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Designation of a Neighbourhood Area - High Halstow

 

 

Meeting: 12/06/2018 - Cabinet (Item 7)

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Background:

 

This report provided details of an application from High Halstow Parish Council to designate a Neighbourhood Area for the purpose of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan.

 

The report stated that a Neighbourhood Plan was a community-led framework for guiding the future development, regeneration and conservation of an area. Neighbourhood planning was being promoted as a means of involving local people in planning the future development of their areas. A Neighbourhood Plan could cover a wide range of economic, social and environmental issues, or could choose to focus on a small number of selected matters. The Neighbourhood Plan would form part of the statutory development plan for the area, alongside Medway Council’s own planning policy documents.

 

The report stated that High Halstow Parish Council submitted an application for the designation of its parish area as a Neighbourhood Area on 11 May 2018, for the purpose of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan. The Council was required to publish the application for the proposed Neighbourhood Area for a minimum period of 4 weeks. The Council would then be required to determine the application for the Neighbourhood Area within eight weeks from the date immediately following that on which the application was first published.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

84/2018

The Cabinet approved the publication of the application for the proposed Neighbourhood Area consistent with the parish boundary of High Halstow, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, for the purposes of statutory consultation.

85/2018

The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Director Regeneration, Culture, Environment and Transformation and Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning, Economic Growth and Regulation, to approve the designation of the proposed High Halstow Neighbourhood Area, consistent with the parish boundary, for the purpose of producing a Neighbourhood Plan, following the statutory consultation period.

 

Reasons:

 

Cabinet approval is required to meet statutory requirements in preparing Neighbourhood Plans. As the application is valid and consistent with legislation and there are no grounds on which to reject the application.