Issue - meetings

Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough, Nottingham City and Rushcliffe Borough Councils are preparing the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan, which will cover the plan period 2022 to 2038, and will set out policies to secure sustainable growth.

Please note the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan is circulated as a supplement to this agenda.

Cabinet noted the consultation planned for the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan preferred approach that was prepared by Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough, Nottingham City and Rushcliffe Borough Councils. It was a statutory requirement to have a development plan in place that identified the strategic priorities of the area.

RESOLVED that:

1.     the Greater Nottingham Strategic Plan Preferred Approach, in so far as it relates to Broxtowe Borough, for public consultation be approved.

2.     authority be delegated to the Head of Planning and Economic Development to approve any minor changes (e.g. presentational, typographical and grammatical) required to the Preferred Approach document and the evidence base prior to consultation.

Reason

It was a statutory requirement, as set out in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, for the Council to have a Local Plan. Under the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, Local Plans must also be reviewed at least once every five years from their adoption date to ensure that policies remained relevant and effectively address the needs of the local community.