The Principal Planning Officer updated the
committee on the progress of the Local Plan examination and
provided the Government’s latest position regarding the
Housing White Paper.
The Officer outlined that the Local Plan
Inspector had:
·
Confirmed that the Council had met its duty to cooperate;
·
Endorsed the Council’s statement of housing need, but without
the market uplift, making the figure 17,660;
·
Opined that two sites – New Line Learning and Boughton Lane
– should be removed from the Local Plan, and that sites in
Yalding allocated for mixed housing and
employment should be removed. It was also stated that a reduced
housing supply was achievable at the Invicta Barracks site;
·
Supported development at Woodcut Farm, Junction 8;
·
Requested commitment to a review of the Local Plan from April
2021.
In response to a question it was explained
that the five year land supply now stood at approximately 6.21
years. This figure would be updated
with more recent completions data when monitoring for the 2016/17
monitoring year was undertaken.
RESOLVED:
That the report be noted.