Issue - meetings

To consider the Draft Local Development Scheme (LDS)

Stephen Miles noted that many points from this document had been covered in the previous item. He introduced the document set out the draft timetable for the Local Plan.

Page 38 - The Chair - referred to the final paragraph that noted "there was no requirement for the LDS to set out a timetable for the production of any SPDs".  He would have expected to have seen a schedule of SPDs that the Council intended to produce.

Officers clarified that SPDs need to supplement policies.  At this stage there were no up to date policies. The Climate Change guidance would be brought to the group in the future for review. The current wording in the paragraph is still relevant. An interim document could be produced to support the work. There could be consideration given to design codes that would apply to both existing and new systems.

In response to the chairs question of updating the five year land supply more frequently before the Plan is adopted, Officers stated it would be an unrealistic task for the Council to deliver due to the time and resources it would involve. The work is carried out annually.

Officers confirmed that the Government was proposing to replace Section 106 Agreements and Community Infrastructure Levies for each district with a nationally prescribed approach which calculated levy contributions based on the value of completed developments. The Council would need to see the detail before it could respond and assess the impact  

It was noted by the group it would be a useful addition to the papers to have a statement demonstrating they were produced ahead of the White Paper.