Miss Anna Houghton, Planning Policy Officer, introduced the
report. Miss Houghton informed the
Committee that, in addition to the points raised in the report, the
key aspects of the Sevenoaks District Draft Local Plan
were:
·
That that the proposed housing
strategy did not meet the required need;
·
The proposal to introduce an Article 4 Direction to
prevent further loss of office space;
·
That Gypsy and Traveller need could be met within
the District; and
·
The plan proposed a financial requirement for
affordable housing from small sites.
Following questions from the Committee, Officers responded
that:
·
The Maidstone Borough Council response to the
consultation stipulated that Sevenoaks District Council would need
to consider all options, including the use of Green Belt land;
and
·
The immediacy of the Article 4 Direction was not
currently known, however, it was not a blanket Article 4 Direction
and was focussed on specific sites.
RESOLVED: That the
response to the Sevenoaks District Draft Local Plan Consultation
July 2018 set out in Appendix 1 be approved.
Voting: Unanimous