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Regulation 19 Draft Joint Local Plan

Meeting: 18/09/2024 - Cabinet (Item 44)

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To consider the head of policy and programmes’ report.

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Minutes:

Cabinet received the regulation19 draft Joint Local Plan report from the Head of Policy and Programmes. The report summarised the progress made to date with preparation of the Joint Local Plan, including explaining how comments raised during previous public consultations and internal consultation have influenced its structure and content. In addition the report briefed Cabinet on the recommendations for Council, which included agreement that the Joint Local Plan 2041 Publication Version could be published for the purposes of formal Publication (Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012), and thereafter submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination (under Regulation 22), together with the Proposed Joint Local Plan Policies Map (Publication Version 2024), all supporting technical evidence, topic papers and summaries of publication responses received, subject to further nonmaterial changes and corrections authorised by the Head of Policy and Programmes in consultation with the lead portfolio members, and any other proposed changes and corrections authorised by the Head of Policy and Programmes in consultation with the lead portfolio members, and to authorise the Head of Policy and Programmes, after submission, to invite the examining Inspector(s) to recommend any modifications to the Joint Local Plan 2041 that may be required.

 

The Cabinet Member for Policy and Programmes, Councillor Andy Foulsham, presented the report and highlighted that he was delighted to present a plan to Cabinet which reflected the policies which members had campaigned and committed to delivering. He commented on the strong evidence base which supported the innovative policies contained within the Plan such as affordable housing, net zero building and biodiversity net gain. The Cabinet member went on to remind Cabinet that the Plan was the culmination of years of work since the agreement in March 2021 to form a joint plan with South Oxfordshire District Council. He explained that the revisions to the submission timeline were in response to the invitation from the Deputy Prime Minister to submit a plan within one month of the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) coming into force. Due to the limited window in which this could be done, agreement of the draft Plan as a whole package was required.

 

Cabinet discussed the report and thanked both officers for their work and members who had engaged in the development of the Plan. Cabinet noted the high level of engagement which had been carried out with members which included 35 member steering group sessions and 14 all councillor roundtables. Members reflected that whilst they did not agree with every line of the Plan, they appreciated the importance of a viable plan which was backed up by evidence. Cabinet reflected that as soon as the Plan was submitted for examination it gained weight and the important policies within it could begin to be implemented.

 

RESOLVED: to Recommend to Council:

 

(a) that the Joint Local Plan 2041 Publication Version (Appendix 1), Proposed Joint Local Plan Policies Map Publication Version (Appendix 2) and supporting documents be made available for a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 44


 

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