Issue - meetings

This report sets out the newly submitted sites to be included in the Regulation 18 consultation. Inclusion in the consultation does not commit the Council to including the sites at Regulation 19 publication of the Local Plan.

A presentation will be provided at the meeting to aid Members’ consideration.

Recommendation:

That the Local Plan Sub Committee:

 i.         notes the contents of this report;

ii.         notes the contents of the presentation;

iii.         considers the sites as set out in the presentation against the criteria set out in this report and presentation;

iv.         recommends to Policy & Resources Committee the sites to be included as under consideration and those to be discounted in the Regulation 18 consultation;

v.         agrees that public access to the report be denied until after Policy and Resources Committee (23 June 2025); and

vi.         agrees that public access to the decision be denied until after Policy and Resources Committee (23 June 2025).

The Committee considered a report and received a presentation which set out the newly submitted sites to be included in the Regulation 18 Consultation, including site details and a summary of their performance in the SHELAA site assessments.  Further information on the Sub-Committee’s considerations is included in the separate Part II minute.

RESOLVED:

That the Local Plan Sub-Committee:

 i.         notes the contents of the report;

ii.         notes the contents of the presentation;

iii.         considers the sites as set out in the presentation against the criteria set out in the report and presentation;

iv.         recommends to Policy & Resources Committee the sites to be included in the Regulation 18 consultation, subject to amendment as set out in the separate Part II minute and categorisation of the sites using a tiered ranking system;

v.         agrees that public access to the report be denied until after Policy and Resources Committee (23 June 2025); and

vi.         agrees that public access to the decision be denied until after Policy and Resources Committee (23 June 2025).