Issue - meetings

Background:

This report set out the Examiner’s assessment of the submitted Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Neighbourhood Plan, which included some modifications to the Plan.

The report explained that Cliffe and Cliffe Woods Parish had been designated as a Neighbourhood Area for the purposes of preparing a Neighbourhood Plan in June 2015. The Cabinet had considered the draft plan at its meeting on 8 March 2022 and approved the publication of the plan at Regulation 16. The Council had subsequently arranged for the independent examination of the plan.

The report recommended that the Examiner’s recommendations be accepted and the Plan be modified accordingly. It was noted that acceptance of the recommendations would require that the draft plan be put to a referendum. It was proposed that this would take place on 4 May 2023 to coincide with local elections.

Reasons:

To enable timely decision making in the Neighbourhood Plan process.