Agenda item

Background:

This report set out a consultation document in the preparation of the new Medway Local Plan and sought approval to publish for a period of formal consultation at Regulation 18 in the summer. It also presented an updated version of the Medway Statement of Community Involvement, which guided how the Council consulted on planning matters. The report outlined progress on the Medway Local Plan and presented key options for consultation on managing growth in Medway up to 2041.

The Cabinet accepted the report as urgent to enable consideration of the matter at the earliest opportunity given that the next scheduled Cabinet meeting would not take place until after the consultation was due to commence and not meeting the consultation start date would have impacted on the entire Local Plan delivery timeline.

Reasons:

To progress work on the Medway Local Plan and provide opportunities for consultation prior to finalising the content of the Pre-Submission Draft Local Plan.