Issue - meetings

Report of Councillor C Cupit, Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Environmental Services.

RESOLVED – That the interim Local Development Scheme be brought into effect on 6 March 2023 and published on the Council’s website.

REASONS FOR DECISION – There was a need to publish an up-to-date Local Development Scheme (LDS) to meet statutory requirements.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED – The preparation of a LDS was a statutory requirement and there were no reasonable alternative options.

Please note that this was not a Key Decision so can be implemented by officers with immediate effect.

Cabinet considered a proposal to adopt an interim Local Development Scheme (Appendix A to the report) to be brought in to effect on 6 March 2023 and to make the scheme publicly available on the Council’s website.

Cabinet heard how the Council last updated its Local Development Scheme in September 2018 to reflect a revised timetable for the later stages of the preparation of the then emerging Local Plan. The North East Derbyshire Local Plan was adopted in November 2021, so the information in the current published Local Development Scheme was out of date, and Councils had a statutory requirement to maintain an up-to-date Local Development Scheme.

Members supported the proposal because it would keep the Council in line with other Councils who had an up-to-date Local Development Scheme.

RESOLVED - That the interim Local Development Scheme be brought into effect on 6 March 2023 and published on the Council’s website.

REASONS FOR DECISION - This was a need to publish an up to date LDS to meet statutory requirements.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED - The preparation of a LDS is a statutory requirement and there are no reasonable alternative options.