Issue - meetings

Report of Councillor S Pickering, Portfolio Holder for Environment and Place

The report to Cabinet sought approval for the Planning Authority Monitoring Report 2022-23 (AMR), the Brownfield Land Register Update 2023 and the Infrastructure Funding Statement 2022-23 (IFS) to be now published on the Council’s website. This action would discharge the Council’s statutory responsibilities to produce and publish the monitoring information.

Cabinet discussed the report. As part of this, it heard that in overall terms the policies in the current Local Plan were performing well, with only a limited number of areas requiring further scrutiny. In this context, Members heard that housing land supply might fall below the required 5 years supply by April 2025. The report made clear that this would be a significant issue that could impact on the location of future developments in the District and the lead in times for preparation of a new or updated Local Plan. Members asked that the future Land Supply in the District be closely monitored and reported to Cabinet as necessary.

RESOLVED – That Cabinet noted the contents of the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR19) for the period of 1st April 2022 – 31st March 2023, and approved its publication on the Council’s website.

REASONS FOR DECISION – This report set out the key findings of the 2023 Authority Monitoring Report, Brownfield Land Register Update and Infrastructure Funding Statement. This enabled the Council to understand the effectiveness of its policies and trends over time. Publication of these documents on the Council’s website would fulfil the Council’s statutory duties to prepare and publish the required annual monitoring datasets.

OTHER OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED – The Council has a statutory duty to prepare these documents and there is no reasonable alternative.