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Local Plan Issues & Options - Consultation on the Strategic Approach to the Location of Development and Schedule of Refined Sites

 

 

Meeting: 26/02/2026 - Cabinet (Item 71)

Local Plan Issues & Options - Consultation on the Strategic Approach to the Location of Development and Schedule of Refined Sites

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

Additional documents:

Decision:

1.     That Members considered the content of this report and the pre- publication Issues and Options consultation material that will be made available and approve its use for public consultation.

 

2.     That Members approve the proposed arrangements for public consultation on the Issues and Options for the Local Plan.

 

3.     That Members delegate responsibility to the Assistant Director of Planning in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Environment and Place for approving the detailed wording of the Issues and Options consultation material and final arrangements for public consultation.

 

 

This was not a Key Decision and so can be implemented with immediate effect by officers.

 

Minutes:

 

Cabinet considered a report which provided an update on progress in preparing the new Local Plan and sought approval to undertake publication consultation in line with the arrangements set out in the report. The report provided advice on the proposed development strategy, provided information on the sites that had so far passed through the detailed site assessment process and outlined proposed arrangements for publication consultation.

 

Cabinet discussed the report. Some Members suggested that the Council was constrained in its options by the lack of available brownfield land. It was agreed that there was still a lot of work to do to get to the final list of sites.

 

RESOLVED –

 

1.     That Members considered the content of this report and the pre- publication Issues and Options consultation material that will be made available and approve its use for public consultation.

 

2.     That Members approve the proposed arrangements for public consultation on the Issues and Options for the Local Plan.

 

3.     That Members delegate responsibility to the Assistant Director of Planning in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Environment and Place for approving the detailed wording of the Issues and Options consultation material and final arrangements for public consultation.

 

 

This was not a Key Decision and so can be implemented with immediate effect by officers.