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Local Plan Review Progress Update

 

 

Meeting: 02/09/2024 - Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 101)

101 National Planning Policy Framework Consultation and the Implications for Cotswold District pdf icon PDF 122 KB

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Planning and Regulatory Services introduced the item and made the following points:

 

  • The NPPF was going through a consultation exercise.
  • There were housing pressures in the Cotswold district area and t a need to increase affordable housing.
  • Subject to its approval at the Cabinet Member decision-making meeting and any comments that the Committee made, the final consultation response would be submitted to the Government by 25 September 2024 and the new NPPF responses will be published by the end of the year.

 

The purpose of the item was to advise Cabinet of the current NPPF consultation and agree proposals for submission of a consultation response on behalf of the Council.

 

The Cabinet Member explained that the recommendation to Cabinet was to Delegate the submission of the Council response. This was to allow time for the Interim Forward Planning Lead to finalise a proposed response, taking on board Member input.

 

Members discussed the report, raising the following points;

  • It was important that the decision be made as transparent and open as possible and therefore it was regrettable that the timescales around the response meant that it was not possible to fully scrutinise the response before its submission.
  • The Interim Forward Planning Lead explained that the changes would mean that the District’s housing need would go up to 979 per year, and that there would be fewer exceptions than at present.
  • The proposals included reference to the development of brownfield sites. In response to Member questions on this, the Interim Forward Planning Lead explained that they would email members more information on how long an area was classed as a brownfield site.
  • There was no reference to accessibility of local services within the proposals, which raised concerns over climate change implications from longer and more car journeys. The Interim Forward Planning Lead explained that this would be highlighted within the response.
  • The consultation was open, and therefore Ward Members could submit their own responses if they wished to highlight local issues specific to their ward. The Interim Forward Planning Lead also explained that Members not on the Committee would be made aware of this this through Democratic Services.
  • It was suggested that the delegation be made to the Cabinet Member, and therefore the decision could be made as part of a public meeting.

 

RESOLVED: To NOTE the report.

 

 

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