Decision details

To seek endorsement and a recommendation to Council to approve the Revised Publication Local Plan for consultation and subsequent submission to the Secretary of State for independent Examination.

This report proposes a consultation on the revisions made to the Publication Local Plan, hereafter termed the ‘Revised Publication Local Plan’.  The Revised Publication Local Plan takes into account the outcomes of the previous Publication Plan consultation undertaken in 2020 and the Government’s announcement in December 2020 on the method of calculating housing need.

Once adopted, the policies and proposals contained within the Revised Publication (Regulation 19) Local Plan will form part of Fareham’s statutory development plan and will be used to determine planning applications.

RESOLVED that, having accepted the recommendations of the Planning and Development Scrutiny Panel, the Executive endorses and recommends to Council for approval that:

(a)  the Revised Publication Local Plan, as set out at Appendix A to the report, be published for a six-week period of public consultation, together with supporting documents included at Appendix B to G;

(b)  the Director of Planning and Regeneration, following consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Development, be authorised to make any necessary minor amendments to the documents, prior to publication, provided these do not change the overall direction, shape or emphasis of the document and do not raise any significant new issues prior to the document being submitted to the Secretary of State;

(c)  the Director of Planning and Regeneration, following consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Development, be authorised, following the completion of the consultation period, to submit the revised Publication Local Plan to the Secretary of State (together with any necessary minor modifications or changes that are required to ensure legal compliance and/or ‘soundness’); and

(d)  the Revised Publication Local Plan be a material consideration to be afforded due weight in the determination of planning applications.