Issue - meetings

(i)       note the comments received during the recent public consultation on the Draft Participation Statement and approve officers’ responses to the consultation comments, as outlined in Appendix 1; and

(ii)      agree the Draft Participation Statement section of the 2023 Development Plan Scheme (pages 20 to 26 in Appendix 2), and approve its adoption.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Commissioning which (1) provided an update on a recent period of public consultation on the Draft Participation Statement, which formed a key part of the Development Plan Scheme for the preparation of the next Local Development Plan; (2) presented a summary of the comments received during public consultation on the Draft Participation Statement, along with officer responses to the consultation comments; and (3) outlined the modifications to the Draft Participation Statement that were proposed following the consultation.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the comments received during the recent public consultation on the Draft Participation Statement and approve officers’ responses to the consultation comments, as outlined in Appendix 1; and

(b)      agree the Draft Participation Statement section of the 2023 Development Plan Scheme (pages 20 to 26 in Appendix 2), and approve its adoption.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.