The Council Meeting has given approval to the commencement of work on a review of existing development plan documents and preparation of a new Local Plan for the borough.
The Executive considered an update on progress with delivering the Asset Management Plan Capital Programme for 2016/17 and the indicative programme for 2017/18 and 2018/19 and agreed that:-
· the implementation of the updated Asset Management Plan (AMP) Capital programme for 2016/17 and the financing thereof, and the Indicative AMP programme for 2017/18 to 2018/19, as set out in the report be approved;
· the application of corporate resources to fund the AMP programme 2016/2017 to 2018/2019 be approved; with the application of funding types (capital receipts (including total achieved from property rationalisation programme) and borrowing) being delegated to the Deputy Chief Executive in conjunction with the Estates Strategy Group;
· the Executive and the Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee receive annual update reports on progress with implementing the AMP.
The Executive has recommended to the Council Meeting that it agree to commence work on a review of existing development plan documents and preparation of a new Local Plan for the borough.