Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Housing, Enforcement and Transport presented the report of the Director: Housing, Employment & Infrastructure.

The Council was setting out its updated Local Development Scheme (LDS) for 2022 through to 2025. The Local Planning Authority was required to have a scheme in place.        

The Government had dropped its proposals for a zoning approach and this was a welcome development.

Publishing the LDS enabled the Council to meet its legal obligations, ensure local control over the planning process, and put it in the best position to respond to changes brought forward by government.

The scheme contained the timetable for progressing with the paused Local Plan review and outlined when there would be formal opportunities for residents and stakeholders to get involved in the plan making process.

The Leader of the Conservative group stated that he too was pleased to see zoning proposals stopped. It was also noted that the local plan process opened up an opportunity to protect farmland and work towards food security.

RESOLVED – that Cabinet approve the publication of the Local Development Scheme 2022-25.