Issue - meetings

By way of a report by the Head of Planning Services to consider the Council’s core strategy preferred options and to approve them as a basis for further discussion and consultation.

(Volumes 1 and 2 are enclosed separately for Members only)

Approved the contents of the Core Strategy:  Preferred Options Report as the basis for public consultation and authorised the Head of Planning Services to make any minor changes to the document as he considers necessary, after consultation with the Executive Councillor for Planning Strategy, Environment and Transport.

A report by the Head of Planning Services was submitted (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) inviting the Cabinet to consider suggested preferred options for inclusion in the Council’s Core Strategy Development Plan Document.

Members were reminded that the Core Strategy would provide a spatial vision for the District up to 2026, which would include essential housing development, stable economic growth and environmental improvements. In that respect, the Cabinet emphasised that the success of the vision would be dependent on the delivery by the Government and other stakeholders of improved infrastructure, educational and health facilities for the District

Having been reminded of the timescale and procedure for public consultation and consideration by the Council prior to its submission to the Secretary of State, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

  that the Core Strategy:  Preferred Options Report, as appended to the report now submitted, be approved as the basis for a public consultation and Head of Planning Services authorised to make any minor changes to the document as he considers necessary, after consultation with the Executive Councillor for Planning Strategy, Environment and Transport.