Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive from members, declarations of interests in relation to any items included on the agenda for this meeting, in accordance with the Waverley Code of Local Government Conduct.

The new Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 1 has reached a key stage in its development.  The purpose of this report is to seek comments on the proposed submission version of Local Plan Part 1.  The report summarises the evolution of the Plan and its key contents as well as explaining the process going forward.  It also includes details of the most recent consultation on the emerging Plan and how this has informed the development of the pre?submission Plan.

The report and its Annexes were circulated with the agenda for the meeting held on 27 June 2016, and the meeting was subsequently adjourned.  Please refer back to this agenda for the full details.  The observations raised at the first part of the meeting held on 27 June 2016, are now attached.

Also attached is the Strategic Transport Assessment that was circulated, and the Stage 3 and Stage 4 documents from Mott MacDonald.

Recommendation

That the Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee considers the draft Local Plan Part 1 and forwards any comments to the Executive.

To consider the following recommendation of the motion of the Chairman:-

Recommendation

That pursuant to Procedure Rule 20 and in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item(s) on the grounds that it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during the item(s), there would be disclosure to them of exempt information (as defined by Section 100I of the Act) of the description specified in the appropriate paragraph(s) of the revised Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (to be identified, as necessary, at the meeting).

To consider matters (if any) relating to aspects of any report on this agenda which is it felt may need to be considered in Exempt session.