Agenda item

A report by the Director of Planning and Regeneration.

Councillor T M Cartwright, MBE declared a personal interest in this item as his son owns a property in Warsash.

A Tabled item was presented in respect of this item to provide details of a number of proposed changes to Appendix A, the Publication Local Plan, and one change to Appendix G, the table of changes to the Publication Local Plan, following on from the Planning and Development Scrutiny Panel suggestions.

The comments of the Planning and Development Scrutiny Panel, as detailed at item 7, were taken into account in considering this item and the recommendations accepted in full.

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.