Agenda item

*RESOLVED –

That it be recommended to Full Council that:

1.    The Inspector’s Report, attached at Appendix B of the officer’s report, be noted.

2.    The Local Plan 2018-2035, attached at Appendix A of the officer’s report, incorporating the modifications recommended in the Planning Inspectors’ Report be adopted by the Council to meet the requirement of Section 38 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

3.    Delegated authority be granted to the Strategic Planning and Key Sites Manager, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Economic Growth, to make any minor changes (including formatting and images) necessary to make the Local Plan (that do not materially affect the Plan) and associated documents ready for printing and uploading to the council website.

4.    Delegated authority be granted to the Strategic Planning and Key Sites Manager, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Economic Growth, to make necessary changes to any Supplementary Planning Documents and informal Planning Guidance currently used by the Council to make appropriate reference to the new Local Plan.

REASON FOR DECISIONS

To meet the council’s duties under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

The Strategic Planning and Key Sites Manager presented a report on the new Chesterfield Borough Local Plan 2018-2035. The report also detailed the findings of the Inspectors’ Report following the Local Plan’s examination in public.

Under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, each Local Planning Authority is required to prepare a Local Plan for their area that addresses priorities for development and use of land. The plan must be based on robust evidence and be in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework.

The new Local Plan covered the period up to 2035, and documented the overall strategy for the pattern, scale and quality of development including suitable and sufficient provision for:

·      Housing, employment, retail, leisure and other commercial development;

·      Infrastructure;

·      Community facilities;

·      Conservation and enhancement of the natural, built and historic environment, and planning measures to address climate change.

Formal consultation on the Local Plan started in January, 2019 followed by hearings held by independent Planning Inspectors in October and November, 2019. A further period of consultation took place earlier this year following Cabinet approval on 25 February, 2020 of the main modifications recommended by the Inspectors. The Inspectors’ Report was attached at appendix B of the officer’s report.

*RESOLVED –

That it be recommended to Full Council that:

1.     The Inspector’s Report, attached at Appendix B of the officer’s report, be noted.

2.    The Local Plan 2018-2035, attached at Appendix A of the officer’s report, incorporating the modifications recommended in the Planning Inspectors’ Report be adopted by the Council to meet the requirement of Section 38 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

3.    Delegated authority be granted to the Strategic Planning and Key Sites Manager, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Economic Growth, to make any minor changes (including formatting and images) necessary to make the Local Plan (that do not materially affect the Plan) and associated documents ready for printing and uploading to the council website.

4.    Delegated authority be granted to the Strategic Planning and Key Sites Manager, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Economic Growth, to make necessary changes to any Supplementary Planning Documents and informal Planning Guidance currently used by the Council to make appropriate reference to the new Local Plan.

REASON FOR DECISIONS

To meet the council’s duties under the Planning and Compulsory

Purchase Act 2004.