Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and Resources, which provided an update on the Local Development Scheme (LDS).

The Board was advised that the LDS was a public statement of Halton Borough Council’s three year work programme for production of the Local Plan. It was reported that the process of making Local Plans was lengthy due to the detailed protocols set out in legal acts and regulations.

The LDS, attached at Appendix 2, allowed for a degree of over-programming to ensure that resource capacity was continually engaged such as during periods of public consultation. There were also a number of supporting and process documents which the Council was required to produce, as set out in the report.

RESOLVED: That

1)    the Halton Borough Council Local Development Scheme (LDS) 2017 Revision, as detailed in the Appendix 1 attached to the report, shall have effect from 22 June 2017; and

2)    any minor drafting amendments to be made to the LDS document (attached at Appendix 2), be agreed by the Operational Director, Policy, Planning and Transportation, in consultation with the Executive Board Member for Physical Environment.