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Exeter Local Plan: Issues consultation document

Meeting: 08/07/2021 - Executive (Item 69)

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To consider the report of the Deputy Chief Executive.

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

Agreed:

 

RESOLVED that:-

 

(1)        the new Local Plan Issues document presented to the meeting be approved as the basis for an eight-week public consultation commencing in September 2021; and

 

(2)        the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Council Leader and Portfolio Holder for City Development, be granted delegated authority to agree minor changes to the Local Plan ‘Issues’ document before it is published for consultation.

 

Reason for Decision: As set out in the report.

 

 

Minutes:

The Executive received the report which explained the commencement of work on the new Exeter Local Plan and sought approval for public consultation on an initial ‘Issues’ document to explore the scope and topics of the new Local Plan, and some initial concepts regarding future development in the city.

 

The City Council had a statutory duty to prepare planning policy and the Council’s existing principal development plan documents were more than five years old and a new statutory planning policy was required, which would be provided by the new Exeter Local Plan;

 

The Assistant Service Lead Local Plans made particular reference to:-

 

·        the first formal stage of producing the Local Plan would be the Issues Consultation,;

·        the report included a short brochure setting out the key issues the Local Plan would address including, amongst others, climate emergency, homes, jobs, natural environment, transport and infrastructure;

·        the document included the Exeter 2040 Vision for the city,

·        the document formalised the approach to meeting housing needs in the city reflecting the Liveable Exeter Strategy which sought to make efficient use of land including brown field sites and improving development quality;

·        public consultation was a vital part of the process for preparing the planning policy, to gain insight on local issues and for residents to contribute to the policy and consultation would be held in September for eight weeks which would be in accordance with the emerging Consultation Charter and the Statement of Community Involvement. A further report would be brought back to Executive detailing the responses to the consultation; and

·        a formal draft Local Plan would be produced in 2022.

 

RESOLVED that:-

 

(1)        the new Local Plan Issues document presented to the meeting be approved as the basis for an eight-week public consultation commencing in September 2021; and

 

(2)        the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Council Leader and Portfolio Holder for City Development, be granted delegated authority to agree minor changes to the Local Plan ‘Issues’ document before it is published for consultation.