Issue - meetings

To consider the proposed arrangements for reporting the draft Regulation 18 Local Plan to members for formal consideration.

The Local Plan and New Communities Manager presented a report on reasonable alternatives for the local plan. A key stage in the preparation of the draft local plan would be the generation of several reasonable alternative spatial strategies that can then be evaluated against the draft vision and objectives for the emerging plan. An additional meeting is proposed of LPLG has been arranged in the autumn 2021 to review the alternatives generated by officers and consultants before the evaluation takes place.

The following comments were made:

·         Options coming forward would need to meet the housing requirement and the Council’s objectives.

·         The purpose of the briefings would be for members to fully understand the assessment coming forward. The officer report would be a recommendation, the Local Plan Leadership Group is the platform for comment. Additional speakers may attend the meeting and voice their views.

Members reviewed the paper and requested that the following suggestions be considered:

·         Review sessions should be extended to 2 hours to allow sufficient discussion

·         Wider notification to other ward members for the meeting in November.

·         Produce a bar chart for members and parishes to monitor the next stages of involvement in the site selection process and beyond in an easily read format.