Decision details

Southampton Local Plan - Amended Timetable for Local Development Scheme (LDS)

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Place and Transport seeking approval of the amended Local Plan timetable to replace that already detailed in the Local Development Scheme (LDS), which was approved by Cabinet in July 2019.

Decision:

(i)  To approve the revised Local Development Scheme (Appendix 4) with the amended Local Plan timetable (Appendix 1).

(ii)  To resolve that the revised Local Development Scheme (Appendix 4) shall take effect from 18/12/2019 and will be published on the Council’s webpages as soon as reasonably possible thereafter.

Reasons for the decision:

To ensure that Southampton City Council is providing a clear and accurate timeline for the production of planning documents.

 

Alternative options considered:

To publish the LDS as approved by Cabinet in July 2019.

 

This is not a credible option as the existing timetable set out in Appendix 2 is out of date due to previous delays being incurred which were not expected. The implication of publishing the LDS with this out of date timetable for the Local Plan preparation is that the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) will monitor compliance with this timetable and could ‘designate’ the Council for not complying with the timetable.

Report author: Paul Barton

Publication date: 17/12/2019

Date of decision: 17/12/2019

Decided at meeting: 17/12/2019 - Cabinet

Effective from: 31/12/2019

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