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The New Communities Portfolio Holder AGREED the Local Development Scheme 2010-2013.

Decision taken 2 March 2010 and published 3 March 2010.  Call-in expires at 5 pm on 10 March 2010.  Decision can be implemented from 11 March 2010 if not called-in. 

Appendix 1 is attached to the electronic version of the agenda on the Council’s website.

The New Communities Portfolio Holder AGREED the Local Development Scheme 2010-2013.

The New Communities Portfolio Holder considered a report on the Local Development Scheme, which set out the timetable for plan preparation for the three-year period from April 2010 to March 2013.  Such timetable was subject to change under certain circumstances.

In response to a question from the Planning Portfolio Holder, the Planning Policy Manager said that 2010-11 was likely to be the last year during which Housing and Planning Delivery Grant monies would be available to Councils.  He added that South Cambridgeshire District Council could expect to receive about £1 million on the basis of plans adopted during 2009-10.  Beyond that, and primarily as a result of plan making having become more complex, officers were unlikely to be able to progress more than two plans at any one time.  Payment is made against adoption, and this Council’s next plan for adoption was unlikely to be ready until 2012.  Therefore, available funds might decrease during 2010-11. 

The New Communities Portfolio Holder agreed the Local Development Scheme 2010-2013, as amended.