Issue - meetings

That Cabinet approve the District Council consultation response to the Winthorpe with Langford Neighbourhood Plan as set out in Appendix A of the report.

Reasons for Decision:

To allow District Council to submit a consultation response on the Winthorpe with Langford Neighbourhood Plan.

Options Considered:

It is necessary for the District Council to run the Regulation 16 Consultation on the Winthorpe with Langford Neighbourhood Plan because Winthorpe with Langford Parish Council have submitted a Neighbourhood Plan proposal under Regulation 15 (1) of The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012. Officers’ comments are in some cases necessary to correct inaccurate or misleading material in the Neighbourhood Plan and in other cases intended to make the document easier to understand and use in reaching decisions on development proposals in the Parish.

The Director – Planning & Growth presented a report which updated the Cabinet on the progress of the development of the Winthorpe with Langford Neighbourhood Plan and sought to approve the District Council response to the same. Since 2020, a steering group of local residents, had led the production of the Winthorpe with Langford Neighbourhood Plan.The Plan identified key issues relating to development for the community, set out a vision and objectives for development in Winthorpe with Langford Parish and contained a range of policies to be used in the assessment of development proposals.

Following several rounds of consultation, Winthorpe with Langford Parish Council had submitted a Submission Draft version of the Neighbourhood Plan to the District Council. Officers had prepared a consultation response on the Submission Draft version of the Neighbourhood Plan which was attached as Appendix A to the report.

AGREED     (unanimously) that Cabinet approve the District Council consultation response to the Winthorpe with Langford Neighbourhood Plan as set out in Appendix A of the report.

Reason for Decision:

To allow the District Council to submit a consultation response on the Winthorpe with Langford Neighbourhood Plan.

Options Considered:

It is necessary for the District Council to run the Regulation 16 Consultation on the Winthorpe with Langford Neighbourhood Plan because Winthorpe with Langford Parish Council have submitted a Neighbourhood Plan proposal under Regulation 15 (1) of The Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012. Officers’ comments are in some cases necessary to correct inaccurate or misleading material in the Neighbourhood Plan and in other cases intended to make the document easier to understand and use in reaching decisions on development proposals in the Parish.