Issue - meetings

Report of Director of Regeneration and Planning

Lead Cabinet member: Councillor Emily O’Brien

Recommended to Full Council (Budget and policy framework):

(1) To recommend that the Lewes District Local Plan Part 2, amended to incorporate the main modifications set out in the Examination Inspector’s report, is adopted as part of the statutory development plan for the district in accordance with Section 23 of the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and Regulation 26 of the Town & Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012;

(2) To recommend that the Lewes District Local Plan Part 2 is published, together with the relevant adoption statements, Policies Map, and Sustainability Appraisal in accordance with Regulations 26 and 35 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning)(England) Regulations 2012;

(3) To recommend that the Director of Regeneration & Planning be authorised to agree any minor editorial corrections identified prior to publication of the adopted Lewes District Local Plan Part 2.

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Regeneration and Planning seeking adoption of the Lewes District Local Plan Part 2, incorporating the modifications set out in the Examination Inspector’s report, as part of the statutory development plan for the district.

Subject to the adoption of the Seaford Neighbourhood Plan, minor revisions would be made to appendix 2 and 3 of the Plan.

Thanks were conveyed to officers for their work in progressing the plan and the previous administration for starting the process.

Recommended to Full Council (Budget and policy framework):

(1) To recommend that the Lewes District Local Plan Part 2, amended to incorporate the main modifications set out in the Examination Inspector’s report, is adopted as part of the statutory development plan for the district in accordance with Section 23 of the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and Regulation 26 of the Town & Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012;

(2) To recommend that the Lewes District Local Plan Part 2 is published, together with the relevant adoption statements, Policies Map, and Sustainability Appraisal in accordance with Regulations 26 and 35 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning)(England) Regulations 2012;

(3) To recommend that the Director of Regeneration & Planning be authorised to agree any minor editorial corrections identified prior to publication of the adopted Lewes District Local Plan Part 2.

Reason for decisions:

To ensure that the Council has an up-to-date and comprehensive statutory development plan to guide decisions on individual planning applications for development in that part of the district outside the South Downs National Park.