Decision details

To seek approval of the Partnership for South Hampshire (PfSH) Statement of Common Ground to enable it to be signed as a formal document for use by the Partnership for South Hampshire, to support the development of a Joint Strategy.

PfSH, as a collective of Local Planning Authorities, are updating the 2016 Spatial Position Statement and will prepare a new Joint Strategy for strategic development in the sub-region to 2036.  To help shape the work and to ensure all members of PfSH are clear on the outputs, a Statement of Common Ground (SOCG) has been drafted for the members to sign, which sets out the programme of work that will be undertaken.  Such a SOCG was first produced in October 2019 and this version represents an update on progress to date, and importantly includes an updated timeline.

RESOLVED that the Executive:

(a)  approves the content of the Statement of Common Ground, included as Appendix A to the report; and

(b)  delegates the signing of the document to the Chief Executive Officer.