Issue - meetings
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: Consultation on implementation of plan-making reforms
Meeting: 04/10/2023 - Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development Policy Advisory Committee (Item 67)
67 Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: Consultation on implementation of plan-making reforms 
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Additional documents:
- Appendix 1: Maidstone Borough Council responses to DLUHC Plan-making reforms: consultation on implementation, item 67
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Minutes:
The Cabinet Member for Planning, Infrastructure and Economic Development introduced the report and stated that the government was consulting on the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill which related to plan making and that the council had until 18 October 2023 to respond. The consultation involved 15 chapters and 43 questions on the changes proposed including: planning content and evidence, speeding up the plan making process, better engagement and digital technology.
The Committee agreed that the consultation response was appropriate but asked whether a proposal to shorten the process of plan making to 30 months was practical.
In response the Strategic Planning Manager stated that the Council would have to give notice when the 30 month time frame would start and that the government was intending to clarify that the start of the plan making process would not be included in the time frame.
RESOLVED to RECOMMEND to the CABINET MEMBER:
That the proposed response to the consultation at Appendix 1 of the report be approved.