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Local Development Framework - Core Strategy

Meeting: 02/08/2011 - Cabinet (Item 4)

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Minutes:

Background:

This report provided details of the publication draft version of the Core Strategy and associated documents relating to the Local Development Framework consisting of:

A schedule of formal responses to the ‘Pre-Publication Draft’
An updated Local Development Scheme
An updated Statement of Community Involvement
An Interim Diversity Impact Assessment
A Sustainability Appraisal of the Core Strategy
A preliminary Habitats Regulations Assessment of the Core Strategy.

The Council was required to prepare and keep under review a Local Development Framework in accordance with the provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. The Core Strategy established the overall development quantities and broad locations for development over a period of at least 15 years. This version of the Core Strategy was the penultimate draft version and was subject to a statutory 6 week public consultation.

Attachments 1-7, as referenced within the covering report, had been circulated to Cabinet Members separately.

Decision number:	Decision:
84/2011	The Cabinet approved for public consultation purposes the Publication Draft Core Strategy (Attachment 1 to the report).
85/2011	The Cabinet approved the response to representations received on the Pre-Publication Draft Core Strategy (Attachment 2 to the report).
86/2011	The Cabinet approved publication of the Interim Diversity Impact Statement, Second Interim sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment Scoping and Screening Report (Attachments 3 to 5 to the report).
87/2011	The Cabinet approved the revised Local Development Scheme (Attachment 6 to the report).
88/2011	The Cabinet approved for public consultation purposes the revised Statement of Community Involvement (Attachment 7 to the report).
89/2011	The Cabinet agreed to grant delegated authority to the Director of Regeneration, Community and Culture, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Strategic Development and Economic Growth to make any necessary minor changes to the documents prior to their publication.

Reasons:

To comply with the requirements of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended) and ensure that there is an up to date spatial planning framework for the area.