Issue - meetings

Report of Director of Regeneration and Planning

Lead Cabinet member: Councillor Emily O’Brien

Recommended to Full Council (Budget and policy framework):

To recommend that the Seaford Neighbourhood Plan is formally adopted/‘made’ as part of the statutory development plan for the district.

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Regeneration and Planning regarding the potential adoption of the Seaford Neighbourhood Plan following the successful referendum on 6 February 2020.

5,566 voted in support of the Neighbourhood Plan, with 673 voting against.

Thanks were conveyed to Seaford Town Council and officers from the District Council who were involved and contributed to the production of the neighbourhood plan.

The Cabinet would continue to work closely with Town and Parish Councils to ensure all relevant information for future neighbourhood plan processes was as accessible as possible for all interested parties.

Recommended to Full Council (Budget and policy framework):

To recommend that the Seaford Neighbourhood Plan is formally adopted/‘made’ as part of the statutory development plan for the district.

Reason for decision:

To ensure the Seaford Neighbourhood Plan is ‘made’ within the timeframe set out by the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (as amended).