Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Regeneration)

The report proposes revisions to the Local Development Scheme (LDS) for Stockport, setting down the Council’s programme for the preparation of planning policy documents for its Local Development Framework (LDF) over the next three years.  The amendments comprise revisions to include details of the Enforcement Policy Development Plan Document (DPD) that will set out the Council’s planning enforcement policies as part of the LDF. Legal advice has been received that this is required as a result of impending changes to national planning policy.

The Executive is recommended to

·         approve that the Local Development Scheme (LDS) be revised to include details of the Enforcement Policy DPD.

·         to agree that the following approach is taken with regards approval of future revisions of the LDS:

              i.        Executive approval is required for any revision of the LDS to enable the review, replacement or other updating of the Core Strategy;

            ii.        Approval of any revision of the LDS to add details of any new Development Plan Document (DPD) is delegated to the Corporate Director for Place in consultation with the Executive Councillor (Regeneration).  The Corporate Director may determine that such a revision is of significant enough strategic importance as to warrant approval by the Executive; and

           iii.        Approval of any revision of the LDS to amend details of existing documents being prepared or to add details of documents other than DPDs is delegated to the Corporate Director for Place in consultation with the Executive Councillor (Regeneration).

Officer contact: Zoe Hodson, 0161 218 1517, zoe.hodson@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Regeneration) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) proposing revisions to the Local Development Scheme for Stockport and setting down the Council’s programme for the preparation of planning policy documents for its Local Development Framework over the next three years.  The amendments included details of the Enforcement Policy Development Plan Document that would set out the Council’s planning enforcement policies as part of the Local Development Scheme. Legal advice had been received that this is required as a result of impending changes to national planning policy.

RESOLVED – That approval be given to:

(a)       the Local Development Scheme being revised to include details of the Enforcement Policy .

(b)       the following approach being taken with regards approval of future revisions of the Local Development Scheme:-

·         Executive approval being required for any revision of the Local Development Scheme to enable the review, replacement or other updating of the Core Strategy;

·         Approval of any revision of the Local Development Scheme to add details of any new Development Plan Document being delegated to the Corporate Director for Place in consultation with the Executive Councillor (Regeneration) and that the Corporate Director may determine that such a revision is of significant enough strategic importance as to warrant approval by the Executive; and

·         Approval of any revision of the Local Development Scheme to amend details of existing documents being prepared or to add details of documents other than Development Plan Documents being delegated to the Corporate Director for Place in consultation with the Executive Councillor (Regeneration).