Issue - meetings

The Council resolved:-

(i)             to instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to carry out engagement to inform the production of the draft Evidence Report and associated documents;

(ii)           to instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to carry out a formal consultation on the draft Evidence Report once produced; and

(iii)          to instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to report the results of the consultation (including any unresolved issues) and finalised Evidence Report back to Full Council in mid-2025, prior to being sent to the Scottish Ministers for Gate Check.

The Council had before it a report by the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning which advised of the Evidence Report for the Local Development Plan 2028 and sought authority to carry out consultations and produce the Report.

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)           instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to carry out engagement to inform the production of the draft Evidence Report and associated documents;

(b)           instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to carry out a formal

consultation on the draft Evidence Report once produced; and

(c)           instruct the Chief Officer - Strategic Place Planning to report the results of the consultation (including any unresolved issues) and finalised Evidence Report back to Full Council in mid-2025, prior to being sent to the Scottish Ministers for Gate Check.

The Council resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.