importance of the impact of New Homes Bonus funding.

Mr Bell with reference to page 35 of the pack requested clarification on the classification of A1 use. Ms Ferrier confirmed that A1 use is retail and coffee shops are A3. Mr Bell noted the reassurance of the figures.

Decision

The Cabinet then voted unanimously to make the resolutions below.

RESOLVED

1.    That the Authority’s Monitoring Report 2018-2019 be approved for publication.

2.    That the Director of Planning and the Environment be authorised, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning Services, to make any minor amendments to the Authority’s Monitoring Report prior to its publication.