Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Lee Parker, Cabinet Member for Planning introduced Paper BC/17/9 Strategic Planning seeking Council approval of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan: Consultation Document (July 2017) referred to as Appendix 1 to the report, and to the commencement of the consultation process.
Lee Parker, Cabinet Member for Planning introduced Paper BC/17/9 Strategic Planning seeking Council approval of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan: Consultation Document (July 2017) referred to as Appendix 1 to the report, and to the commencement of the consultation process.
Councillor Parker outlined the way in which the new Joint Plan will identify the up-to-date requirements of our communities and how it was intended to complement the priorities of the Council. He referred to the considerable amount of work which had been done since last summer and the extensive consultation process which was envisaged. Bill Newman, Corporate Manager – Strategic Planning responded to Members’ questions and undertook to send information on the NPPF requirements outside the meeting. He confirmed that amendments would be made as necessary to the Document to reflect policy-related changes including those arising from the progress of Long Melford and Lawshall Neighbourhood Plans. In response to a query about strategic infrastructure provision being in place ahead of development, Officers will pursue this in partnership with relevant providers including Suffolk County Council.
RESOLVED
(1) That the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan: Consultation Document (July 2017) – Appendix 1 to Paper BC/17/9 be approved, with the amendment identified at the meeting in relation to land in Lawshall.
(2) That the Corporate Manager – Strategic Planning, in consultation with the Leader and Portfolio Holder for Planning, be authorised to make consequential amendments to the consultation document arising from:
(i) the outcomes of the Sustainability Appraisal of the document,
(ii) removal of drafting and technical errors and typing mistakes, and
(iii) improvements to the layout of the document necessitated by printing requirements.
(3) That consultation on the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Local Plan: Consultation Document (July 2017) be commenced.
Publication date: 19/12/2019
Date of decision: 18/07/2017
Decided at meeting: 18/07/2017 - Babergh Council
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