The Interim Policy Statement sets out the criteria that will be used to determine planning applications for housing development outside of the adopted settlement planning boundaries if the Council is unable to demonstrate a 5 year supply of deliverable housing sites after May 2021. The purpose of this report is to seek Cabinet approval to adopt this document as a material consideration in decision-making prior to the adoption of a new local plan for that part of the district outside of the South Downs National Park.

To approve the Draft Interim Policy Statement for Housing Delivery, as set out at Appendix 1 to the report.