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Feedback on Consultation on Leisure, culture & healthy lifestyles

Meeting: 29/04/2021 - Local Plan Leadership Group (Item 4)

4 Feedback on Consultation on Theme 5: Leisure, Culture and Healthy Lifestyles pdf icon PDF 143 KB

To consider feedback on the First Consultation (Issues and Options) Theme 5: Leisure, Culture and Healthy Lifestyles.

 

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Minutes:

The Planning Policy Officer presented a report on the comments received on the fifth consultation theme of “Leisure, Culture and Healthy Lifestyles” which was discussed by the Community Stakeholder Forum on 27 January 2021. Following the Forum, the theme was open for public consultation and in the first four weeks, 25 responses had been received.

 

Members discussed the findings of the ongoing consultation and the following

was noted:

·         The report presents the responses received for the first 4 weeks of the consultation, however officers will continue to receive responses from all themes until 21st April. It was confirmed that a full summary would be brought to the Local Plan Leadership Group.

·         The UDC Open Space Assessment Report provided a comprehensive evidence base and officers are seeking to expand this for the Local Plan.

·         There was some limited work by the Business Development team to explore the arts and culture facilities in the area, but there was a need for a wider review of organisations across the district.

·         Members raised concerns that the responses were biased towards older age groups, who were more likely to respond to the consultation. Officers confirmed that they conducted a targeted survey for young people in order to gain a more diverse reflection of response.

·         There was a need to consider whether partnerships to promote leisure, culture and healthy lifestyles would be district-wide or if a concentrated approach was needed.