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Our Development Strategy CABINET - 25th September 2008 Report of the Director of Development and Regeneration ITEM 6 Charnwood 2026 - Core Strategy DPD: Further Consultation Report 1. Purpose of the Report 1.1 Charnwood 2026 is the Local Development Framework for the Borough which will establish the planning strategy for the period 2001-2026. The purpose of this report is to seek approval of the Core Strategy Development Plan Document and supporting documents for public consultation. 2. Recommendations 1. That the Core Strategy DPD Further Consultation Report attached at Appendix 1 is approved for consultation; 2. That authority is delegated to the Director of Development in consultation with the Lead Member for Development to make any minor revisions to the consultation report and supporting papers subsequently identified prior to the start of consultation and to prepare a foreword for the consultation document 3. Reasons 1. To meet the requirements of Section 19 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and Regulation 25 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008; 2. To enable the timely publication of the Core Strategy and supporting documents for consultation. 4. Policy Context 4.1 The Core Strategy Development Plan Documents are two of the key policy documents the Council is required to produce as part of the Local Development Framework. They will establish the spatial strategy for future development in the Borough over the period 2001 to 2026. When it is adopted, it will play an important role in delivering the key aims of the Corporate Plan and the spatial aspects of the Sustainable Community Strategy. 5 1 5. Background 5.1 Members may recall that the Core Strategy is an important document which sets out the vision for future development in the Borough and the strategic over- arching policy framework for other planning documents that make up the Local Development Framework. 5.2 A Local Development Scheme programming the preparation of planning documents within the Local Development Framework was first published in September 2005. This was revised and a new local development scheme was brought into effect by the Council at its meeting on 23rd February 2007. The approved Local Development Scheme envisaged the publication of a second Core Strategy preferred options report in February 2008. The proposals set out in the Science Park Development Plan Document were expected to come forward as part of the Site Allocations Development Plan Document, which was programmed to commence in June 2008. 5.3 In setting the date for the second preferred options consultation, the revised Local Development Scheme recognised that the higher level of growth likely to be identified for the Borough arising from the Regional Plan process would require further consultation with the local community on its implications. The date was fixed based on the expectation that the Panel Report and the secretary of State’s proposed changes to the draft Regional Plan would have been available to inform the Council’s consultation. 5.4 In May 2007, the Government published a White Paper called ‘Planning for a Sustainable Future’. This document proposed new measures to streamline the planning system and the development plan process. Amongst other recommendations, it set out proposals to: de-regulate the early stages of plan- making; make changes to primary legislation to simplify the process of preparing supplementary planning documents and statements of community involvement; and proposed strategic level sites to be allocated in core strategies. In the light of these proposals it was decided to bring the science park within the scope and content of the Core Strategy and to identify it as a strategic allocation along with any strategic level housing sites required as part of the growth agenda. 5.5 Unfortunately the February 2008 milestone for the second core strategy preferred options report was not met mainly because the Regional Plan timetable was delayed and it was not possible to draw firm conclusions about key strategic matters such as the scale of growth. As such it was not possible to finalise a consultation document in time to meet the milestone. The proposed changes to the draft Regional Plan were finally published in July 2008 – seven months later than originally intended. 6 2 5.6 In June 2008 the government brought into effect new regulations for the preparation of local development frameworks and published a new Planning Policy Statement 12. The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and Planning Policy Statement 12 set out streamlined processes and de-regulated the early stages of plan preparation as envisaged by the Planning White Paper. The Regulations provide for transitional arrangements for local planning authorities like Charnwood Borough Council who are not expecting to submit development plan documents before 1st September 2008. Under the arrangements, the formal preferred option stage no longer exists and instead the council is expected to engage in ‘pre-submission consultation’ with key stakeholders and the public. The first formal stage in the process is now the submission stage. The diagram below compares the old and new system and shows the main differences between them. Previous PPS 12 and 2004 New PPS 12 and 2008 Regulations Regulations Issues and options – informal Pre-submission consultation with consultation with key stakeholders and stakeholders and the public to consider: the public on key issues and alternative - Issues and Options options to address them. - Identification of preferred options Preferred Options – six weeks formal Publication of final plan for six weeks consultation formal consultation and then, subject to Submission of document to the representations received*, submission Secretary of State and start of six weeks to the Secretary of State formal consultation Examination in Public Examination in Public * There is an opportunity to reconsider the draft plan and re-consult if the Council concludes from the representations received that the plan would not be sound. 5.7 The delay in the Regional Plan process has enabled the officers to usefully take account of the review of the Sustainable Community Strategy and Corporate Plan within the Core Strategy. There is a distinct advantage in having close alignment between these three documents in terms of demonstrating that the Core Strategy has had regard to the community priorities in the area as required by legislation1 and the Council’s strategic leadership role in shaping good places, creating sustainable mixed communities and delivering better local services. 5.8 The changes in the plan-making process are significant in so far as the look and feel of the consultation document attached to this report for consideration. The document is far removed from the very detailed and precise policy document that was published in February 2006 and instead focuses attention on preferred 1 Section 19 (2) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 7 3 approaches to issues raised earlier in the process. This format has been prepared following detailed discussions with the Government Office for the East Midlands. 5.9 In putting together this pre-submission consultation document, officers have had regard to the comments of the local community and key stakeholders since the start of the core strategy process, whilst taking account of the latest legislation, regulations, national and regional policies, the evidence base and sustainability appraisal. To summarise, the main consultation events so far have been: • The May 2004 Issues Paper - this asked local community groups, businesses and other bodies what they thought were the main issues facing Charnwood; • The June 2005 Issues and Options Paper - was published inviting comment on the appropriate timescale for the Core Strategy, the scale of future development we should plan for and possible options for future growth. For both papers one day sessions were held with the Charnwood Together Forum (the wider forum of the Local Strategic Partnership) to provide the opportunity for local resident and interest groups and other key stakeholders to discuss issues in more detail; • The February 2006 preferred options report – setting out detailed wording on the preferred policies and providing a review of the alternative approaches which were discounted; • The September 2007 workshops – held in Loughborough and Thurmaston to discuss strategic priorities and alternative options for growth; and • The summer 2008 stakeholder workshops – A series of stakeholder workshops held to develop alternative options and preferred approaches to a variety of topic areas pursuant to Regulation 25 of the 2008 Regulations. Topics included: Gypsies, Travellers and Showpeople; Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency; Green Infrastructure; and Affordable Housing Viability. 5.10 Summaries of the responses to these consultations and the feedback from the events are available on the Council’s website at: http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/environment/corestrategyarchive.html In addition to stakeholder and public consultation, officers were guided by the Local Development Framework Member’s Reference Group, which met on the following dates: • 10th March 2008 • 17th March 2008 • 17th June 2008 • 10th September 2008 5.11 It is recognised that the long delay between the 2006 preferred options report and this latest consultation will be confusing to some of those people who have 8 4 been involved
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