Issue - meetings

The purpose of this report is to update Members on a number of issues regarding housing targets, delivery and supply.  This includes recent Government announcements and the implications for both the emerging Local Plan and the process for determining planning applications.  Those announcements have also enabled the completion of the Council's Authority Monitoring Report which assessed the operation of the current adopted Local Plan policies (including housing delivery) for the year to 31 March 2018 and seeks permission for publication of the report on the Council's website.

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

(1)  Note the issues covered in this report, and in particular the implications for the local plan and determination of planning applications;

(2)  Endorse the proposals to brief Planning Committee on the implications of these announcements for determining planning applications; and

(3)  Approve the publication of the Authority Monitoring Report on the Council's website.

The Cabinet:

(1)Noted the issues covered in this report, and in particular the implications for the local plan and determination of planning applications;

(2) Endorsed the proposals to brief Planning Committee on the implications of these announcements for determining planning applications;

(3) Approved the publication of the Authority Monitoring Report on the

Council's website;

(4) Endorsed the Administration's view that the Government's housing target of 863 homes per year be replaced by a local housing target that reflects the desire to cut the city's air pollution, the City Council's resolution to declare a Climate Emergency and the need for relevant transport infrastructure.