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The Planning Portfolio Holder:

(a)  Approved the contents of the Annual Monitoring Report 2015-2016 (included as Appendix 2 (website only)) for publication; and

(b)  Delegated any further minor editing changes to the Annual Monitoring Report to the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development where they are technical matters.

Please note that this decision was first published on Wednesday 14 December and so the deadline for call-in is Wednesday 21 December at 5pm. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Thursday 22 December.

Appendix 2 is available by visiting www.scambs.gov.uk and following the links from ‘The Council’.

The Planning Portfolio Holder:

(a)             approved the contents of the Annual Monitoring Report 2015-2016 (included as Appendix 2 (website only)) for publication; and

(b)             delegated any further minor editing changes to the Annual Monitoring Report to the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development where they are technical matters.

The Planning Portfolio Holder considered the Local Development Framework Annual Monitoring Report 2015-2016 prior to it being published on South Cambridgeshire District Council’s website.

Councillor Anna Bradnam referred to paragraph 22 of the report from the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development. The Planning Portfolio Holder said that the Planning Inspector responsible for the public examination of the emerging Local Plans of both South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council had not yet indicated whether the proposed joint trajectory of the two Councils’ five-year land supply would be acceptable or not. The Planning Policy Manager highlighted the fact that, on its own, it was anticipated that South Cambridgeshire District Council would not be able to demonstrate a five-year land supply until 2019. She added that, as the Local Plan would not be adopted without a five-year land supply in place, officers would have to look at other sites if the Inspector rejected the joint trajectory approach.

Councillor Philippa Hart asked for a definition of the word ‘delivery’ in this context. In reply, it was stated that it meant that, while construction might be over, the property might not yet be occupied. The Portfolio Holder said that the Council was issuing planning permissions in an effort to increase supply, but was reliant on the construction industry to build and sell properties.

The Planning Portfolio Holder:

(a)             approved the contents of the Annual Monitoring Report 2015-2016 (included as Appendix 2 (website only)) for publication; and

(b)             delegated any further minor editing changes to the Annual Monitoring Report to the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development where they are technical matters.