Decision details

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the Developer Contributions SPD, attached as Appendix A to this report be adopted, subject to the adoption of the new Local Plan within 12 months of the date of this Cabinet meeting;

(2)       That, in the interim, the proposed adoption version of the Developer Contributions SPD, be published and used as a material consideration in the determination of relevant schemes.

(3)       That authority to make minor amendments to the Developer Contributions SPD prior to its formal adoption be delegated to the Service Director - Regulatory in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Transport as and when any further updates to the new Local Plan require alterations.

REASON FOR DECISIONS: To allow the Developer Contributions SPD to be progressed so that it may be:

(i)         adopted at the same time as, or shortly after, any future decision to adopt the new Local Plan and

(ii)        (ii) taken into account in relevant planning decisions.