Agenda item

The Head of Policy and Communities introduced the report which requested agreement of the broad timescale and principles for programme management for the full review of the Local Plan for the National Park.  He amended recommendation 3 and 4 of the report as follows:

Recommendation 3 – amended to by adding the words ‘subject to the outcomes of the Governance Review’.

Recommendation 4 – amended by deleting the words ‘and scoping’.  The words ‘terms of reference and scope’ were also removed and replaced with ‘draft work programme’.

It was agreed to further amend recommendation 3 by adding the words ‘as approved by the Authority’.

The recommendation as amended was moved, seconded, put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED:

1.    To agree the broad timeframe for reviewing the Local Plan set out in paragraphs 17-29 of the report;

2.    To delegate responsibility for the management of the project programme to the Director of Conservation and Planning in consultation with the Member Plan Review Steering Group;

3.    To establish a Member Plan Review Steering Group for this purpose and approve the draft terms of reference and scope as set out in Appendix 1 of the report subject to the outcome of the Governance Review as approved by the Authority.

4.    To confirm that the detailed programme of the review project will be delegated to the Project Team in consultation with the Member Plan Review Steering Group as set out in paragraphs 32 to 37 of the report and they may amend the draft work programme to reflect discussion.

5.    To confirm that the Member Plan Review Steering Group may also offer a critical friend role in the production of Supplementary Planning Documents.

6.    To confirm that attendance at meetings of the Steering Group is an approved duty.