Issue - meetings

Local Plan – Updated Sustainability Appraisal

Meeting: 10/01/2019 - Planning Policy Working Group (Item 3)

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To consider the Local Plan – Update Sustainability Appraisal.

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Minutes:

The Planning Policy Team Leader gave a summary of the report and the Sustainability Appraisal. The Sustainability Appraisal had been updated and was to be published for a representation period. It would then be submitted, as well as comments made during the representation period, to the Inspector for consideration alongside the Local Plan. The updated Sustainability Appraisal indicated that the strategy in the Local Plan was the most appropriate to deliver its objectives.

 

In response to a Member question, officers said previous legal advice shared with members of the Planning Policy Working Group had given guidance on the Council running the submission of the Local Plan and the consultation on the Sustainability Appraisal in parallel. This advice was subject to legal privilege. Officers would check whether it could be circulated more widely.

 

In response to a Member question, the Chairman said that the Sustainability Appraisal included references to alternative sites not included in the Local Plan. These could be brought into the Local Plan if other sites were found to be problematic to develop.

 

In response to Member questions, the Planning Policy Team Leader said the Local Plan would inevitably have some negative impacts, only some of which could be mitigated. Mitigation measures would not be addressed in the Sustainability Appraisal

 

The Chairman asked that officers try to correct many of the spelling errors in the Sustainability Appraisal.

 

Cllr Redfern and D Hall spoke on this item.