Decision details

To consider the responses to the consultation and recommend the adoption of the Climate Change and Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document.

RESOLVED that

1)         the Joint Strategic Director for Place in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Economic Development review and amend any typographical errors and other non-substantive elements of the document that need correcting; and

2)         the Executive recommends to Council that the Climate Change and Sustainability Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) be approved, and adopted as a material planning consideration.

Reason: The SPD provides further guidance on the implementation of Local Plan Part 1 (LPP1) policies relevant to climate change and sustainability and will form part of the Council’s response to the climate emergency and will become a material planning consideration. It will enable the Council to influence new development across the Borough so that it is sustainable and responds to the challenges of, and mitigates against, climate change.

This recommendation follows a statutory public consultation on the SPD undertaken in accordance with Regulation 13 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 (“the Regulations”). The final SPD has been amended in response to comments raised through the public consultation.

[This matter is recommended to Council for decision and is not subject to the call-in procedure]