Issue - meetings

The Executive considered the report on the Local Development Scheme and resolved to recommend the approval of the Local Development Scheme 2022-2024 for the reasons set out in the report.

RESOLVED:That Council be recommended to approve the Local Development Scheme 2022-2024, attached at Appendix 1 to the report.

The Lead Member for Planning and Infrastructure introduced the report and outlined the updates to the Local Development Scheme (LDS) which was adopted by the Council in December 2021. The timetable for the Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document (DPD) and the Local Plan Review were unchanged since the last review of the LDS, however the public consultation on the Design and Sustainability DPD had been delayed. This was due to the priority given to the Local Plan Review, which had received significant public interest.

In response to questions, the Lead Member for Planning and Infrastructure gave reassurance that the public provision for Gypsy and Traveller sites was a priority among Members, and that the matters to be reviewed within the DPD would be resolved sensitively. 

RESOLVED: That the Executive be recommended to approve the Local Development Scheme 2022-2024, attached as Appendix 1 to the report.