Issue - meetings

Cabinet:

(a) Noted the report on Initial Feedback from the First Conversation

consultation included at Appendix 1;

(b) Agreed additional informal member and stakeholder engagement and

Preferred Options stages be added to the Local Plan making process;

(c) Agreed the approach to addressing the Duty to Cooperate included as

Appendix 3 to the report, subject to any material changes necessary as

a result of consultation with Duty to Cooperate bodies.

Please note that this decision was first published on 1 July and so the deadline for call-in is Wednesday 8 July at 5pm.

Cabinet:

(a) Noted the report on Initial Feedback from the First Conversation

consultation included at Appendix 1;

(b) Agreed additional informal member and stakeholder engagement and

Preferred Options stages be added to the Local Plan making process;

(c) Agreed the approach to addressing the Duty to Cooperate included as

Appendix 3 to the report, subject to any material changes necessary as

a result of consultation with Duty to Cooperate bodies.

Councillor Dr. Tumi Hawkins, Lead Cabinet Member for Planning, introduced this item, updating Cabinet on the public consultation, highlighting the complexity of the process and thanking officers for their hard work. She explained how the project had addressed the concerns on climate change, and the ongoing challenges of consulting with the Parish Councils and local members every stage of the project. Councillor Neil Gough welcomed the high level of response to the engagement exercise and referred to the importance of collating any common themes emerging. Cllr Dr. Claire Daunton recognised the complexity of the consultation process, asked that acronyms be explained in the document and thanked officers for their continuing hard work with the larger project.

After a further short discussion, the Leader closed the discussion, and Cabinet, by affirmation:

a)    Noted the report on Initial Feedback from the First Conversation

consultation included at Appendix 1;

b)    Agreed additional informal member and stakeholder engagement and Preferred Options stages be added to the Local Plan making process;

c)    Agreed the approach to addressing the Duty to Cooperate included as Appendix 3 to the report, subject to any material changes necessary as a result of consultation with Duty to Cooperate bodies.