Issue - meetings

Report of Councillor Steve Wallis on behalf of the Cabinet.

This matter was reported and proposed by Councillor Wallis on behalf of the Cabinet and seconded by Councillor Jenkins.

Members conveyed their thanks to the Planning Policy Officer for his work on the report.

Resolved: (Unanimously) (1) That the local development scheme for 2017-2020 as set out in appendix 1 to the report to Cabinet on 8 February 2017 be adopted.

(2) That any minor or technical adjustments to the Local Development Scheme be delegated to the Director of Regeneration and Planning in consultation with the lead cabinet member.

Report of Director of Regeneration and Planning.

Lead cabinet member:  Councillor Steve Wallis.

(1) Full council recommended to adopt LDS 2017-2020 (appendix 1 to report).

(2) Any minor or technical adjustments to LDS found necessary delegated to director of regeneration and planning in consultation with lead cabinet member.

74.1 Councillor Jenkins addressed the cabinet and thanked officers for their work in preparing the report.  He noted the recently published government white paper and expressed concern that Eastbourne would find it difficult to find additional land for new housing given the physical constraints of sea and Downs.  He believed the council was unfairly penalised when sites with existing planning consent were not developed.  He also expressed concern at potential changes to the community infrastructure levy (CIL) arrangements.

74.2 Cabinet considered the report of the director of regeneration and planning concerning the local development scheme (LDS); the council’s timetable for the production of planning policy documents.  The LDS covered a 3-year period from 2017-2020 and outlined the planning documents to be produced with the key dates and milestones.  The LDS must be made publicly available and kept up-to-date.

74.3 The current LDS (February 2016) was no longer up-to-date and needed to be revised to take into account changes in circumstance and timetable relating to local plan production.  A new LDS had been prepared, covering the period 2017-2020.  This focused on the production of a new local plan, which was anticipated to be adopted towards the end of 2019.

74.4* Resolved: (budget and policy framework): (1) That full council, at their meeting on 22 February 2017, be recommended to adopt the local development scheme 2017-2020 as set out in appendix 1 to the report.

(2) That any minor or technical adjustments to the local development scheme found necessary be delegated to the director of regeneration and planning in consultation with the lead cabinet member.