Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence.

To confirm, as a correct record, the minutes of the Local Plan Sub-Committee meeting held on 17 October 2024.

Items of other business notified under Council Procedure Rule 30 to be announced, together with the special circumstances that justify their consideration as a matter of urgency. The Chairman to rule on the admission of such items.

To receive any declaration of interests.

This report sets out the next steps and work required on the Local Plan in preparation for the Regulation 19 consultation in November 2025.

Recommendation:

That the Local Plan Sub Committee notes the contents of this report.

This report provides an overview of the two draft topic papers which have been prepared (housing and employment and economy) to assist with the formulation of the emerging Local Plan.

Recommendation:

That the Local Plan Sub-Committee note the contents of this report and agrees to publish the following evidence studies to the emerging Local Plan Evidence Base (online website):

 i.         South West Hertfordshire Local Housing Needs Assessment Update, produced by Iceni (Appendix 3)

ii.         South West Hertfordshire Economic Study, produced by Hatch (Appendix 4).

If the Sub-Committee wishes to consider the remaining items in private, it will be appropriate for a resolution to be passed in the following terms:-

“that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined under Paragraphs 1 to 7 of Schedule 12A to the Act. It has been decided by the Council that in all the circumstances, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”