Issue - meetings

RESOLVED: To adopt the revised Local Plan Task Group Terms of Reference (Annex 1 to this report).

REASON FOR DECISION: To recognise the requirements and statutory obligations of the new planning system, as introduced through the 2023 Levelling-Up and Regeneration, and 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Acts.

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Cabinet noted that the Regeneration and Development Panel had considered this report and supported the Cabinet Recommendations.

Councillor Moriarty presented the report outlining the requirements and timescale for the new Local Plan.  Cabinet were informed that the Local Plan Task Group and Planning Committee had been briefed on this process and an all Member briefing session would be arranged.  Councillor Moriarty thanked the officers involved in the Local Plan creation, highlighting the considerable amount of work ahead.

Councillor Lintern highlighted the need for Parish Councils to be kept informed; it was confirmed that briefings would be arranged.  Councillor Moriarty explained that this report presented the revised Terms of Reference for the Task Group, which was in effect the first part of the process, with lots of work to follow.

Councillor Ryves addressed Cabinet under Standing Order 34 and drew attention to the implications of Local Government Reorganisation. The Leader explained that responsibility for progressing the Local Plan would transfer to the Unitary Authority on vesting day and that work needed to be advanced in preparation for this transition, noting that progression of the Local Plan was a statutory requirement. Councillor Moriarty commented that the Terms of Reference of the Local Plan Task Group had been designed to be sufficiently agile to enable preparation for Local Government Reorganisation.

RESOLVED: To adopt the revised Local Plan Task Group Terms of Reference (Annex 1 to this report).

REASON FOR DECISION: To recognise the requirements and statutory obligations of the new planning system, as introduced through the 2023 Levelling-Up and Regeneration, and 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Acts.